One of the past speakers at Pacificon sold it at a private high school as teaching how to talk to the ISS and satellites. Everything else came following that hook.
On Oct 15, 2017 2:46 PM, "Richard Thorne" <rtho...@rthorne.net> wrote: > Hi Knut, > > I've operated a couple SOTA's this year. > > So far other hikers have been quite interested in what I was doing and > didn't seemed to be annoyed, just curious in what I was doing. > > Rich - N5ZC > > On 10/15/2017 4:21 PM, ab2tc wrote: > >> Hi again, >> >> Not a bad idea. We were very successful in getting our four children >> interesting in the outdoors. The oldest daughter and her husband are even >> into backpacking in the back country (Algonquin park), something we never >> got into. The other three are very good hikers, too. >> >> I hate to be a wet blanket, but I am not sure if I understand the joy of >> activating peaks on ham radio. How do other hikers react to this? I know I >> am extremely annoyed by people gabbing on their cell phones on the trail. >> Is >> ham radio that much different? >> >> Knut - AB2TC >> >> >> Gary Hawkins wrote >> >>> I'll try a completely different tack. >>> >>> If you like the outdoors, how about Summits-on-the-Air (SOTA)? You'll get >>> to spend time planning your SOTA adventure, and taking the hike to the >>> peak. He'll get to see you operating and hopefully that will encourage >>> him to be interested as well. He can help you to build things like >>> portable antennas and battery packs. If you get really adventurous one >>> day >>> adventures can turn into weekend camping. >>> >>> My daughter is 3 years old. We have started her on short hikes and I >>> hopeful next year she can do her first small peaks. Not sure how I'll >>> keep >>> her entertained on the summit but I'll cross that bridge when I get >>> there. >>> >>> 73's Gary K6YOA >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto: >>> Elecraft@.qth >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to >>> lists+1215531472858-365791@.nabble >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to rtho...@rthorne.net >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to scott.sm...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
