[NCDXA] Ham Radio in the Class Room - DGES Oct. 2012 - W3AO Field Day

[Richard Boyd]

Cool, thanks!  Some good DX in the log too!

- Rich  KE3Q



On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:29 PM, David C <k3lp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good Evening Gentlement:
> Just over a year ago at the W3AO Field Day event with PVRC Members and Ray
> Novak from ICOM, I had a teacher (Bev Matheson) who was visiting her friend
> in the Washington DC area, come to the Field Day to learn more about ham
> radio. You guys did such a great job, the Teacher went on to get her
> Technician License and will be taking her General License test next week.
>
> Last week while in Southern California on business, I stopped by the DGES
> 4th Grade Class and assisted Bev in demonstrating ham radio to her kids on
> Oct. 16 & 22, 2012. It was a very big hit.
>
> It looks like the school is going to allow a ham radio club to be started
> with a dedicated area for the station.
>
> We have the ICOM radio and vertical antenna plus plan to purchased a beam
> antenna and rotator to be mounted on the school's roof very soon.
>
> If you look close, you can see photos of Ray Novak and Richard Boyd (KE3Q)
> on the cover of the classrooms home made QSO Logbook that were taken during
> the W3AO Field Day event.
>
> http://www.k3lp.com/DGES_BestWeb_102212/DSC04050%20-%20Copy.JPG
>
>
> http://www.k3lp.com/dges_oct__2012.htm
>
> I just thought you guys might want to know about the great news!
>
> 73's
>
> David Collingham - K3LP
>
>



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