The hamfest held each year in the St. Louis suburb of Collinsville, IL is called Winterfest. I blogged earlier about the hamfest getting a windfall this year in adding to their growing set of Forums and other programs on contesting and so forth by welcoming the Wes Schum Symposium. Here’s how the Winterfest 2020 Chair […]
Category: Amateur Radio Clubs
Attracting Youth to Ham Radio: Get Out of Their Way!
Update: Reprinted with permission in Radio ZS Vol. 73, No. 4 2020, the journal of the South African Radio Society. Amateur radio has a demographic problem. In the U.S., there is a clear belief that members of the hobby are old. And getting older. What that means in actual age distribution just isn’t known. Unfortunately, […]
Plant the Seed! Sow the Future
There is much rhetoric in amateur radio about getting more people into the hobby. Especially young people. The ARRL has a Teachers Institute which reflects the conventional “train-the-trainer” model of getting K-12 school teachers (mostly) into ham radio in order to expose their students to the fun and learning. The challenge of this is that […]
Smoke & Solder Host to Kick-Off Banner Year of CMSARA Speakers
January 11, 2020. (Brandon, MS): For Immediate Release Information Contact: Frank Howell K4FMH k4fmh@arrl.net A fan favorite from the internationally known video podcast, Ham Nation, kicks off the 2020 programs for the Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Club. “We are delighted to have George Thomas W5JDX, star of the Smoke & Solder segment on Ham Nation […]