[Elecraft] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY

[KENT TRIMBLE]

We might take a page from Cadillac.

Somewhere in the early 2000s their ads began using models and actors 
exclusively in the 20-40 age range.  No more gray-haired executives.

Jack makes good points.

Why do they call you "weird," by the way?

73,

Kent  K9ZTV




On 12/16/2019 3:07 PM, kd4iz at frawg.org wrote:
> Have any of us ever tried to poll younger non-related and non-ham persons in
> a structured way? Probably not ...
>
> Introspectively, what I do see is one generation of an old civic (mostly
> men's) club in a panic because we perceive we are all dying off and there
> will be no one to "carry on".  An awfully large group of people look at "us" as odd or funny old dudes...
> The media has never helped us much.  Ham radio is just a TV prop and usually used to poke fun at
> certain attitudes. OTOH the actual high value stuff we occasionally do is
> all too often relegated to 11pm local news as "filler" if it is reported at
> all. Who failed? Not even worth pointing fingers... we did.
>
> Embrace it, have fun with the hobby, chill, let the marketing departments at
> "IKY" and "China-Inc" figure out the sales pitch. We geeks will still be
> here in the future and some will be hams... and we'll line up for the latest
> widgets. Let's move on.
>
> 73 All,
> "Weird Uncle Jack"
> KD4IZ
> Jack Spitznagel
> FM19oo
>
>