-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-   
      
    -=> On 08-19-18 07:55, Jimmy Anderson wrote to David Abutbul <=-   
      
    JA> Yeah, some DMR here, but I haven't jumped into that. No budget for new   
    JA> stuff right now...   
      
    TL> DMR is the cheapest of the DV modes to get into, as there's a few   
    TL> budget priced radios around that apparently work reasonably well.  I   
    TL> got mine for the best price of all - won 2 DMR HTs in a Facebook   
    TL> promotion/competition. :)   
      
   VERY cool! :-)   
      
    DA> I am 34 and most hams I know locally are older, or considerably older.   
      
    JA> Well I'm 51, but only got into this about 2 or 3 years ago. :-) There   
    JA> are some around here younger, but most are older than me. :-) Several   
    JA> of them are ex-military as well.   
      
    TL> I'm 50 and the vast majority of hams in the local club are older than   
    TL> me. There are a handful of younger ones around too.  I'm also rather   
    TL> unusual for a ham, being physically active as well.  My idea of   
    TL> "radiosport" is not sitting around racking up points in a contest, but   
    TL> something more like ARDF. :)   
      
   I don't knock the guys that just want to connect for contests, but that's   
   not what interests me either. :-)   
      
   My wife and I used to Geocache a lot - and did it a lot with friends.   
   I think it would have been cool to have our radios back in those days... :-)   
      
      
    TL>       I do hope we can get more younger hams,   
    TL> there's a lot of knowledge and experience in our club that needs to be   
    TL> passed on, before it's too late.   
      
   Yep!   
      
    DA> I understand this is not the same for USA and Japan.   
      
    JA> Where are you?   
      
    TL> For the record, I'm in Australia. :)  David's in Israel, IIRC.   
      
   Gotcha - I'm in the USA...   
      
      
      
      
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