[Elecraft] Re: children and radio

Fri Apr 25 17:03:01 2003

I'd like to thank every body for their suggestions and experiences.

I'm going to enrol my 6-year old in the girl guides (female scouts) and wait
till my 16-month year old knows the alphabet before deciding what to do with
her.

Perhaps when one of them has learnt morse, she can teach me!

regards

Tony

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Crosier" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 8:51 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: children and radio

> While this has strayed a bit from the elecraft
> topic, I wish to add a bit about getting kids
> interested in radio.  (Which will possibly result
> in the eventual selling of more K2s.)
>
> My 21 year old (third child) was never interested
> in getting a license but he was very interested in
> the physics of frequency, wavelength and such and
> was always a ready helping hand when I wanted to
> construct and erect an antenna.  When he was four
> I had the radio on in the living room and always
> kept it squelched on 29.6 FM when I was doing
> house work or babysitting.  I had been in the
> kitchen and laundry area longer than I realized
> and I came back to the living room to hear the
> radio say, "Does your daddy know you are using his
> radio?"  I immediately got on the air and identified
> as the "control" operator.  The OM on the other end
> said that my four year old had given a beautiful
> CQ 3X3 call and then started a conversation as if
> he were a QCW member!
>
> While none of my kids ever got licensed, I think
> the positive fall out of my being a ham has affected
> them in other ways.  My daughter is a Harvard
> graduate and works for a VERY large law firm.
> She makes more money at age 25 than I ever have. One
> of their clients came in wanting guidance in forcing
> a nearby city to act against a ham with a tower.
> My daughter questioned the client and the assigned
> lawyer about what they knew about ham radio and
> the proceeded to tell them "the rest of the story!"
> My daughter frequently went with my wife (KB0DUK, SK)
> on weather spotting assignments and assisted with
> Red Cross call-outs.  After spending about 45 minutes
> explaining our service to the client he agreed to
> rethink his opposition to the tower.  The lawyer
> in the case said that he felt the entire staff
> should be advised of what ham radio is about so the
> rest of the firm could be aware of the full story.
>
>
> While I would have enjoyed it if any of
> my kids would have joined their mother and me
> in being licensed hams, I am never-the-less quite
> satisfied that they are willing to defend and
> explain our service.
>
> Now, about the discussion as to what age to teach
> CW.  I say that the younger the better!  I think
> it is a language skill and the young ones pick
> up language faster than any other age.  My kids
> learned CW because their mother and I would spell
> out things that we didn't want to say in front of
> them in CW.
>
>
>
>
>
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