[Elecraft] Suggestions for Introducing a 10-year-old to Amateur Radio and Electronics

[Tox]

One of the past speakers at Pacificon sold it at a private high school as
teaching how to talk to the ISS and satellites. Everything else came
following that hook.

On Oct 15, 2017 2:46 PM, "Richard Thorne" <rthorne at rthorne.net> wrote:

> Hi Knut,
>
> I've operated a couple SOTA's this year.
>
> So far other hikers have been quite interested in what I was doing and
> didn't seemed to be annoyed, just curious in what I was doing.
>
> Rich - N5ZC
>
> On 10/15/2017 4:21 PM, ab2tc wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> Not a bad idea. We were very successful in getting our four children
>> interesting in the outdoors. The oldest daughter and her husband are even
>> into backpacking in the back country (Algonquin park), something we never
>> got into. The other three are very good hikers, too.
>>
>> I hate to be a wet blanket, but I am not sure if I understand the joy of
>> activating peaks on ham radio. How do other hikers react to this? I know I
>> am extremely annoyed by people gabbing on their cell phones on the trail.
>> Is
>> ham radio that much different?
>>
>> Knut - AB2TC
>>
>>
>> Gary Hawkins wrote
>>
>>> I'll try a completely different tack.
>>>
>>> If you like the outdoors, how about Summits-on-the-Air (SOTA)? You'll get
>>> to spend time planning your SOTA adventure, and taking the hike to the
>>> peak.  He'll get to see you operating and hopefully that will encourage
>>> him to be interested as well. He can help you to build things like
>>> portable antennas and battery packs. If you get really adventurous one
>>> day
>>> adventures can turn into weekend camping.
>>>
>>> My daughter is 3 years old. We have started her on short hikes and I
>>> hopeful next year she can do her first small peaks. Not sure how I'll
>>> keep
>>> her entertained on the summit but I'll cross that bridge when I get
>>> there.
>>>
>>> 73's Gary K6YOA
>>>
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