All of this has caused me to wonder … what will it take to compel the next generation to become hams, and not merely to “do” ham radio. Perhaps the issue extends far beyond amateur radio, and into the very concept of work and career.
Some time between the last Analog Adventure and this one, I passed the half-century mark of being a radio amateur. Alas, I cannot remember the exact date my ticket arrived, but it was near the end of September 1972. I had graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California, just the previous spring.
A lot of photons have flung off the old skywires since then.
In early October 2022, I went back down to L.A. to attend our 50 year high
