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ARRL Youth Activities |
Dear Alabama Amateurs,
I wanted to remind you of a couple of really important dates. The first event will be Kid’s Day on June 19, 2004. A great idea would be to invite some of the local youth to your club station to operate with a few of the adults. The kids will have a great time as well as the adults. Here is the information as found on the ARRL Website:
Purpose: Kid's Day is intended to encourage young people (licensed or not) to enjoy Amateur Radio. It can give young people hands-on on-the-air experience so they might develop an interest in pursuing a license in the future. It is intended to give hams a chance to share their station with their children.
Date: June 19, 2004.
Time: 1800 to 2400Z. No limit on operating time.
Suggested exchange: Name, age, location and favorite color. You are encouraged to work the same station again if an operator has changed. Call "CQ Kid's Day."
Suggested Frequencies: 28350 to 28400 kHz, 21380 to 21400, 14270 to 14300 kHz and 2-meter repeater frequencies with permission from your area repeater sponsor. Observe third party traffic restrictions when making DX QSOs.
Reporting: Logs and comments may be posted on the Internet. Those without Internet access may forward comments to the Boring Amateur Radio Club (address below).
Awards:
All participants are eligible to receive a colorful certificate (it becomes the
child's personalized sales brochure on ham radio). You can download this
certificate for free, customized with the kids' names, after filling out our
Kid's Day Survey, or send a 9 X 12 SASE to: Boring Amateur Radio Club, PO
Box 1357; Boring, OR 97009. More details may be obtained by joining the
Kid's Day Reflector.
The next event will be Field Day on June 26th and 27th. This is also a great opportunity to get the youth involved. Field Day is always a lot of fun for everyone. You might think about inviting kids to run the GOTA station at Field Day. Details can be found at the following link: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/rules-fd-2004.html
Please send me any copies of pictures of the youth at these activities and I will see about getting them added to the Alabama ARRL Website in the youth section. I am interested in youth activities in your area. Please send me information and pictures on your youth activities. If you have any questions or any great ideas for involving the youth in amateur radio activities, please feel free to contact me anytime.
73,
Rebekah A. Dorff – WG4Y
ARRL Alabama Assistant Section Manager for Youth Activities