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We often hear about the importance of spreading the word of ham radio in order to keep new blood in the hobby. The right person could pontificate on this topic for quite some time, but I think one of the things we're missing in this effort is remembering to reach out into the world in a way that can touch places outside "the norm" of where we think we'll find future hams. With this thought, I decided to start some ham radio outreach in a slightly non-traditional manner, and I'm going to ask for your help! If you don't have time to read my full post, just skip straight to the Easy Steps to Spread the Word! at the end of this post.
This whole idea ties into something my YL wanted. If you follow me on instagram you may have seen this post a couple years back, where I dropped a couple pictures of a project that I was starting for the YL, using some of the leftover plywood from my shack build.
Well, 2 years later, I finally finished the project, and here is what it turned out to be:
If you don't know what a Little Free Library is, here's the scoop - random people put up some type of box, little house, etc. and stock it with books that are free for the taking. Take a book, and when you're done, leave it in the same little library, a different one, or pass it along - I think this type of sharing is certainly in the spirit of ham radio, so if you look close, you'll see one of my contributions to our Little Free Library:
With any luck, maybe a neighbor will get curious, take it, and become a new ham!
So how can you help? First, you don't need to build your own library - take these easy steps, and you can help spread the ham-radio word to anyone that may stumble across libraries like this that are all over the world:
Easy STeps to Spread The Word!
- Go to littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/ to find a little library near you
- Buy some of the books below, and stick them in! I'll probably put these on repeat in my own Amazon cart, to make sure that there is always at least 1 or 2 radio books stocked in ours.
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