[kids] Wo4o KID

[Ric Painter]

                     KID'S DAY RADIO GAME
 
 
Call used: WO4O                      Location: EARTH/USA/TN
 
Category: Single Band                Mode: SSB  Power: 100W

Guest Operator: Melanie (daughter of Ric/Wo4o)
 
Exchanged Information: MELANIE ELEVEN TENNESSEE BLUE
 
Hours of Operation: 1 1/2 
 
band      QSOs     
---------------
14MHz      21  

Club Name: TENNESSEE CONTEST GROUP :-)
 
Dad's 
Comments:  This was Melanie's third Kid's Day Radio Game.
           Searching & Pouncing, she worked 6 QSOs in about 30 
           minutes and told me that trying to find people was 
           too much work and waiting.  I explained how she 
           could find a clear frequency and claim it as her 
           own and call CQ for others to find and call her.  
           She tried it and liked it and continued CQing for the 
           duration of the game, working 15 more QSOs.  I called
           and crowned her "Queen of the Frequency."  Melanie 
           worked more boys (18) than girls (3).  Initially, she
           didn't want to play, because her brother (now a 
           teenager) wasn't interested.  I simply turned on the 
           radio and cranked up the volume so the activity could 
           be heard while we were doing other things.  After a 
           short while Melanie asked if she could tune the radio 
           and listen to others but not transmit.  I gave her 
           permission.  About 10 minutes later she asked if I'd 
           take a break and help her play in the radio game for 
           awhile.  I did.  She began to enjoy herself.  
          
Daughter's
Comments:  "This time was more fun than the last one because in
           every case, but one, I had to call only once and the
           person would come back to me.  Dad's new antenna
           seems to work better than the other one last year.
           The most unusual color was Laser Lemon from K7YA.
           I liked the story my dad told me about Einstein's
           Cat, when I asked him to explain how radio works.
           Albert Einstein put it this way:  'You see, wire
           telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.  You
           pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in
           Los Angeles.  And radio, said Professor Einstein
           operates exactly the same way.  You send signals from
           here and they receive them over there.  The only
           difference is that there is no cat.'"

Son's 
Comments:  Christopher says he didn't play this time because 
           "at age 13, I'm not a kid anymore; and telling people 
           my favorite color is uncool."  He suggests such events 
           be called "radio games" because people are playing 
           games on the radio.  He explained (paraphrased) that 
           in his mind "an OPERATING EVENT sounds more like work 
           than play and a CONTEST sounds like entering an event 
           where Ed McMahon randomly selects a winner, which 
           requires little or no special knowledge, strategy or 
           skills."  He said, "If I can convince my friends that 
           this is something cool to do, I'll invite several of 
           them over to play in the next one, with me."

Dad's
Comments:  It's s been said that PERCEPTION IS REALITY.  I don't 
           mind switching to RADIO GAMES and dropping the
           favorite color; but, they're still KIDs to me!

Tip:       Announce the next KID'S RADIO GAME in QST, CQ and
           other appropriate magazines (in addition to the
           CQ-Contest reflector).  
          

I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
for amateur radio in my country.  My report is correct and true 
to the best of my knowledge.  I agree to be bound by the 
decisions of the BARC.
 
 
Date: 03 JAN 98  Signature: <signed Melanie Painter>
 
 
     Name: RIC PAINTER                     Call: WO4O  
           POB 738                       
           RIDGETOP, TN 37152


INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EACH CONTACT:

W0MU JOHN 6 CO BLUE
N1MM ERIC 12 CT BLUE
K7YA CHARLES 11 AZ LASER LEMON
K6XX SARAH 6 CA BLUE
KB7RTA JACK 10 OR BLUE
KB7RTA ALEX 12 OR RED
KK5MV DUSTIN 10 TX RED
W6SW KAI 12 CA BLUE
KD6HWD TOM 52 CA ORANGE
KB0KZQ JUDY 12 CO BLUE
KF6GUH DREW 6 CA RED
N6TR TREE 43 OR BLUE
KG0ZI BILL 59 CO RED
KI0IJ TIM 42 CO GREEN
N0DQV ALEX 5 CO BLACK
AD6EA HILLARY 7 CA BLUE
KA6SNB BILL 46 CA RED
K7ABC JACK 29 AZ SILVER
K6OM SHAUN 13 CA GREEN
KO7X ALAN 53 UT BLUE
KB5QNO DARRYL 40 NM GREEN
         

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