As ARRL president, [Rick Roderick, K5UR] spends a significant amount of time proselytising the hobby. He has a standard talk about amateur radio that involves tales gleaned from his many decades as a licence holder, and features QSL cards from rare DX contacts to show how radio amateurs talk all over the world.
He’s delivered this talk countless times, and is used to a good reception from audiences impressed with what can be done with radio. But when he delivered it to a group of young people, as Southgate ARC reports, he was surprised to see a lack of interest …read more http://pje.fyi/Pc5zdl
Paul Jacob Evans 
Who is the original author of this post? Appears it’s also listed here, written by Jenny List: https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/amateur-radio-just-isnt-exciting/
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