[Elecraft] Effective ways to introduce amateur radio to newcomers?

[David Gilbert]

Exactly.

Trying to talk people into being interested in things we're interested 
in for the reasons we're interested in them is a foolish endeavor.  
Evangelism is boring and off-putting.  The best we can do is describe 
what ham radio can offer and let people decide if that has any interest 
for them.

If we have to convince somebody that ham radio is interesting to them, 
then it probably isn't and even if they go along it won't last.

Which brings me to this question:

Why is it necessary that we talk other people into ham radio in the 
first place??  There are supposedly close to 800,000 licensed hams in 
the U.S., which is a bigger market and a bigger pool of like minds than 
LOTS of other activities.  Is there some sort of collective insecurity 
complex going on every time this comes up? And it comes up with annoying 
frequency on almost every forum.

Dave   AB7E



On 7/26/2025 2:27 PM, Fred Jensen via Elecraft wrote:
> They almost all view ham radio from a utilitarian perspective, not as 
> a hobby ... they have hobbies and interests. Probably the largest 
> non-work interests were in the outdoors.