Radio, you have it right! We do not share our knowledge as we should. I watch in amazment as new folks come to a club meeting, and noone goes up to them to include them in the discussion. There is, as always, a select group of members who hold close communication with one another but few are apparently willing to expand that clique.
Even in RVing you see that same pattern. It's discouraging to the newcomers and bad for our common interests.
As a newcomer to Ham radio, with fifty years behind me as a First Class Radiotelephone Operator, with Radar Endorsement, even I have found the air of exclusion to be a bit frosty!
I hope my involvement as a SkyWarn spotter and VE will help break down the barriers.
73, AE5FH
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