We might take a page from Cadillac.
Somewhere in the early 2000s their ads began using models and actors
exclusively in the 20-40 age range. No more gray-haired executives.
Jack makes good points.
Why do they call you "weird," by the way?
73,
Kent K9ZTV
On 12/16/2019 3:07 PM, kd...@frawg.org wrote:
Have any of us ever tried to poll younger non-related and non-ham persons in
a structured way? Probably not ...
Introspectively, what I do see is one generation of an old civic (mostly
men's) club in a panic because we perceive we are all dying off and there
will be no one to "carry on". An awfully large group of people look at "us" as
odd or funny old dudes...
The media has never helped us much. Ham radio is just a TV prop and usually
used to poke fun at
certain attitudes. OTOH the actual high value stuff we occasionally do is
all too often relegated to 11pm local news as "filler" if it is reported at
all. Who failed? Not even worth pointing fingers... we did.
Embrace it, have fun with the hobby, chill, let the marketing departments at
"IKY" and "China-Inc" figure out the sales pitch. We geeks will still be
here in the future and some will be hams... and we'll line up for the latest
widgets. Let's move on.
73 All,
"Weird Uncle Jack"
KD4IZ
Jack Spitznagel
FM19oo
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