[Elecraft] THE FUTURE OF OUR HOBBY

[Kevin McQuiggin (SFU)]

The RSGB has an excellent ham radio overview video.  The target audience is people under about 30.  Everyone in the video is under ~25.  It presents the hobby in young peoples' terms using their terms and points of reference.  It covers public service, HF, V/UHF, contesting, satellites, lnternet connectivity, fox hunting, building stuff.  The best video I’ve seen to describe ham radio in modern terms to non- 50 or 60 year olds.

I will try to find the link.

73,

Kevin

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> On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:35, KENT TRIMBLE <k9ztv at socket.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
> 
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