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What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? (www.onallbands.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a youth interested in ham, I couldn't agree more. It's been surprisingly difficult to find stuff for beginners who know pretty much nothing. Even having studied for the ham exam, there's still a huge gap between that and the generally available information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Check out a local club. Literally, check it out. If it is full of arrogant assholes twice your age, leave. If they are cool but you don't fit in, ask them for advice. There are so many retired radio operators who are doing it to stay "in it", or retired engineers who finally have time and so on. Most of them are very happy to info-dump about their hobby.