[222mhz] Fwd: Re: [NCCC] Ham radio recruitment/ke6qr/Solano County Fair.

[jerry]

Dean Straw <n6bv at arrl.org> wrote:From: "Dean Straw" <n6bv at arrl.org>
To: <ke6qr at comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:57:14 -0700
CC: NCCC <nccc at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [NCCC] Ham radio recruitment/ke6qr/Solano County Fair.

Gary:

You are to be commended for your fantastic PR efforts on behalf of Ham
Radio! I like your trick of pulling 'em in by showing their ATV picture.
Very inventive indeed.

73, Dean, N6BV

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nccc-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:nccc-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of ke6qr at comcast.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:24 AM
> To: nccc at contesting.com
> Subject: [NCCC] Ham radio recruitment/ke6qr/Solano County Fair.
>
>
> During the 10 days that the Solano County Fair went my club
> (North Bay Amateur Radio Association) and I ran two Ham Radio
> display/stations at the Fair recruiting. We were able to get 22
> people signed up for a Amateur Radio class. We had live Amateur
> TV, HF both CW and SSB and 2 meter FM with IRLP. The ATV really
> got there attention. I made several CW contacts on 20/40 meters
> during the fair with the volume turned up high on my 706. It
> definetly got peoples attention. We used a converted "Roach
> coach" Hot dog trailer with lots of antennas on the roof plus a
> indoor station (2 meters only ) and put as many people on the air
> as possible. The Fair attendance was way down (68,000) in 10
> days, otherwise Im sure we could have doubled our list. Our trick
> for drawing people over to the trailer was having a large video
> monitor in plain sight with a camera focused on everyone as they
> walked by. When they came over to look I told them they were on
> live Amateur Radio TV and then proceed to
> put them on the air on the other modes as well. Im planning on
> doing this every year from now on. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated. Gary KB ke6qr
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