Well...I am doing MY part...to try and get younger people (M&F), interested in this hobby. When I hear of a member here with an 8 year old daughter who knows how to SOLDER (younger than I did !!)..and who wants to BUILD KITS...it gives me a bit of HOPE...that our hobby WILL "carry on"..
Next month...my radio club (SPARK of Dayton Ohio), is going to put on a presentation at the University of Dayton...fort some students. I think 4 of us are involved. I have decided to do MY presentation on the evolution of solid-state technology, from the birth of the transistor and a bit BEFORE..(such as seleiium and copper-oxide rectifiers, crystal diodes, and such)...to the modern MPU...and its associated chips. I will ONLY have about 15 minutes to speak or such...so it will NOT be too comprehensive...but they WILL get an ovderview of things.
There MAY ALSO be a similar presentation for Wright State...but so far...they have NOT gotten back to the club president.
The hope is to get more younger prople INTERESTED in old-tech. A generation which is used to Iphones and SD cards....can HOPEFULLY be made to embrace the "oldies"..
