[Lowfer] bcb am

[Bill Ashlock]

Eric,

Sorry for the missread.  I'm still mulling, however, the fact that our 30k 
of bandwidth is vastly underused and the benfits of having maybe 10 times 
the number of Lowfers that we have now.  I'm always encouraged when I read 
about one of us speaking Lowfertalk to a group of local Hams, but we still 
haven't picked up as many newbies as I would have expected - particularly 
since ARGO and QRSS sending have allowed for greatly expanded range - and TX 
loops with their simplicity and application to 'impossible' woods 
environments.

What do you all think are the reasons for the lack of US-wide interest in 
Lowfering?  Same reasons as the dwindling Ham population? Wonder if we are 
preaching to the wrong crowd? There may be ways to inspire the non-Ham 
and/or younger generation to try this out. I'll ask the younger, technically 
oriented, guys here at work just to get a 'feel' if they or their friends 
(kids?) might have some interest - and what it would take for them to make 
that first step. Possibly having available beacon and/or receiver 
bare-boards; kits? Articles in the non-Ham Electronic publications? Could 
be, however, as Les wisely stated some time ago: "Be careful what you wish 
for" (the implication is that the opposite side of the coin is 
overpopulation of the band - completely messing up what we have now).

Thoughts?

Bill A

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