Bernie, I should have been more explicit in my reference to "like hams." I was referring to the folks like us that enjoy "old-time radio," and not to the entire universe of hams.
Thank you for this excellent point and allowing me to clarify my comments. David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary of the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join today Nets: 14.263 Mhz, 1900Z, Sundays 3.805 Mhz, 2300Z, Mondays ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsulta...@embarqmail.com> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter > HI Dave: not to throw water on you premise, but the sample size is far too > small and the group sampled is not representative of the population. My > guess is that the true range is less than 50% for all licensed hams, > probably much less! I would wager 50% are not even active. Bernie W8RPW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Knepper" <collinsra...@comcast.net> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 8:21 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter > > >> Based on my sample size of 43 that results indicate that 99 percent >> responded affirmatively to each of the statements in the first survey. I >> concluded that there is a high likelihood that the entire populations of >> like hams would express a similar response rate at a 95 percent >> confidence >> level. >> >> Thank you to all those that participated in this survey. >> >> David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA >> Publisher of the Collins Journal >> Secretary of the Collins Radio Association >> www.collinsra.com >> Join today >> Nets: 14.263 Mhz, 1900Z, Sundays >> 3.805 Mhz, 2300Z, Mondays >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <sbjohns...@aol.com> >> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:42 PM >> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter >> >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Do you own a soldering iron? >>>> >>>> Yes ___X___ No _______ Many, I've lost count. >>>> >>>> Do you own a roll of solder? >>>> >>>> Yes ____X__ No _______ Many, I've been stockpiling lead-tin solder. >>>> >>>> In the last 30 days, did you solder anything that was related to >>> amateur >>>> radio equipment? >>>> >>>> Yes ___X___ No _______ Many - repair and building electronic stuff >>> is a passion of mine. >>>> >>> >>> Steve WD8DAS >>> >>> sbjohns...@aol.com >>> http://www.wd8das.net/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Radio is your best entertainment value. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net >>> AMRadio mailing list >>> Searchable Archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ >>> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html >>> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >>> Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with >>> the word unsubscribe in the message body. >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net >> AMRadio mailing list >> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ >> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html >> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >> Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net >> To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with >> the word unsubscribe in the message body. >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. 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