[SCCC] Amateur Radio Demo Help Needed for May 7, 2010 Poway Elementary School Science Fair

[Dennis Vernacchia]

I will be not be available to help with a demo on May 7th at Adobe Bluffs
Elementary School in Poway on May 7th

I think an interesting Demo would be on how antennas work to transmit radio
waves as seen in this video

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/seeing_radio_waves_with_a_light_bul.html

If anyone is available I have a 3 element 2 meter yagi that the Reflector
and Director can EASILY be removed
so all one would have to do is make up another 2 mtr dipole with a bulb in
center and bring a 2 mtr radio and power supply and some coax

Please let me know if you are interested in doing this short demo and  pick
up
the portable  2 mtr Yagi I have ( easily lets elements be removed and added
)., please let me know

Below is a copy of original e-mail request that went out

 73, Dennis N6KI


> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: jim mclaughlin <aa571 at yahoo.com>
> To: board at palomararc.org
> Cc: Dennis Baca <kd6tuj at msn.com>
> Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 10:42:30 AM
> Subject: Help for a demonstration at a school science day?
>
> After talking to Dennis at the meeting last week, he suggested I send a
message to the board with the details of a request for help doing a demo.
The text of the request is attached.
>
> I was asked by Adobe Bluffs Elementary School if I could help with their
annual Science Day on May 7th by doing an amateur radio demonstration. I
recently did a demo for one class using the DStar digital system for the
kids to talk to an operator in Australia.
>
> Since this is a bit more than I think I can handle by myself, is there any
way that the club can assist? I don't think we need many people, nor do I
think we need a full trailer's worth of equipment.
>
> Let me know if you need more information.
>
> 73s
> jim
> ki6zum