In response to a Freedom of Information Act, the United Kingdom amateur radio license regulator, Ofcom, has released counts of ham licenses by age group (see here). The ICQ Podcast covered this story in this week’s episode. They are simple counts but I’ve taken them and added UK population data for comparison. Using a graph […]
Category: Demography
Where Are the Hams? Right About Here…
Since about 1983, I’ve been involved in computer mapping of data in one way or another. It’s called GIS (Geographic Information Systems) officially. But two things made it popular to the masses. One was when President Clinton turned off the intentional error insertion on the government GPS satellites. This made the inexpensive Walmart-style personal GPS […]
Revised website…and new resources
A website make-over and expansion has been on the to-do list for several months now. But work on other projects—especially the Magnolia Intertie Inc. and the Radio Experimenter’s Society of Mississippi—has taken precedence. But I’ve started the process…and to poke fun at myself, created the whimsical logo shown at left. As soon as I’ve completed the […]
How Old a Ham Are Ya?
Most discussions that we hear about “new” hams tend to center around youth. “Well, I’ve been licensed since before diapers were throw-away,” etc. Certainly, the romantic notion of entry into licensed amateur radio operation embraces a young person getting Elmer-ed by an adult who introduces the youngster into the magic of the RF ether. We […]