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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Yes, kids were the target audience of the Raspberry Pi, but look at what Hams have done with it, in its various forms. AllStar nodes, whether DIAL or the distribution Doug helped develop. Multi-mode Digital Voice nodes using various interface devices like the MMDVM or DVAP/DV-RPTR/DVMEGA. Echolink/IRLP nodes. If we really want to get the attention of teens and twenty-somethings, and keep it, we need to adapt our tactics to the way they live; how often do you see one without a smartphone somewhere on their person? Create an app (or two, as iOS should be covered too) that supports the features of the current Web Transceiver and you'll have a tool that everyone can use and still have the browser free for other things.<br>
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Matthew Pitts<br>
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On April 15, 2017 6:48:44 PM EDT, Thor Wiegman <n7jct@aplaceonthe.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
It comes as no surprise that someone like Doug would have little or
no need for the web transceiver. Most of us on this list won't have
use for it. Anyone who's come so far as to building their own node
and subscribing to this list has likely exceeded what that web
transceiver could do for them.<br />
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Consider however that there is a different market, a different
audience for a web transceiver. I know that I'm not the only one
who got involved in this through exploration with the web
transceiver. <br />
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So I think there is benefit in having such a simple tool. It can
be, if it works well and is designed properly, a great tool for
someone to take that first step in finding out what all this is
about.<br />
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Consider the target audience of the Raspberry Pi. Getting kids into
programming and using these devices to do things, control things and
such. Ham radio needs to attract, and keep, the attention of that
same audience. App_rpt and Allstarlink are great for that. But
this audience doesn't come to us with anything more than a very
basic, novice background at first. A web transceiver seems like a
handy tool for those new young hams to explore.<br />
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There's my long winded $0.02 <br />
73<br />
Thor (N7JCT)<br />
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