[Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?

[Bill Blomgren]

The Raleigh area has quite assortment of both older and *very* young hams.. 
Some 8 year olds have been heard on 2 meters.  They may not own a radio yet, 
but their parents have a 2meter rig in the car, and they speak up while 
riding to school or whatever with their own call signs...

Outreach helps significantly.  I spoke to a coworker who is not really 
interested in Ham Radio, but he *is* highly into electronics... having 
started down that path with Heathkits back in the 70's.  Now he is the 
"alpha geek" at a large storage company (he is the go-to guy for all 
hardware issues, firmware and the like.)

He almost got into Ham Radio back in the 70's..but the Heathkit robotics kit 
caught him...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brendon Whateley" <brendon at whateley.com>
To: "David Gilbert" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?


I keep seeing this doom and gloom outlook from current hams.  It is 
unfortunate, because it gives a negative energy to those contemplating Ham 
radio as a hobby.  The truth is that we have more licensed hams than at any 
other time.  We even have a good number of young hams -- including my 12 
year old daughter.  Since she got her license (the same day I got mine --  
due to her interest) we have met a fair number of young hams, some who have 
been licensed since they were 9 years old.

Ham radio has a lot to offer young people, but to help encourage them to 
participate… we need to stop acting like we are all old and boring!

- Brendon
KK6AYI