“thousands of voices cross the ether, look for one another, meet, and  there are messages, appeals, curiosities,declarations of love through which you can talk, joke, make friends. The way that leads to a feeling of well-being and to a happy life, to the knowledge you have made your own choices yourself, may also pass through the  choice of freedom of the HAM Radio.A person who works every day in contact with the young people knows how important it is for them to find someone who is able to listen without giving opinions.Ham Radio operators behave somewhat like this, devoting themselves to an activity which, if necessary, is an indispensable means of communication with the world and of solidarity towards all the people in trouble.”
From  “Radioamatori come e perchè„ by ARI