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"Vshah101" wrote in message ... From Larry, K3LT I regret to inform you that "Restructuring" the US Amateur Radio Service's licensing system, to reduce the code testing speed to 5 WPM for General and Extra class, in addition to the existing No-Code Technician-class license, has resulted in a whopping 1.79 percent growth rate in the ARS overall! What do you suppose we're gonna get from No-Code HF? Maybe 2 percent? The base of EEs can be expanded. You can get more EE from the rf specialty. Not all EEs have an interest in that specialty. But, from those that do, amateur radio could be a good hobby. Amateur radio is not an EE friendly hobby. Those that like to build circuits are not welcomed as those that want to learn Morse code, contest, or work DX. EEs that are put off by Hams don't join the hobby. You keep putting out this misinformation. I know of no one who has not been welcomed into ham radio. Everyone is welcom. As far as building circuits, again everyone is welcome. When someone in our club mentions that they are building something, others ask about the progress of the project and help if needed. As, I have noted before, the quality of rf courses could be improved with ARRL publications. The projects have real, rather than just textbook applications. This is not being currently done in most colleges. Secondly, EEs are not joining amateur radio clubs. Some Profs that teach rf courses that I took do not have amateur radio licenses. People in the rf field are not attending club meetings. It is not the business of a university or college to promote ham radio. The university will have no higher percentage of hams than the general population. Unless one is or wants to become a ham, there is no need for someone to attend ham club meetings. There is no requirement that EE professors be hams or need for them to be so. The ARRL should make more efforts in this area. This would increase the number of people in the hobby. Also, there is a strong connection between EE and amateur radio that is not being realized. As with any organization, the ARRL has limited resources. They must pick and choose where to apply those resources. Recruiting new hams is something that can be done easily and cheaply by individual hams via word of mouth if they choose. It would be much more costly for the ARRL to try to do that recruiting as they would need to purchase advertising on TV, radio, and in the magazines and send recruiters out on lecture circuits to schools of all levels. They just can't do it. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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Wrong..... All the arrl needs to do is create the PSA's and distribute them
to the various radio and/or television stations. Commercial radio and television stations are REQUIRED to air a certain amount of PSA announcements per day and being a non-profit, allegedly service-based organization, that would definitely fit the bill. The only cost involved is the creation of the tapes, and the distribution thereof. As with any organization, the ARRL has limited resources. They must pick and choose where to apply those resources. Recruiting new hams is something that can be done easily and cheaply by individual hams via word of mouth if they choose. Aparently that has not worked like it should...... If the word of mouth thing really worked, we have better numbers to have N2EY to post each month! After all, how many times can we hit up our friends and relatives?? It would be much more costly for the ARRL to try to do that recruiting as they would need to purchase advertising on TV, radio, and in the magazines and send recruiters out on lecture circuits to schools of all levels. They just can't do it. As far as sending out "recruiters," where the hell is this all-fired important field organization?? Apparently there is a decent enough amount of people that could direct people/groups to work on presentations! I worked out a wonderful Powerpoint presentation to take to the schools and tried and tried to get at least ONE person to assist me in going to the 30-40 schools just in my county alone! Not one person would help. I don't have a ton of stuff along the lines of equipment to "impress upon" some of these students so I wanted to enlist the help of others. My goal was to attract ONE person from each school (not a huge effort) each year with this plan. What really boiled my ass in all of this, was that to get information regarding the ARRL (their brochures) was going to cost me a bunch of cash. What the hell do these people pay dues for? Apparently the ARRL does not have to justify where the money goes, although they allege to spend it in the defense of amateur radio. I have asked in the past (as a possible condition of choosing to be a member or not) as to where in DC the money goes, and so far, still have not heard anything. Still have yet to see proof that the ARRL is nothing more than an expensive subscription to a magazine. (I do however think QST is a decent magazine, not the best, but pretty good.) -- Ryan, KC8PMX FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!) --. --- -.. ... .- -. --. . .-.. ... .- .-. . ..-. .. .-. . ..-. ... --. .... - . .-. ... |
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In addition to my other response to this particular message is, "A good
defense is a good offense." This can be read into as if something is promoted more in a positive light, to educate the public, then less effort is needed to defend it. -- Ryan, KC8PMX FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!) --. --- -.. ... .- -. --. . .-.. ... .- .-. . ..-. .. .-. . ..-. ... --. .... - . .-. ... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message gy.com... "Vshah101" wrote in message ... From Larry, K3LT I regret to inform you that "Restructuring" the US Amateur Radio Service's licensing system, to reduce the code testing speed to 5 WPM for General and Extra class, in addition to the existing No-Code Technician-class license, has resulted in a whopping 1.79 percent growth rate in the ARS overall! What do you suppose we're gonna get from No-Code HF? Maybe 2 percent? The base of EEs can be expanded. You can get more EE from the rf specialty. Not all EEs have an interest in that specialty. But, from those that do, amateur radio could be a good hobby. Amateur radio is not an EE friendly hobby. Those that like to build circuits are not welcomed as those that want to learn Morse code, contest, or work DX. EEs that are put off by Hams don't join the hobby. You keep putting out this misinformation. I know of no one who has not been welcomed into ham radio. Everyone is welcom. As far as building circuits, again everyone is welcome. When someone in our club mentions that they are building something, others ask about the progress of the project and help if needed. As, I have noted before, the quality of rf courses could be improved with ARRL publications. The projects have real, rather than just textbook applications. This is not being currently done in most colleges. Secondly, EEs are not joining amateur radio clubs. Some Profs that teach rf courses that I took do not have amateur radio licenses. People in the rf field are not attending club meetings. It is not the business of a university or college to promote ham radio. The university will have no higher percentage of hams than the general population. Unless one is or wants to become a ham, there is no need for someone to attend ham club meetings. There is no requirement that EE professors be hams or need for them to be so. The ARRL should make more efforts in this area. This would increase the number of people in the hobby. Also, there is a strong connection between EE and amateur radio that is not being realized. As with any organization, the ARRL has limited resources. They must pick and choose where to apply those resources. Recruiting new hams is something that can be done easily and cheaply by individual hams via word of mouth if they choose. It would be much more costly for the ARRL to try to do that recruiting as they would need to purchase advertising on TV, radio, and in the magazines and send recruiters out on lecture circuits to schools of all levels. They just can't do it. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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