[Kids] Kids' Day

[Paul Goulet]

Hello everyone:

K5USA normally operates from a local park on Saturdays.  Recent temperatures
in SW Oklahoma have been brutal (but not uncommon for us this time of year)
and today we operated from the EOC (THANKFULLY!).

We heard one other obvious student, but they did not hang around for us to
come back too as we answered the clearer station first.  In hind sight, we
should have talked to the kid first.

Overall, our group of three kids had about 40 contacts on 20 meters.  We
aggressively self posted on both DX Summit and DX Watch.  Conditions were
difficult, with brief periods of good quality.  Each student got a chance to
practice calling CQ, logging and talking on the radio.  All great practice
for next weekends Field Day.

Good Luck to everyone and Good DX.

Paul /KC5CYY




On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Frank Aguilar <frank at faguilar.com> wrote:

> We had limited success here in deep South Texas. Kids operated off and on
> for a couple of hours and made only two contacts. One in MO and the other
> on
> the East Coast.
>
> Had a Kids Day cake, pizza and drinks and gave out certificates. Wish we
> could have set up at a local park where electronic noise levels are a lot
> lower but the 110 degree heat convinced us otherwise.
>
> Guess conditions were just not with us today. We have better luck during
> the
> January Kids Day event.
>
> 73s Frank N5SSH
>
> Originated from my N5SSH Android based phone. Please excuse any typos. :)
>  On Jun 18, 2011 9:04 PM, "Derek Wills" <oo7 at pan.as.utexas.edu> wrote:
> > Listened around about 2 hrs into the event, heard nobody.
> > We called CQ a few times, no answers, and after 15 mins
> > we gave up and just hung out together for the afternoon.
> > Did I get the day wrong? Was the sun being naughty?
> >
> > Derek aa5bt (with Jr op Jessica, on loan)
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