As part of their ongoing Workshop on the Future of Amateur Radio, IARU Region 1 held a session analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of amateur radio. Here’s a summary of their findings:
This type of analysis is a good first step. Knowing our strengths and what opportunities are out there for us will help us foster amateur radio, while knowing our weaknesses and what’s threatening our hobby will help us shore up those areas that could undermine any positive actions we might take.
I wish that they had recorded this session. It would have been very interesting to hear more detail of how the workshop attendees came to these conclusions. I’ve emailed Lisa, PA2LS, to see if I can get more information. I think this is important work and that these ideas should be more widely publicized.
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