Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: How to attract people to the Amateur Radio Service
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 4/15/2004 7:05 PM Central Standard Time
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Perhaps they are trying to appeal to people that aren't
interested?......
BINGO!
Here's a bit of interesting trivia...
Have you ever taken the time to stroll through "QRZ's" bios? If you do,
I think you'll notice that certain "hobbies" and career paths keep turning up.
A very large number make reference to flying, some type of active outdoor
sports (usually camping or hiking), participatioon as volunteer FD or EMS, or
active or retired career in the Armed Forces.
THERE'S where we need to be "recruiting"...In "FLYING" , "Emergency
Medical Services", the various military papers (NAVY Times, ARMY Times, AF
Times), "Field and Stream", etc. Throw the occassional ad into "Boy's Life",
and the science related magazines I noted earlier and a few (such as your
Astronomy field) that I am sure others can come up with.
Absolutely. We need to have a target audience. Right now, it seems like
there is a scattershot approach.
Its nice that there are some pretty ladies that are hams, and it's nice
that there are a few celebrities that are hams, but by and large, we are
the techie's.
I doubt L'il Kim or Brittany Spears or Justin Timberlake will ever be
hams, or (name your popular type person) will ever even think about it.
Well, that's just fine. Ham radio wasn't, isn't, and never will be
Kewl. And that's kewl by me. If those type people were involved in it, I
probably wouldn't be.
- Mike KB3EIA -