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   Spike to mw/3/qro@gggg-mail.com   
   Re: [WRC] Remote Operation "on the cheap   
   23 May 17 23:14:47   
   
   XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 23/05/2017 18:30, mw/3/qro@gggg-mail.com wrote:   
      
   >>                                                The purpose of his talk   
   >> was to demonstrate remote operations mainly to young people with the aim   
   >> of encouraging younger people into the hobby with technology that they   
   >> understand.   
      
   > Hang on... so they would understand the internet bit and get interested   
   > but what about the radio bit? -- you know, the bit that says amateur   
   > radio.   
      
   This was the approach employed in the RPi RTTY decoder Buildathon. But   
   when asked later, the kids could only recall the RPi bit, a revealing   
   comment on the current 'the youth programme has failed - we need more   
   youth programmes' philosophy.   
      
      
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