The Future Of Ham Radio IS The Youth, Youth On The Air, TVARYC
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- tvaryc.org/ Tennessee Valley Amateur Radio Youth Club
It was a pleasure to talk with Colin on video. He is an ambassador to ham radio and I hope he strives to continue to get more people engaged in the hobby. Check out his club website.
Interested in obtaining your ham radio license? The best way to get started is at hamradioprep.com/
Use the code eric20 at checkout to save 20%. You will pass the exam on your first try or your money back.
SUBSCRIBE
Thanks for your time Colin :)
This young man has a great attitude and VERY professional for his age. Hope to work him one day
A local ham up here in Alaska just said on a net that he contacted someone today from the ‘youths on the air’ in Alabama.
Hi Eric,
I'm 17 and want to start a ham club at my high school, and I have several members wanting to join.
I just upgraded to General and am looking for a teacher supervisor now.
Your content is inspirational, please keep it up!
73, de KD2STC
Second semester after the NEW wears off is the time that most license classes are held. Since you have your license, show your teacher what you can do with HAM Radio. Get some of the STAFF and teachers interested enough to get their license books and YOU can be the teacher. 2 things that it will do. It will reinforce what you know and it will show what it takes to get interest built up. Don't just look for a supervisor, get your teacher enthused to the point they want to get their license. If you're 17 you don't have long at that school. Someone needs to come along behind you and keep things going so when you come back for your 10 year class reunion you can look at the Radio Club that is STILL there and say that you had a part in starting it. One thing with showing ham radio, hitting the home run ( space station) is nice but you need a lot more singles ( local and contacts that may be a couple hours drive away ) show more about what really goes on.
Hi Eric, I am KN4VTI, a 13 year old. I am on my mom's account. You and others got me into the hobby. Your content is great. Keep at it. You are an inspiration to the community. I have my general, and am looking to start a club at high school. I have at least one willing to join. I will try to get more.
73s
KN4VTI
P.S.
We should attempt a contact sometime, I am in Nashville TN, and I work Florida all the time.
Check my reply to Michael Lin above also. Show your stuff using HAM radio. Get your teacher or the sponsor for the club interested enough to WANT to get their license. 4 years and you're out the door. Get the TEACHER to want to get their license and then you too can come back for your 10 year class reunion and see that the club is still there. The teacher probably will be there longer than you. It also helps when you need someone with a license if the club goes somewhere and you can't make it.
Hi Eric KJ4YZI
This is William 9W2YIX from Malaysia currently 17 got my license at 14
73s
As the SYC of Wisconsin, an Extra, an owner of a youth net, and 12 this really inspired me. Keep it up.
I'm 15 years old and a HUGE contester. I will be working the K8A American YOTA station December 29-31. Hear you on the bands!
73 de W0AAE
I just ordered a Yaesu FT-818. I'm 17 and got my license back in August of 2019. My dream is to make a contact on the beach water line like you did. I also bought the MFJ 1899t for it. Thanks for the great teaching content!
73 de KN6DUK
Hey, I'm a "Youth". I am 17 in North Carolina. I have attempted to start youth club at my school but did not have the interest. I dont have the equipment to do 2-way sat-com but I used to decode the APT transmissions.
73's,
Jake
If you know morse code or would like to pick up the code, there is a site that you can use morse code without having to have a amateur radio license.It is called CwCom ( Cw Communicator ). You can send morse code from one computer to another computer over the internet and that way you don't need a radio. If you need training on morse code look for MORSECAT2 and download it and you can learn how to send code. MORSECAT2 teaches you and CwCom gives you someplace to use the code. If you get any interest, then you can see about getting into the amateur radio scene. For a Technician License it gives you a step up on someone who just uses voice. A couple other downloads to look at for morse code. SUPERALDIS3 , WINMORSE2 ,
Jake I’m a youth , my call signs K5RCW, I’m 24 in Memphis Tennessee and I enjoy the hobby, I’m more into 2 meter and 70 cm. I also enjoy listening to police fire, that’s the reason I got my license was because I enjoy hearing public safety channels
Such a great young man. Eric you did a good job on this video. Thank you for sharing man.
Way to go Colin. I wish I'd started when I was young. You've got a lifetime of fun ahead of you!
I was 13 when I was licensed in 1974. There was very few people anywhere close to my age. All the older hams talked to me like a kid. I mostly operated CW, which avoided many issues until my voice finally deepened.
CQCQCQ DE M0JKE. I'm a 16 year old ham from the UK and I was on YOTA Bulgaria. Just wanted to point out what an amazing camp it was.
I’m a youth , my call signs K5RCW, I’m 24 in Memphis Tennessee and I enjoy the hobby, I’m more into 2 meter and 70 cm. I also enjoy listening to police fire, that’s the reason I got my license was because I enjoy hearing public safety channels, we had tornadoes and severe thunderstorm yesterday,And I was listening to the k5LET repeater in Memphis during it and it was fun!
It's great to see young people want to get into radio, it's great hobby. Way back in 1970's when CB radio was huge, myself and few friends started SSB (single side band) and it grew into a monster of a club. Must of us came from working families and money was very limited back then. CB was the cheapest way to get radio equipment. I think Colin has a awesome idea here and It's good for young people to have a place to go and exchange idea's and be around other people with same interests.
Some things don't change. When I got my license at age 16 in 1991, there were only three other Hams out of 2000 students that I knew of at my high school. Today,I still associate with one of them. There was a teen net on 2m that met every Thursday night. But for the most part, most hams were far older then me. Most of my ham friends were far older then me. I'm still friends with some of them.
The name is Nate KE0NNA from St. Louis. I got my license 3 years ago when I was 15. The Boy Scouts got me into the hobby. I just bought one of those VGC radios that you control with your cell phone and it's awesome! I think if new companies are created that build feature-rich radios with highly highly competitive pricing more young people will join the hobby.
In 3 years have never met another person my age on the air.
Thank you Colin and Eric 73 KI5FRK
Well spoken affable young man. Needs his own RUclips channel!
Great job Colin. That's a good idea to find something you like to compliment HAM radio. There is something out there for everyone.
WTG Colin GOTA! and thank you for keeping the interest in Ham Radio from KA0RLB
Haha back then my late father wanted to become a radio amateur. He never passed the exam but he made me do it :-)
One of your best videos, Eric!! THAT is the future of ham radio....not old geezers like me. The people (the older ones) that speak to Colin have to understand, though, that young people like him are an opportunity to share their knowledge. I taught (in a classroom) for a few years. What I found there was that I could learn almost as much as I taught!! All I had to do was pay attention to what my students were saying. Quite often they had me scrambling back to the books....to accurately answer their questions, and sometimes just to keep up with them!! I'd love to 'work' Colin sometime. He sounds like a young man with a lot to offer! 73 KC1MGW
K5LUO..... I’m starting an Electronics and Amateur Radio course at Tecumseh High School in Oklahoma. This is a first for the students. We are also starting a Ham Radio club. This all starts in January 2020. We are putting up a DMR repeater at the school. We will have an HF station, DMR, and VHF analog station. I will be teaching the students basic electronics of amateur radio. Topics will be many, including satellites, space tech, balloon launches, etc.
Tecumseh High School KI5HMS in Oklahoma. Listen for us.
Check with Magnum Schools (Altus) I think that's where the Eisenhower Middle School's (Lawton ) club ended up at. Cliff Harper
If you want to add Morse Code, Training software downloads MORSECAT2 , SUPERALDIS3 , Winmorse2 , and somewhere to use the code with out having to have an amateur radio license, CwCom ( CWCommunicator) computer to computer morse code.Also there is a woman in the MIDWEST CITY, OK. club who is the youth org. for the OKC Ham Holiday. I think her name is Michelle Carey W5MQC if you contact the club they probably can put you in contact with her. All so, Carole Perry. Carole wb2mgp@gmail.com RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA . Check ARRL and some of the youth organizations QRZ has done a few stories on her too. She did a Youth seminar at 2019 Ham Holiday.
I'm trying to get our scout troop interested in ham radio, I even donated a new 2meter/70CM handheld to the first person who could pass the tech test, none were even interested. We need someone like Colin in this area.
Make SHORT videos of you or your club doing something with ham radio. KEEP IT AT OR UNDER 10 MIN. Find out what day the Scout troop has their regular meeting. See if they would let you show the video after the regular meeting. If they are interested, make it a once a month thing. Don't PUSH. Let them come to you if it generates any interest. If you find something interesting, isn't it better if you get up and chase it instead of someone forcing it down your throat Same way with the Scouts and youth groups. Give them something that perks their interest and they'll come around. Boar them and they disappear.
@@kb9cfh302 Thanks for the tips, I am at almost every scout meeting, I'm not giving up but most of them seem to think "why an old radio when I have a cell phone". The next thing the scoutmaster and I are going to try is when at camp there is no service but they have a donated 2-meter repeater, that could interest them in grid down coms. KD9OAM
especially if they can help set up the tactical repeater. show what happens before the repeater goes into operation with the ht's, then add the repeater to the mix. Might even try a little old school packet with digipeaters. Check out the Tiny Tracker 4s and see if you can work some APRS with messaging and using them as Digis Bounce it from vehicle to vehicle until you get into somewhere where you can pick up a IRLP/DSTAR repeater to show what the relay system is all about. You can also show a cross band repeater set up to get an S&R teams com out of a deep hole with the mobile on a ridge, HT's in the hole, and crossbanding out to a repeater
@@kb9cfh302 Very good idea! The scoutmaster has had this in the planning, so I will pass your advice along and help him with implementation. Again thanks and 73's, KD9OAM.
One way to reach young future hams is to go where they are: middle and high schools; especially kids in STEM programs. Contact the principals first, then the STEM teachers. Make your presentation to the kids simple (no equations or radio theory) and interactive. Bring 4-6 cheap 11-meter handhelds and show the kids how to use them. Then ask the interested kids what they want to do next: use radios at their homes to chat with each other; start an after-school club; etc. Let them discover ham radio themselves, with your guidance.
Do you mean 2-meter handhelds?
@@patring620 No, I meant 11 meters, but I didn't want to say "CB radios" because CB freaks out so many hams. But CB radios don't require licenses so the kids could use them right away. They could pick one of the "other" channels - not 9 or 19 - and have their own local net. If they stay off 9 and 19, they can avoid the "colorful" language of the truckers, etc. 😁
@@bluesdude758 CB can be used, but a better choice might be to get a couple of the FRS/GMRS radios. Channel 8 thru 14 are FRS license free channels. You can teach the kids what each of the menu items is and what they do, like picking the channel setting. The CTCSS or the PL tone 1-38 . Why you would need 0 CTCSS if someone has a cheaper radio and doesn't have the tone capability. The fact that the PL tone doesn't keep other people from hearing what you transmit, it's only used to keep others from getting into your system and if it is opened by you that you will hear other people. What is a VOX control and what do you do with it. If your radio has a TIME OUT TIMER what does that do? On the 7 FRS channels you only have low power. WHY IS THAT? If you have a weather alert on your radio does it just go off or does it take S.A.M.E. codes. And what are S.A.M.E codes anyway? What's that telephone sound and all the other beeps and buzzes that are in the CALL area. What's a MONITOR button for and why should I use it? IF I hit scan it keeps stopping on this old fart that keeps complaining about his back hurts and how his doctor doesn't know anything about medicine. ----STARTING TO GET THE PICTURE? Some of the higher priced units have memory slots and memory scan capabilities that allow you to set a channel a PL code a power level (outside of the 7 FRS channels) scan skip of a memory channel. You have a 22 channel radio you only need to scan 3 channels you can put the 3 channels into the memory and then only do a memory scan. If you need to scan all 22 channels you can drop back to the full operation and scan all of the channels. It helps , especially if your in a major metro area and have LOTS of radio traffic. ALSO LOOK FOR A SIGNAL STRENGTH METER if you can find one. Gives you an idea how strong a signal is coming in to the radio. The CELL PHONE ADAGE ( MORE BARS IN MORE PLACES ). If you have to track a signal it comes in handy. After the kids learn what all this is about, THEN you can START on the BaoFeng and the Wouxun menus. GOOD LUCK.
Awesome!
I think kit building and inexpensive HF transceivers would be appealing to youth, especially if you can demonstrate digital modes, Morse Code readers, etc. Consider the QCX transceiver from QRP Labs, a 5-watt, single-band Morse Code transceiver kit for under $50, or the QRPGuys 40/30/20m DSB Digital Transceiver Kit for less than $40. Entry cost is fairly low, yet both kits have digital elements. The QCX's built-in diagnostics paired with the display make alignment easy. I haven't worked the QRPGuys digital transceiver, but their other kits are well documented and straight forward, and connecting to a laptop running waterfall display software would intrigue any STEM student or computer geek. Pairing a 2-meter HT with a directional, yagi-like antenna for satellite and E-M-E could be kinda cool, but the pay-off is rare. We shouldn't let 2-meter, and especially 2-meter voice, define ham radio for these kids. Techs have CW access on 2, 6, 10, 15, 40, and 80 bands, and we should be encouraging them to use those bands at an early age with simple kits, wire antennas, key kits, etc. Some hams, through no real fault of their own, never move beyond 2-meter repeater use, and while there is nothing wrong with that activity, it would be a shame if prospective hams encounter that (often) pablum and never encountered a simple kit build, digital modes, or a CW session with modern paddles and old-school straight key as a ham radio introduction.
Good interview Eric and a good subject to cover, young men like Colin really are the future of the hobby if we want to keep this all going.
This is so cool.
Next time your in huntsville, I'd love to meet you!
The Ewings makes great points here and I suspect he's mostly right. However, I still encourage us to get youth involvement. Find the youth interested in electronics and point them to further study in college. I'll never forget the first field day I attended some 50+ years ago. Sitting in a tent I watched a ham talking to Spain and was hooked. Thank you for this important interview and video. 73 de kb3nje
YARC.WORLD, the Young Amateur Radio Club has some good involvement.
Great video and great young man 👍🏻
Can you make a short video on or about simplex radio for the newbie? Thanx in advance.
I,m trying to get into radio and can't find anybody to talk with or learn from locally..
Yeah I turned 18 last month and I'm still looking towards getting my technician license
Something the "The Ewings" -- Tom W5VLT brought up. Getting the youth licensed is great, BUT, if you go to a BSA meeting or a Boys and Girls club, a school, or any youth organization. How many of the STAFF are licensed Amateur Radio Operators? How many SCOUT MASTERS and Assistant Scout Masters, group leaders and people that are going to be around long after the new crop of kids has grown up and moved on? How many times has there been a call go out for someone to come in and show something about Ham Radio for a merit badge program. This is nice if there are willing Hams in the area, but we can't be every where at all times. If you get the STAFF licensed, then we can LOAN out equipment to someone who HAS an Amateur Radio License. Then the Troop or whatever group can work on the project at their leisure and not depend so much on whether a HAM is free that weekend or whenever. I work with HIDDEN TRANSMITTERS ( ARDF ). I would love to get out and work with youth groups. My health doesn't allow me to do much, but if there were a STAFF member licensed, then I could teach the staff member and allow them to borrow the equipment and go out to the city park, local state park, Boy Scout Camp, National Forest, or where ever. We don't mind loaning equipment but the FCC wants someone responsible for it.
The biggest problem i hear from Youth in Europe is they dont want to study a hole full year just to get a Amateur Extra class License. And even the very long General licensed hams are facing that problem. They dont want to study on their 50's - 70's year old age anymore. The old extra class hams dont care, and dont want any new youth on their bands.
In Europe with a General license you hardly cant do jack shit on the few bands, with the exception of Denmark,Sweden,Belgium. When traveling with a Cept license you still can't do much. The ham radio exams need to be easier, thats the biggest problem aside from the old farts that dont want to change anything. I like the swedish method. With a general license all bands 100watts. That way the majority can use all the bands. But the exams still need to bee easier to attract new people. And implementation of new fcc rules need to be faster. No more 10 years of waiting. Same goes for EU europe and with the IARU. If you want the bands full with activity than the exams need to be changed period. I cannot bring new people to this hobby. They just wont want to learn those books. Operating practice they all find okay, but no 12 months learning. The bands are being sold is what you are facing now. Thanks to all tose old farts,and goverment that still live in the stonehenge era. 11-16 october IARU-R1 are holding a meeting in EU. Youth is on the program list. But not how to get the ham bands full within 6 months. No sir, another 20 years debating and drinking coffee, holding more iaru meetings untill the old hams are all SK. Thats whats gonna happen, just like decades ago.
This is fantastic. de W9ALK
"the future of ham radio?" OMG NO NO NO ... with all respect to the segment of potentially thousands of youth that could be paraded on videos like this with this fine young man ... youth is not the segment that represents sorely needed Growth Opportunity for radio. I hear so many talk about getting youth involved, and yes there is a limited market, but so long as radio proponents keep focusing on youth markets, they're missing where the opportunity for growth in radio really is.
Radio is far, far, far down the list of things holding interest for youth at large - other than small segments. They're just not the target market for radio growth. May as well try to attract skateboarders or snowboarders to knitting or baking. Just as effective would that be. Radio is not - generally - attractive to those age groups. Strategic level error to target them; waste of resources and efforts we need focused on the right demographics, with the right tactics. It's got to be common sense, doesn't it?
I get that people are frustrated or concerned that old timers go silent key on one end of the radio population life cycle, and a rudderless malaise on the incoming side of the pipeline. I get that. But we have to focus on the market that can actually grow the pipeline ... that being people in their 40's, 50's, 60's, etc. The radio hobby fits with that segment's lifestyles and life cycle. Trying to get them earlier is misguided, a misuse of resources, ineffective waste of time better spent attracting people in the correct age groups. If you had growth of 5% per year in overall radio population from expanding our base in the latter age groups, nobody would be complaining or concerned.
Then 10 years later, you get more aging younger people who are now in their 40's and 50's + coming in the pipeline as new radio operators, from those who used to be snowboarders and now have mature families. In this way the pipeline is sustainable and constant. Emphasis.
It's not one 15 yo in for every five 80 yo out SK ... that is obviously (to some) not the answer. Instead it's five 40's yo in to every one SK out. That's how we get growth. The latter is where the growth is realistic and comes in... when actually focused in the right direction.
Using magazine marketing as an example - don't waste our time advertising in Teen Beat magazine, but instead advertising in those magazines targeting the 40's, 60's + audiences; such as travel, cooking, sports, preppers, etc. magazines. There's a lot of people in the general population who have been interested, or would be if marketed to... the radio proponents need to start outreach and marketing to the right markets with ongoing resources as a norm of doing business.
It's maddening to see the focus on the wrong age groups, and the resulting outcomes. More rudder please, and less rudderless and misguided "wisdom".
Let's get some industry outreach, let's get some clubs' outreach to each's local communities as ongoing (quarterly, monthly?) programs and strategies - targeting the right age segments in new and creative ways - to get those in the right age demographics to walk over and "check out what's going on over there... something about radio there in the parking lot... I've seen them here a number of times, let's put the groceries in the car and then I'm going to check it out...” or farmers market or ... “hey honey hold on a sec, going to talk to those guys set up over there - they’re promoting HAM radio I think.”
Let's get real growth with real strategies from the top (looking at you ARRL), to regional, to club local level. Get the rudder operational to turn the boat, towards thriving radio population growth - which funds increased industry sales, more R&D, lower prices and entry points, wider participation ... thriving.
The Ewings you may be right. I am 73 years old and today 12/15/19 I passed my Technician license test. Looking forward to getting my license and start communicating on 2 meters.
Walt Radowenchuk
Congrats!
And don’t get me wrong about the 80 yo’s :) with health and nutrition today ... shoot for 110 yo :)