"KØHB" wrote in message
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"Dee Flint" wrote


Have you noticed how the majority of participants in non-repeater
VHF/UHF/and up activities are NOT the Technicians.

The Northern Lights Radio Society here in Minnesota is an organization of
operators who are active in weak signal (SSB/CW) work on the VHF, UHF, and
Microwave bands. I'm sure your OM has heard of the club. A significant
number of the members are Technician licensees.


And half our members are Technicians also. And almost half our officers are
Technicians. We've been very successful in getting them engaged in the
club.

May be different where you live, but in this area the Technicians do a
lions share of the work in Skywarn, Grandmas Marathon, Twin Cities
Marathon, and a host of public service events. During disaster recovery
(floods and tornados) events they are major contributors of time and
talent.



As they do here.

Contrary to common sentiment, they are extraordinarily engaged in the
local ham scene and not just "shack-on-a-belt-repeater-lizards" as some
like to characterize them.


The Technicians here are also quite engaged in all the public service,
community, and club activities. What the participation seems to lag here is
in the wide range of on air activities.

The sooner ARRL membership has Technicians as members in numbers
proportional to their population, the sooner ARRL will truly represent the
full spectrum of amateur licensees. My PBI seeks to make that happen.


I thought that I had seen a statistic where close to half of the ARRL
membership were Technicians. If so, then it simply means that the Techs
need to get more involved on the management side to make things happen.
Afterall there is no reason that a Tech couldn't be President.

Perhaps if this PBI were more aimed at expanding the membership at all
levels it would be more fruitful. Very little change would be needed to
what you propose other than seeking out non-members of all classes.

73, de Hans, K0HB


Dee D. Flint, N8UZE