[AK-VHF] Workshop Success

[Edward R Cole]

Brandon,

Good to hear it turned out well.  We got 4-inches of snow early that 
morning (all gone now).

I've been on-line looking for parks in Soldotna Area.  I will contact 
the Borough on Monday to explore dates for holding Hamfest this 
summer.  Decision will be made during our May-6 virtual ham club 
meeting.  I will explore having 40 in attendance for 4-6 hours.  We 
have had 50-55 in the past.

If I had turned my yagi more northerly it might have been even better.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 10:01 AM 5/2/2021, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote:
>Good morning group,
>
>We had a good turnout at the workshop yesterday, with about eight 
>people in total participating. When the group is smaller like that 
>it actually works very well, since we can tailor the workshop to the 
>interests of the participants.
>
>Temperatures dropped down lower than we were expecting, so that may 
>have kept a few of the less-hardy souls at home. We lucked out 
>though and the sunshine actually warmed things up quite well. We 
>will have to see what the turnout is in June when we do the next one 
>in Soldtna.
>
>There was a LOT of interest in the material. What I'm finding with 
>the workshops is that they tend to attract a lot of newer operators. 
>That works out great, since it gives us a chance to reach out and 
>help new hams before the get "stuck" and start becoming discouraged. 
>There is an enormous gap between what the licensing exams cover, and 
>what you have to be able to do in order to build a station, and I 
>think that gap is not always being covered appropriately. It really 
>does require some hands-on time.
>
>I forgot to hand out the sign-up sheet, but we should have a few of 
>the participants contacting us in the following months. I think we 
>may have a few new POTA operators in the near future.
>
>Ed, as for the net, I was just able to make you out with my yagi 
>pointed towards Nikiski. I could hear your transmissions, but you 
>were so faint that your signal didn't even budge the S-meter. You 
>were definitely getting out though.
>73,
>Brandon
>
>Brandon Clark, KL7BSC
>https://brandonclarklabs.com/
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