[HiDARG-MEMBERS] Buckingham STEM wrapup

[David Freitag]

Ray,

Kudos to you and your Team!!

73,
Dave
W7KFO


On 3/15/2017 12:26 PM, KG7AV wrote:
> We recently finished a six week after school STEM (science, 
> technology, engineering, and math) series on radio.
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> The kids got on the air via the WINS system and the local KC7DMF 
> repeater (thanks Mark), and on HF via a SOTA field setup. They marked 
> off on their US maps as the contacts came rolling in.
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> Highlight of the series was building their own AM crystal receivers. 
> The kids worked together winding and tapping the coils, and adding the 
> resistor, diode, capacitor and high Z earpiece.  You should have seen 
> the huge eyes as they clipped the antenna lead to the locker banks and 
> local stations came booming in. Every single one of their sets worked 
> the first time and they all took home a working receiver they had 
> built themselves!
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> The series was such a hit with the kids and parents that we've been 
> asked to come back for the next series starting in April.
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> The kits we used are available from the midnight science / xtal 
> society website:
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> http://www.shopping-cart.midnightscience.net/products/oat-box-radio-kit
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> 73s / Ray KG7AV
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