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by TMTYLER357 on October 24, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
I was wondering about what I could do to see if there is anyone in my area that would like to become a ham, but I just don't know where to look. Most of my friends just say, "thats what I have my cellphone for." I am involved in a church youth group, there is 1 senior at my high school who is licensed and I'm also in the spanish club. I thought about maybe demonstrating amateur radio to the spanish club by maybe talking to someone in spain and possibly allowing the students (my classmates) to ask questions. That might get them interested. I just don't know where to look for people that might be interested. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tyler M.

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by ONAIR on October 25, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
CB radio used to be the greatest vehicle for bringing new people into the amateur radio hobby. They'd get a taste of radio with CB and become facinated with what radio could do, and want to learn and experience more! I suggest you get a bunch of inexpensive old CBs off of Ebay and give them to the kids who seem interested. Even new CBs today can be had for under $25 bucks! You'd be surprised at how just using simple CBs could get kids thinking about electronics and communications.

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by KT8K on November 1, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
The Spanish demonstration is certainly a great idea - I hope you can make that happen. When I was a new ham I met a guy who was an advanced class ham. He said that was his chosen license level because it gave a lot of extra phone band space on HF, and it gave him a chance to work on the 7 languages he knew. Other than that, he wasn't into the technical stuff, the contests, or much else in ham radio. He did say that ham radio allowed him to keep up on the changes in the languages as well as the latest slang. Sounded good to me, though it's not my cup of tea (I speak only English - and CW - and in recent years a bit of Italian). Ciao & 73 de kt8k - Tim

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