"Dee Flint" wrote in
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"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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snippage

This is a relatively late reply to this post, but it bears a reply
nonetheless.

I would have to agree with the league's assessment of why they are
getting an increase in membership.

This will probably be an overall good thing for the league, and
probably Amateur Radio in general. I have always been a little
concerned that more Hams were not members. I think this bears some
discussion.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -


A cautionary note here though. This is still less than 25% of all
licensed amateurs. We will have wait and see.

Certainly it is a "quick look" assessment.

But I think it is a step in the right direction.

My rationale is this:

Around half of all Amateurs were/are Technicians. When I was a
Technician, I saw the League as an interesting thing, but I did not join
until I got my General license. The reason why was that I saw it as more
relevent to my evolving interests. So while there are always going to be
people who are only interested in the VHF/UHF portions of the spectrum,
IMO the "prize" of the ARS is HF access. And once you get serious about
that, the ARRL, and QST is of much more interest. Once you get HF access,
and you get interested in the league, you get more info on what is going
on, and a positive feedback loop is generated.

We might debate over the qualifications of the qualified, but my
experience so far is that the new crop are fine gentlemen and ladies. I'm
pleasantly satisfied so far.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -