I drop off old QSTs at various places. > On Dec 16, 2019, at 4:20 PM, K9ZTV <k9...@socket.net> wrote: > > Went to the barber shop this morning. Wide assortment of hunting, fishing, > and gun magazines in the rack, along with a few copies of “Scouting” and > “Boys Life.” > > Picked those two and sat down for a leisurely read. Hadn’t seen one in sixty > years. A real treat. Proceeded to peruse every page of both periodicals. > Enjoyed it immensely. And then I didn’t. Flipped through the pages a second > time just to be sure. > > Not one sentence about amateur radio. Not one ad, not one picture, not one > story. Peewee Harris was still there. Had a full page. Scouts who saved > lives were still there. Covered two pages. Lots of ink about backpacking, > crime safety, tenting, geocaching, campouts, evironmentalism, relationship > building, dog care and other worthy endeavors. Zero ads for radios, > signalling, SWLing, kit-building, satellite tracking, Morse Code, or > electronic communications of any kind. > > At the very minimum, I would have thought the $1000 I give the League every > year might be capable of placing an ARRL logo and web address in those two > youth journals ... for the mildly curious ... but nothing. > > I got a decent haircut, though. > > 73, > > Kent K9ZTV > > > >> On Dec 16, 2019, at 1:54 PM, <jlangd...@austin.rr.com> >> <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 k9...@socket.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 cyaf...@gmail.com
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