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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 Message-id: 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 - |
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