Comment on What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio?
tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Make clubs accessible for younger people again. Lots of clubs became old man’s clubs that aren’t where kids want to hang out. Clubs are a great way to get access to gear without having to buy it and be able to use it via the club license(s).
I think showing the different types of communications available, including sat coms is helpful. Not everyone wants to ragchew with old men.
socsa@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Frequently bigoted old men. I'm in a very liberal area, and still, hardly a day goes by where the morning "check in" calls don't take several very problematic detours about trans people or crime statistics or both.
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Ah, so that hasn’t changed. I last had contact with hamradio through a friend 25 years ago and it was just what you described. Bigots, racists and otherwise unpleasant men. And it truly was all men. I was interested in this hobby, but why would I pursue this if almost all people you’d talk to were assholes?
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The fuck? It seems I have been lucky. Most people here follow the “don’t argue politics” advice.
tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, they usually have me changing band as I want well away from that, i don’t want them hopping across.if I stay there But even just unprobalamtic farmers chat ain’t going to be appealing to most kids.