Oooops!

I forgot got to add:

I can't remember clearly but I don't recall mention of Elft 'n' Safettey
back in those days. Elfts were wot girls played wiv!

73


On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 14:03 +0100, Roger Lapthorn wrote:
> Chris (et al)
> 
> In the last few years I've given talks at 5 different radio clubs in
> East Anglia. Some were well attended and thriving, others small but in
> good shape and one was clearly in trouble. A common thread throughout
> was a distinct lack of younger members. 
> 
> Although this is not a subject for further discussion on the
> LF-reflector it is something that should concern us all. We need to
> find more ways of making the hobby inviting to younger people without
> "dumbing it down". How?  As a teenager I was fascinated by short-wave,
> communicating by string, radio, light beams and earth currents. Today,
> the advances in technology make what we do appear far from
> marvellous. 
> 
> Not sure of the answers but amateur radio in 2020 may be just a
> handful of pensioners talking about how good it was in the old days.
> No doubt Mal will be one of them. 
> 
> Did I also note in the RSGB's survey that LF was an interest mainly of
> the older members?
> 
> 73s
> Roger G3XBM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 4 August 2011 09:48, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
>         Hi Mal and LF,
>         Mal says: 
>         "If one is plagued with environmental noise and poor signal
>         quality on LF/MF then maybe this is not the band for You."
>         You might be right, but it's fun trying! I have very much
>         enjoyed the last couple of years on 136/7 despite the
>         difficulties.
>         Well, I'm not sure the QSY is a solution either. When I rotate
>         my 2m beam and watch the noise level on the s-meter, the noise
>         goes up by about 18db as the beam points down the  line of the
>         houses in my street. Not surprising I have trouble on LF.
>         All you can do is the best with the circumstances you're
>         presented with.
>         Lack of activity is as much due to us (radio amateurs) in
>         general getting older and dropping out of the hobby, with few
>         youngsters following on, as anything else.
>         Thanks to those who commented about SNR, I agree with others
>         observations.
>         Vy 73,
>         Chris, G4AYT, Whitstable, Kent.
> 
> 
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