[Kids] Kids' Day

[Bob Conder K4RLC]

At our Red Cross Hurricane Preparedness Fair, held in the parking lot of a
Lowe's home improvement store, we had about 10 child visitors. Our dipole,
strung between two light poles in the parking lot, wasn't working as well
as it should. So, we used the local repeater for the kids. They were still
incredibly happy abt making ham radio contacts and took our phamphlets.
The wx was clear, over 90 degrees and in the pm, the asphalt was radiating
heat, not rf.
Still, I hope we can continue to expose kids to ham radio, for its fun and
educational components, instead of the passive and solitary activities of
gameboys, pcs, and mp3 players.

Bob Conder K4RLC
k4rlc at earthlink.net
WWW.QRZ.COM/K4RLC


> [Original Message]
> From: Derek Wills <oo7 at pan.as.utexas.edu>
> To: <kids at contesting.com>
> Date: 6/19/2004 8:54:11 PM
> Subject: [Kids] Kids' Day
>
> Conditions seemed pretty poor this time, it was hard to find loud
> stations to work. JAs and UA0s were coming in loud farther down
> the band in the AA-cw contest, so we worked a couple of those,
> with the kids pressing the keyer buttons under watchful eye of
> the control op.    They didn't seem that impressed, actually...
>
> Camille and Emily made around 15 Qs and seemed to enjoy it, but
> activity was disappointingly low this time.
>
> Derek aa5bt
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