On 7/27/2025 11:45 PM, David Gilbert via Elecraft wrote:
What percentage of interested parties actually get their license? What percentage of those are active two years later?
Great questions, Dave. Trying it is a GREAT first step, but it's the rest of the steps along the way that lead to a payoff.
My introduction, at maybe 13 years old, was the booth of the Tri-State Amateur Radio Ass'n in Huntington, WV, at a "Hobby Show" put on as a fundraiser by the church I attended. It was a big deal, in the new "Field House" that housed the Marshall College basketball team and a minor league hockey team. They had a 400W station, with rack-mounted home brew power amp, dipoles on the roof. I was hooked!
They followed through by helping me learn CW, the fundamentals of electronics and radio. I went with them on my first Field Day, long before I'd taken the Novice test; members gave me my first transmitter, taught about antennas, and CONTESTING!
73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
