<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">ARRL Director asks: What&#39;s wrong with ham radio?</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">When ARRL Director <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Ria Jairam N2RJ</strong> asked amateurs on Twitter to tell her what&#39;s wrong with amateur radio and how to fix it, she had many replies including a blog post from <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Razvan Fatu M0HZH</strong> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Razvan highlights five areas:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">• Cost of entry &amp; age ( Custo de entrada e idade de acesso )<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• Attractiveness (Atratividade)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• Gatekeeping (Legislação)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• Diversity (Diversidade)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• General public perception ( Percepção do público em geral)<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read his blog post at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://qrpblog.com/2020/07/whats-wrong-with-ham-radio/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://qrpblog.com/2020/07/whats-wrong-with-ham-radio/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Ria Jairam N2RJ<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://twitter.com/RiaJairam/status/1283215578677870593" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/RiaJairam/status/1283215578677870593</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Razvan Fatu M0HZH<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://twitter.com/YO9IRF/status/1283391130315493376" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/YO9IRF/status/1283391130315493376</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">An article in the IEEE Spectrum magazine looks at some of the issues facing amateur radio, see<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/the-uncertain-future-of-ham-radio" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/the-uncertain-future-of-ham-radio</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>