[Lowfer] LEARNING THE CODE

[Bill Ashlock]

Peter,

>................... when I was one of many novice kids in
>the neighborhood.

What ever happened to those "novice kids in the neighborhood"? I mean the 
neighborhood kids having Amateur Radio interests in the year 2003? Anyone 
have any figures (or guesses) on the the percapita reduction in Ham Radio 
tickets in that age group since the 50s? I suppose the reduction has a lot 
to do with the high tech equipment available to the average kid for low $$ 
(computers, games, CB, FMRS, GMRS, etc, or just good low cost SW radios).

From time to time I get the urge to see if there is any LF interest from the 
kids in my neighborhood. These TX loop antennas offer a heck of a lot of 
'fun for the buck'. The receiver is the costly item but that may not be much 
of a problem for local CW use if I could make available a PCB blank of my 
portable SVM circuit.

Bill


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