My wife is a ham too. Her name is Sheilla and her call is N6IKB. She
understood why I wanted a tmv 71 A and most recently, a Jetstream. I alwayse
wanted an x y l who is a ham! Doug, N6NFF
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Byrne
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 3:37 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Listening to stations far away: was RE: Baseball on the Radio
Part 3
My wife went from no call to Extra in under two years! I had to go
like hell to get mine first - took me nearly thirty years to make
it! Ann has bought me some pretty cool stuff I wouldn't have bought myself!
And we have both worked a lot of public service and emergency things
and work well together. Working one emergency (tornado aftermath)
and she did tell me that she would kill me if I covered her net
again! I listened pretty hard with the other ear to hear when it was
safe to transmit on my net!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 11:01 AM 11/6/2013, you wrote:
>Well...I'd never tell him to give up on girls in favor of ham radio. I vote
>for recruiting more girls and women into the hobby. My wife is a ham and
>though she's not an hf fan, she's been involved in emergency services comms
>and other aspects of the hobby. She's also been the one to splurge on ham
>equipment for my birthdays when I would not have budgeted them in, my
>IC-703+, portable antenna and Eton E1 receiver are examples of this
>coolness.
>
>So, if we had more yl hams, we could keep licensed teens and young adult
>men
>involved in the hobby when they do discover girls and get driver's
>licenses.
>The only problem may arise when the both the guy and gal like hf and get
>into a fight over who gets to work the rare dx while they're driving
>to/from
>a date night.
>
>Ron Miller
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Doug and Sheilla Emerson
>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:54 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Listening to stations far away: was RE: Baseball on the Radio
>Part 3
>
>As I see it, getting young people to get their license isn't so much the
>problem. It's keepingthem interested after passing the test, which they do
>without a problem. We have a fella in our club who got his license at age
>15. All he did was hang out in his room, play with his computer and talk on
>his repeater with his h t. Several guys gave him rigs, antennas, coax, the
>whole bit. Because he's so computer smart, the repeater trustee gave him
>the
>manual for our rc210 controler so he could do things with it the trustee
>couldn't figure out for the life of him. Well, a year later, he turned 16.
>He got his driver's license and he discovered "girls". After graduating
>from
>high school, he started attending junior college. Today, he's hardly ever
>on
>the air, even though he's got a mobile in his ride. I mean it. When he was
>hanging out in his bedroom, you couldn't shut him up! The car and the girls
>have caused him to shut up on his own. It's keeping them interested that's
>the real challenge. 73. Doug, N6NFF
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Forst
>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 5:39 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Listening to stations far away: was RE: Baseball on the Radio
>Part 3
>
>Well, I hope the hobby is around as long as I am. After that who cares?
> Things do change in this world, and sometimes drastically. I'm sure at
>one time the stagecoach drivers union bemoaned the fact that they weren't
>getting any new blood and that there world was coming to an end.
> We see how that worked out.
>
>Good luck with the projects to get some new people involved.
>
>73, Steve KW3A
>
>On 11/5/2013 8:05 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
> > This is a problem that we are currently dealing with in our local
> > club.
> >
> > As a solution, we are beginning to actively consider the possibility
> > of starting a ham radio club in one of our local schools, as well as
> > at the University where I teach.
> >
> > We also regularly offer ham-in-a-day classes. However,, just offering
> > the classes and getting new licensed hams is only half the battle. We
> > struggle with keeping in touch with those who get their licenses and
> > move onto other things.
> >
> > I guess what I'm saying here is that this is a problem we all must
> > face, and creativity could get us the ultimate solutions we need to
> > keep things going.
> >
> > Time will tell, I guess.
> >
> > Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: Listening to stations far away: was RE: Baseball on the
> > Radio Part 3
> >
> >
> >> HI all,
> >> I would like to hope that ham radio is around for a long time to
> >> come, but I wonder if it will. We, as a whole, seem to be pretty bad
> >> at bringing in new hams. The median age of hams keeps going up as we
> >> all age. I was a newbie to the hobby in 1985. Now, I'm a newly turned
> >> 50 year old and more than a candidate for the Quarter Century
> >> Wireless Association. How are we bringing in young people in the
> >> necessary numbers to keep the hobby going for another
> >> 50 years?
> >>
> >> I'm feeling rather pessimistic about this, though I do very much like
> >> the hobby and radio monitoring as well.
> >>
> >> 73
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron Miller
> >> N6MSA
> >> Dunedin, FL USA
> >> SKYPE Arjay1
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> >> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 8:18 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Listening to stations far away: was RE: Baseball on the
> >> Radio Part 3
> >>
> >> Kevin:
> >>
> >> I think what you describe here is part of the reason a lot of us
> >> continue to be involved in amateur radio.
> >>
> >> Sure the internet and smart phones are amazing, and have their uses
> >> and benefits.
> >>
> >> But, I think what sustains us is the ability to do what we do, using
> >> the knowledge we have, with our own personally-designed station
> >> set-ups.
> >> There
> >> simply is a real sense of accomplishment in that.
> >>
> >> I think this, too, is why ham radio will always continue. It works
> >> when all else fails, and allows us to have fun with a great hobby and
> >> serve society as well.
> >>
> >> It always amazes me, for example, how so many people say that CW is a
> >> lost art that is going by the way-side. All you have to do to dampen
> >> that argument is go on the bottom of the HF bands on many contest
> >> week-ends, and you'll hear more CW crammed into the CW portions of
> >> the bands than you ever thought possible.
> >>
> >> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 2:14 AM
> >> Subject: Listening to stations far away: was RE: Baseball on the
> >> Radio Part
> >> 3
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi.
> >>>
> >>> I changed the subject to better fit what we're talking about. I
> >>> think what we as ham operators enjoy about far off AM stations is
> >>> the same reason why we put up antennas for HF to get that rare DX
> >>> contact. For me, it was realizing that I was actually hearing a
> >>> transmitted signal from that distant location direct, point to
> >>> point. It's true that we have things like EchoLink and our smart
> >>> phones, but these rely on a network of relaying points to get to us
> >>> with that crystal clear signal. Presently I don't have HF, except
> >>> what I could get on my TH-F6A. I hope to be able to get back on HF
> >>> soon, and experience the excitement of getting that rare DX. I
> >>> remember my Novice days, back when you could only use CW on four HF
> >>> bands. I was in high school, and I well remember getting up at five
> >>> in the morning to work west coast stations on 40 meters. I lived
> >>> near Cincinnati, Ohio back then, and I had a blast! Technology has
> >>> sure changed in the 31 years since I've been licensed, and I wonder
> >>> if the public understands that we hams pioneered a lot of it.
> >>>
> >>> Have a good night, and don't work too hard.
> >>>
> >>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
> >>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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