[SixClub] KID's DAY, W1DAD and K1MOM from K1D

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here is some info about kids day...  I plan to have several kids on 6m  
hopeing for the ban to open...<G>  50.130

Reminder: First 2005  Kid's Day is Sunday, January 2 (Dec 26, 2004) -- The 
first Kid's Day in 2005  will be Sunday, January 2 (the second will be Saturday, 
June 18). Kid's Day will  run from 1800 to 2400 UTC. Suggested frequencies 
are 14.270-14.300,  21.350-21.400 and 28.380-28.400 MHz plus 2 meter repeaters 
(with the permission  of the repeater's sponsor). There's no limit on operating 
time, and the  recommended exchange is name, age, location and favorite 
color. Intended to  encourage young people to get acquainted with Amateur Radio, 
Kid's Day offers a  "mentoring opportunity" for experienced amateurs while 
giving youngsters some  firsthand ham radio experience and perhaps sparking a 
lifelong interest. ARRL  Education and Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer, 
WA8SME, hopes veteran  radio amateurs will "walk the walk" by getting 
involved. To serve as a positive  example, he'll be putting W1AW on the air for Kid's 
Day. Perennial Kid's Day  promoters Peter and Jeanne Schipelliti, !
W1DAD and K1MOM, plan to be on the  air from special event station K1D during 
the week before and the week after  Kid's Day. The couple's two older 
children, Geena and Luciano (photo), are old  hands at Kid's Day. All participants 
are eligible for certificates. To coincide  with ARRL's Kid's Day, AMSAT-NA will 
sponsor its own event for youngsters on the  Echo satellite (AO-51) from 
approximately 1600 UTC on January 2 until 0345 UTC  on January 3. AMSAT asks for 
the cooperation of all satellite users in using the  window as a way to promote 
satellite operation with kids and to limit contacts  to stations operating 
with youngsters at the microphone. Note the change in  uplink frequency for the 
event to 145.880 MHz FM voice, 67 Hz tone; downlink is  435.300 MHz FM 
voice.--some information via ANS 

lets get the young ones  radioactive!!!

Bill