[Milsurplus] Radio Displays

[Gene Smar]

Tom:

     For last year's (Boy Scout) Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) I brought a CPO and a large card with the Morse alphabet on it.  The kids enjoyed sending and receiving their own names via CW.

     I also brought a couple of backpack milrads (PRC-10 and 25) and let the kids wander around near me and talk with each other.  One backpack was ID'd on-air with K2BSA/3 (our official site callsign) and the other used my own callsign.  

     A third option would be to download some of ARRL's MPG files on  Ham Radio in general and some of EmComm in particular and play them on a laptop at the site.  The one film narrated by Uncle Walter (Cronkite KB2GSD) covered Ham Radio and its usefullness in EmComm such as the west coast fires in 2002.  


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

From: Dave Maples <dsmaples at comcast.net>
Date: 2007/09/28 Fri AM 06:55:14 CDT
To: Tom Brent <tgb at telus.net>, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Radio Displays

Tom: One possibility related to the code would be to show folks that they
can actually send words  and such.  I'm not sure how well the current Morse
readers work, but a display consisting of a CPO connected to a computer set
up to display, with a poster next to it with all the letters and numbers,
and basic instructions on how to send a dit and a dah, and some SHORT
sentences to send (e.g. "See Spot Run") might be a good way to illustrate
that Morse really COULD be used to send and receive things.

Another thing might be to set up a pair of transmitters and receivers into
dummy loads and actually let children talk and hear each other, or talk to
an adult somewhere else.

Maybe these will help.

Thanks,
Dave WB4FUR

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Subject: [Milsurplus] Radio Displays


What I find to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of this military radio
collecting hobby is when I have the opportunity to take my equipment out in
public and connect with people who are not a part of the amateur radio
fraternity. In the week prior to Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day I will be
part of an event that brings together private militaria collections,
veterans and hundreds of schoolchildren. Do any of you have ideas on how I
might involve the kids in "hands-on" interactive displays? Having c.w.
chattering away in the background with keys and code practice oscillators
out on the table worked surprisingly well last year. I use the word
surprising because the high level of interest I observed was not what I
expected in this world of computers and cellphones. Can you offer
suggestions on other things I might do to spark their interest?

Thanks for your help!

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