XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 15/09/2017 14:54, Ian Wade G3NRW wrote   
      
   > I originally joined the RSGB way back in 1959 (although I am no longer a   
   > member). From that time onwards I've always thought the RSGB was mostly   
   > pretty poor at publicity (except during the days of Sylvia Margolis),   
   > but this video is the exception.   
      
   > Well done RSGB. To me this video is easy to watch, has lots of personal   
   > contributions from members, and presents a wide range of topics   
   > illustrating the many interests of radio amateurs.   
      
   > I hope the video enjoys a wide distribution.   
      
   It's dreadful. The wide shots say it all: the hobby is hideously pale   
   and old male. Wheeling out the compulsory 12-year-old or the YL M6 who   
   enjoys a laugh doesn't change that. It confirms what decades of RSGB   
   membership surveys have revealed: the 'youth' part is minuscule, and   
   remains so. and the 'average amateur' is male, 60 years old, does HF CW,   
   and builds things.   
      
   I hope this gets binned toot sweet.   
      
      
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