{"id":6473,"date":"2024-08-21T05:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/?page_id=6473"},"modified":"2024-10-05T15:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T19:41:08","slug":"meeting-future-hams-where-they-are-today","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/meeting-future-hams-where-they-are-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Future Hams Where They Are Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Presenter:<\/span> <\/strong>Jody Carter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/W4LWC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W4LWC<\/a> Club Sponsor, Rambler Radio Club and Bruce Cram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/KD4JFD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KD4JFD<\/a>\n<p>Jody Carter\u00a0 W4LWC, is the sponsor of the Rambler Radio Club (W4LMS) of LaFayette Middle School in Northwest Georgia. Jody has been a teacher in Walker County for 28 years, and the sponsor of W4LMS for 17 years.\u00a0 Through W4LMS, his students have traveled to the International Space Station and 6 of the 7 continents.\u00a0 W4LMS have been interviewed on television, in newspapers, and presented at local conventions. W4LMS has competed nationally for the past 15 years in School Club Roundup \u2013 during the last 3 years, Rambler Radio Club has placed 1st in the nation twice and 2nd in the nation twice in the Middle School \/ Junior High Division.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Cram KD4JFD, is a School Bus Driver and former Middle School Special Education Paraprofessional.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Forum Description:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>From its foundation, Amateur Radio has been on the cutting edge of technology.\u00a0 We want to secure the future of the hobby by investing in the next generations of hams.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So where could we begin?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">When, where, and with what groups should we begin?\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Elementary, Middle, and High School Students?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Scouts?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">College Students?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Families?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">First Responders?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Preppers?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">All of the above?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Who else?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s talk about it!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s have a frank discussion of the future of Amateur Radio and how we can continue to expand the hobby while preserving the foundations of it found in the Radio Amateur\u2019s Code.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bring solutions that have worked in your neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Links:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/walkerschools.org\/w4lms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W4LMS Rambler Radio Club \u2013 LaFayette Middle School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Return to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/forums\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/speakersforums\/\">\u00a0Forums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/walkerschools.org\/w4lms\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/W4LMS-Logo.png?resize=192%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/W4LMS-Logo.png?resize=288%2C300&amp;ssl=1 288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/W4LMS-Logo.png?resize=768%2C799&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/W4LMS-Logo.png?w=959&amp;ssl=1 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter: Jody Carter W4LWC Club Sponsor, Rambler Radio Club and Bruce Cram\u00a0KD4JFD Jody Carter\u00a0 W4LWC, is the sponsor of the Rambler Radio Club (W4LMS) of LaFayette Middle School in Northwest Georgia. Jody has been a teacher in Walker County for 28 years, and the sponsor of W4LMS for 17 years.\u00a0 Through W4LMS, his students have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/meeting-future-hams-where-they-are-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meeting Future Hams Where They Are Today<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6473"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6611,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6473\/revisions\/6611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}