Kids.. O.T.!

[Dave KK7SS]

After most of the day, my Grand-kids have just gone back to their mother.
Itried showing them Ham Radio, my QSL cards and such.
I did some SSB and a bit of slow CW.
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They sort of smiled at Grandpa - and went back to texting on their cellphones..
They're only 8 and 10!

 
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Dave G  KK7SS
Richland, WA

KX3 #097
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[David Pratt]

There is an excellent book: Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch, which is
ideal for introducing kids of this age to the thrills of ham radio. It
has several good reviews on the web and is available from Amazon. It's
rather expensive new, but is available quite cheap as a secondhand item.
It doesn't mention the KX3 though ;-(

73 de David G4DMP

In a recent message, Dave KK7SS <[hidden email]> writes
>After most of the day, my Grand-kids have just gone back to their mother.
>Itried showing them Ham Radio, my QSL cards and such.
>I did some SSB and a bit of slow CW.
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[Bill Frantz]

Being in an area with no cell phone service has convinced more
than one adult of the value of ham radio. I am involved with a
research project in Redwood Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park,
California. There is effectively no cell service in the park,
but the WA6BAI repeater gives good coverage in Redwood Canyon. I
once arranged a dinner date from the canyon with a friend in Fresno.

Also on our current trip, we had no cell service from the time
we hit Newfoundland, up the west coast of the island, over to
Labrador, across the Trans-Labrador highway to Quebec, and south
to 30KM east of Quebec City.  AT&T partners with the wrong
Canadian carrier for that part of Canada. Having HF in the
4Runner was a comfort.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 8/20/12 at 15:53, [hidden email] (Dave KK7SS) wrote:

>They sort of smiled at Grandpa - and went back to texting on their cellphones..
>They're only 8 and 10!

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