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What do they think will happen when the cell phones towers get knocked out
of service by the killer quake? They think their phones will work all by
themselves? Our radios… on the other hand… WILL. If the repeaters all
go down, and they likely will, a lot of them, the individual radios will
ALWAYS work.
I do hope that you at least explained to all of these kids that emergency
communications is not the only thing that you can do in ham radio. There
are a lot of other aspects to it; not just emergencies. Ham radio operators
(specifically those here in the US) have access to at least 27 different
amateur radio bands in the RF spectrum. We can also operate in different
modes (voice, data, television, VoIP, Morse code, moonbounce, ham radio
satellites, for example).
We don’t just exist for emergencies only. Some of us simply like to just
chat with our friends on the bands. Some like to do ham radio contests on
the weekends (not me, I’m not really into that sort of thing personally).
I blame MTV, Nintendo, Sony and all of the video game manufacturers… Why
talk on the radio to someone you don’t know when you can play “Halo” on
your 50″ flat-screen TV with surround sound. I look at these kids (and
people in their 20s, 30s, etc., staring at their stupid phones all the
time… they know all about the latest video games but not a whole lot
about the real world. When a real disaster hits, and it will, eventually,
they’ll be unprepared.
Depressing but not unexpected – just go to any Ham radio store, fleamarket,
rally or most Ham related videos on Youtube – what do you see ? – usually a
bunch of obese old men drooling over their equipment and bitching about any
other hams who don’t agree with them on something or other. Yeah – that
really sets an example and role model that young people want to follow.
Those of you reading this who are not ham radio operators: imagine yourself
being able to communicate with someone via radio (either on the other side
of town or around the world), without having to rely on any infrastructure,
and using less power than it takes to illuminate a light bulb… FOR FREE.
No charge to use the airwaves. Just you, your radio, and the ionosphere.
That’s it. So please, get licensed and join in. There is no age
requirement; just a simple licensing exam. OK, I’m done. 🙂
Not surprising at all. Hard to get these kids away from their video games
and Facebook… most of these kids hardly ever put down their game
controllers.
Well done. I hope this gets some publicity. It really is rather depressing
that todays youth have no knowledge of Amateur Radio (based on this video,
of course this was a very small sampling but I would be willing to say that
this would probably be the norm on a larger scale) Keep up the good work
Ron KB3VEW
You can help in emergencies, but there is a lot of fun things to do in Ham
Radio. Like, just talking to other (hams / amateur) operators, talk to
other places around the world, do digital communications, radio contest,
take a hand-held radio and talk to other geocaching hams … Etc.
Kb6kgx yeh as a teenager I know it’s hard to stop playing on facebook and
games but yeh I love ham radio a whole lot more than that crap but yeh wish
all kids think the same way
What do they think will happen when the cell phones towers get knocked out
of service by the killer quake? They think their phones will work all by
themselves? Our radios… on the other hand… WILL. If the repeaters all
go down, and they likely will, a lot of them, the individual radios will
ALWAYS work.
I do hope that you at least explained to all of these kids that emergency
communications is not the only thing that you can do in ham radio. There
are a lot of other aspects to it; not just emergencies. Ham radio operators
(specifically those here in the US) have access to at least 27 different
amateur radio bands in the RF spectrum. We can also operate in different
modes (voice, data, television, VoIP, Morse code, moonbounce, ham radio
satellites, for example).
We don’t just exist for emergencies only. Some of us simply like to just
chat with our friends on the bands. Some like to do ham radio contests on
the weekends (not me, I’m not really into that sort of thing personally).
“he has a big antenna”
I blame MTV, Nintendo, Sony and all of the video game manufacturers… Why
talk on the radio to someone you don’t know when you can play “Halo” on
your 50″ flat-screen TV with surround sound. I look at these kids (and
people in their 20s, 30s, etc., staring at their stupid phones all the
time… they know all about the latest video games but not a whole lot
about the real world. When a real disaster hits, and it will, eventually,
they’ll be unprepared.
Maybe change the title …
Depressing but not unexpected – just go to any Ham radio store, fleamarket,
rally or most Ham related videos on Youtube – what do you see ? – usually a
bunch of obese old men drooling over their equipment and bitching about any
other hams who don’t agree with them on something or other. Yeah – that
really sets an example and role model that young people want to follow.
Those of you reading this who are not ham radio operators: imagine yourself
being able to communicate with someone via radio (either on the other side
of town or around the world), without having to rely on any infrastructure,
and using less power than it takes to illuminate a light bulb… FOR FREE.
No charge to use the airwaves. Just you, your radio, and the ionosphere.
That’s it. So please, get licensed and join in. There is no age
requirement; just a simple licensing exam. OK, I’m done. 🙂
Not surprising at all. Hard to get these kids away from their video games
and Facebook… most of these kids hardly ever put down their game
controllers.
Humans are the most intelligent animals…..? Well yahh
Well done. I hope this gets some publicity. It really is rather depressing
that todays youth have no knowledge of Amateur Radio (based on this video,
of course this was a very small sampling but I would be willing to say that
this would probably be the norm on a larger scale) Keep up the good work
Ron KB3VEW
You can help in emergencies, but there is a lot of fun things to do in Ham
Radio. Like, just talking to other (hams / amateur) operators, talk to
other places around the world, do digital communications, radio contest,
take a hand-held radio and talk to other geocaching hams … Etc.
Kb6kgx yeh as a teenager I know it’s hard to stop playing on facebook and
games but yeh I love ham radio a whole lot more than that crap but yeh wish
all kids think the same way
I agree im 15 and interested in HAM radio if i ask any of my friends about
it they laugh….