ARLA/CLUSTER: As associações universitárias de radioamadores encorajam a inovação nos EUA

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Campus ham radio clubs encouraged to innovate

The ARRL report that college and university amateur radio clubs have been
urged to boost vitality through innovation

The League says:
ARRL Public Relations Committee Chairman Scott Westerman, W9WSW, believes
collegiate Amateur Radio clubs need to blow away the dust and cobwebs and
modernize, in order to attract new members. He urges college and university
ham radio clubs to seek common technological ground with younger
generations, in order to attract new Amateur Radio licensees.

“We really need to be thinking in terms of…state-of-the-art technology,
because that’s what ‘the kids’ are looking for nowadays,� Westerman told
ARRL Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, during a brief interview at
the 2017 Orlando HamCation February 10-12, which hosted this year’s ARRL
Southeastern Division Convention. “The big challenge is how to get them
away from their cellphones.�

Westerman, a Michigan State University (MSU) alumnus and executive director
of the MSU Alumni Association, recalled his own student days, when MSU
Amateur Radio Club (MSUARC) station W8SH had a Collins S-Line for a
station. Founded in 1919, the MSUARC is one of the oldest collegiate ham
clubs in the US.

Collegiate clubs need to tap into students’ interest in “parallel�
technological realms, such as the Maker Movement or those already
experimenting with electronics, Westerman said. “At one time or another, we
were all in that parallel universe, and there was something that brought us
to ham radio,� he offered.

Westerman said the MSU club has come up with a program to get students on
HF via a remote base. “So, you can get into our state-of-the-art shack, you
can check out a control head, a Kenwood TS-480, take it back to your dorm,
plug it into the Wi-Fi network, and work the world!�

Read the full story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/campus-ham-radio-clubs-encouraged-to-boost-vitality-through-innovation
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