And yet, dabbling in a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum -- with simple optical telescopes -- never gets old.
Wayne > On Dec 16, 2019, at 12:14 PM, David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> wrote: > > > Since you asked ... > > I'm not trying to be negative for the sake of being negative, but I think the > young people interested in those things are going to immediately be drawn to > hardware and software considerably more sophisticated than amateur radio. > What you're expecting is the equivalent of people interested in neurosurgery > to want to learn how to build a microscope. I agree that those will be > interesting fields of study, but I don't think it will work the way you > postulated. I'd bet that a microwave internet link to a base station on the > moon would get much more use than anything related to ham radio. > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > > On 12/16/2019 12:54 PM, jlangd...@austin.rr.com wrote: >> A few quick thoughts on this subject. >> >> Space exploration, colonization, and physics are the best "hooks" I see to >> fish for the young people that are best prospects as future hams. >> >> Amateur radio is the best way to "touch" the world beyond the earth and to >> get a "hands on" understanding of solar physics, electronic equipment, >> electromagnetic fields, solar weather, and the harsh environments that are >> Intersolar and interstellar space. >> >> Early involvement should come with hands on experiments, internships, summer >> jobs, resume builders for college applications, and university work/study >> programs in the communications, computer technology and defense industries. >> >> A sequenced set of building block project kits (Elecraft style would be >> ideal) that introduce basic principles and result in a receiver, a >> transmitter, and an antenna could provide a gateway, and present hams should >> underwrite making these available at a low cost and with available "Elmers" >> to help. This equipment could be used for radio astronomy, communications, >> physics experiments, meteorology, and contesting. Contesting should be >> portrayed as glamorous "yacht racing in space" and much cooler than on the >> ocean. >> >> I believe we are at a second "Sputnik" point in the quest for the high >> ground, and this is the time to grow more modern technologists, explorers, >> and entrepreneurs and fewer snowflake philosophers and low information >> consumers! >> >> What do you think? >> >> 73 John N5CQ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@elecraft.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
