an old friend wrote:
wrote:
KØHB wrote:
Just finished another annual running to the two-weekend Sweepstakes contest (one
weekend Morse, one weekend phone).
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What are we (all of us) going to do to reverse this ominous trend?

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73, de Hans, K0HB

Newcomers???

I passed my Novice exam in November 1986 and I'm still considered a
newcomer by your OF buddies here. And you ask what might be wrong with
the ARS? Hi, hi!

at least it is a better thread than many on here and has some radio
content

It's all about embracing the Morse Code.

You're trolling again, right? That was at least an S7.

I admit I was suckered into responding. Kind of like Hans with a 2005
uniform issue regulation that somehow applies to Steve's claims of
service in 1974.

"raped an old friend" says Tennessee Nurse Steven J Robeson, LPN. He's
clearly a misfit in any society.

N0IMD wrote

It's all about embracing the Morse Code.

Not at all, Brian. It's about getting newcomers involved in on-the-air
activities of any mode.

In fact specifically points out that in 10,000 QSOs, newcomers (at least to this
contest) are most likely to be voice operators by a ratio of over 3:1.

Then it points out what I consider to be a scary wakeup call --- that newcomer
activity in both modes seems to have fallen by half in just a short 5-year
period.

Finally it asks what we (all of us) can do to turn the ship around.

Thanks, Mark and John, for your thoughtful suggestions.

73, de Hans, K0HB