RM> That's interesting. I would wonder given the multiple ways kids have
RM> to communicate these days, how many would be interested in that.

SD>You'd be surprised.  The maker crowd has found out about amateur radio and th
  >love it.

That's good. I know radios were a lot more common years ago but I
guess there are still a lot of people involved in it and it's
always good to create new users..

RM> I'm sure you can do things with a ham radio that you can't do with
RM> other means, so maybe that's a good thing to learn about..

SD>For one thing you can easily use your computer to talk on the air and be able
  > work (talk to) places that you might not be able to otherwise.

I don't know enough about it to comment much. I was thinking about how
at some times when virtually all technology was down there were still
Ham users who could communicate with the rest of the world, which was
great, but if you are using a computer then you should also be able
to talk computer to computer in other ways..

RM> ..If you can get their faces out of their phones long enough to
RM> teach them anything..   B)

SD>No phones allowed at this event.

Good plan.. I think that's required to teach kids Anything these days..  B)

Hope this all works out for you...

Rob
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