Saturday, January 6th was ARRL Kids Day On the Air. and we hosted a club event for kids at Fred, AB1OC and Anita, AB1QB’s QTH. We had many fun activities for the kids including getting on the air via HF and Satellite, learning CW and demos of some cool Raspberry Pi projects.
Satellite Operation
The portable satellite station was set up and it was a great day for satellites as there were many good passes. Fred helped many of the kids make their first Satellite contacts.
We had a total of 9 kids who participated in the event, along with their parents.
Raspberry Pi, CW, Fox Hunting, and HAB Demos
We provided demos to the kids of several Raspberry Pi projects, Pi-Lexa – a home built Raspberry Pi Alexa built by Connor, KC1GGX, along with a CW decoder and the DX Alarm Clock. Jamey, KC1ENX provided some CW demos including his favorite YouTube video – The Rhythm of the Code. Fred, AB1OC did a show and tell of the High Altitude Balloon including pieces of the balloons that we in space and a Fox-Hunting demo.
We also went down to the shack and the kids got on the air and made some HF contacts. Jamey, KC1ENX helped the kids to make contacts with other kids as well as adult Hams on the air. The kids really enjoyed the HF operation. We did some live streaming on the N1FD Facebook page during the event. Follow this link to see the live stream of some of our on-air activities during Kid’s Day.
AB1BY Gets On the Air
After most of the kids left, Abby, AB1BY took the mic and ran a huge pileup. She was very popular on the air and did a great job of running the pileup. We also streamed her pileup operation to Facebook and it got a huge response.
Overall, Kids Day On the Air was a fun day for both the kids and the adults. We are looking forward to the next Kids Day in July!
Anita, AB1QB
I enjoyed watching most of the facebook videos showing the N1FD participation in the 2018 ARRL kids day event. I was pleased to see a former co-worker and friend there with his son. Both are new hams and are just starting to learn more about many of the fun and real capabilities of amateur radio.
Fred, Anita, Jamey and Abby plus other club members present provided great support and encouragement to the kids that attended. Great Job Guys!
Thanks Mike. The livestreaming is a great addition to our activities. Jamey also streamed net control from our 2m net on Sunday. I believe that video is on his facebook page and I will also repost it to our Facebook page as well.
Once again, you all set very high standards. Thanks so much for what you do on behalf of the entire Amateur Radio Community.