Amateur Radio

37 readers

2 users here now

General amateur radio (ham radio) chat, questions, and news

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

w0odl@lemmy.radio

What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? (www.onallbands.com)

submitted 1 week ago by BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

29 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Twitchy1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Make it affordable isn't a reasonable request...

How about don't trash talk inexpensive equipment. "This $4k radio is what you need, not that Chinese junk." Watch the majority of people will just walk away.

My unused general license is a perfect example. The multiple free HF antennas and free LMR400 run to my free 30' antenna mast I was given didn't even put a dent in offsetting the cost of a radio to use the equipment I have rotting away.

I'll keep my dual band tyt and my 2m Kenwood. If there's an emergency where it is useful, I'll use it.