Thank you Tom,
We are mentoring in 2 class rooms of the Chesapeake Public Schools. Our goal is to interest youth in a degree and career in electronics and wireless communications.
We do have a hand held SATCOM rig at W4GBH Great Bridge HS.
Our portable all mode SATCOM station goes everywhere.
We are going to receive a grant from ARRL to replace the radio at W4GBH and another radio has been donated to be used at W4FOS the VO TECH Center.
Both schools will be operating School Club Roundup this year.
John W4RMY has a prototype approval to formerly introduce students to amateur radio (using the ARRL TECH LICENSE Manual as a text) as a first step of a degree and a career in the electronics and wireless communications industry.
Members of Chapter 54 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers will make presentations at both schools and may even bring in a remote SAT truck.
K4AMG is a non profit 501c3 Public Charity.
----- Original Message ----- From: tom.wz9u@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 1:43 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Richmond Frost Fest 2015
Does anyone have a particular OSCAR topic they would like to see covered?
Well, since you’re essentially recruiting young folks (students) to the SatComm hobby, you should definitely cover SO-50.
This is currently the most “accessible” satellite for newbies (a group which includes myself), and may require the minimum ground station -- certainly for hearing, possibly for working.
And perhaps a prelude to that presentation might include a brief overview of terrestrial FM repeater principles, and then move on to having the “repeater in the skies.”
Further, the ISS is an obvious topic as well. I have heard (faintly) an ISS pass with nothing more than an HT and a twinlead slim-jim.
And you’d definitely want to cover FCC licensing: We certainly don’t want unlicensed kids hitting the satellites!
I have more, but this would easily become my presentation (or at least the one I would definitely attend), and I’m sure you already have a plan of presentation laid out.
Good luck, and I hope you spark some interest in a few kids. Be sure to report back on the response you get (please).
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