Morse Radio Project Update

[WB3AAL]

Hello,

 Back in December 2005 a reporter with her last name Morse e-mailed me about
the Polar Bear Club that we started last year. She wanted to do an article
for the local paper she work at about Ham Radio and the Polar Bear group.
She came out to the Appalachian trail with us on a cold December day. She
did a lot of research about Ham Radio and realized that she is related to
Samuel Morse.

 Ms. Morse like the hobby so much that she enrolled into a class in her
town. Last night she passed the 5 WPM code test with only one question wrong
and she aced the written test with every question answered correctly. She
did go on and take the General test but only had a 50% with out studying for
that segment. I encourage her to go on and study for the general test, she
is half way there.

 She wanted to buy a radio but had no idea of what to look for to buy with a
limited budget. So a bunch of members of the EPA QRP Club and Polar Bear
Club raised money to add to her funds. As of today we have the following for
her station.

Kenwood TS-440SAT
Power Supply
Antenna for home QTH

 Now I need to look for a keyer and an Iambic key. If anyone has something
that you don't use anymore and you would like to sell or possibly donate.
Please drop me a direct e-mail.

 She is interested in CW and QRP work. So when her call arrives in the mail
and I find out what the call is, I will post an update. She is digging
deeper into her family tree to see what way she is related to Samuel Morse.
Who knows, one day you might be talking to a direct descendant of Samuel
Morse on CW.

72 and Thanks,
Ron Polityka
WB3AAL
www.wb3aal.com
www.n3epa.org


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[WB3AAL]

Hello,

 I would like to update everyone on Morse's Radio Project. If you are not
interested, please just press the delete button.

 I found out that Diana is a distant cousin of Samuel Morse a couple times
removed. But she is still a Morse that did pass her testing for the Tech
Plus license. She is still waiting on the results from last week. She told
me that she is still practicing the code and is going to start studying for
the General theory. She is doing this between working for a local newspaper
and raising a family.

 At the moment we are waiting for a power supply and cord to arrive via UPS.
I am hoping that we will have it tonight. I have tested the Kenwood
TS-440SAT rig that we purchased for her. It works Great on CW and SSB. I
have worked OE and LZ on SSB with 50 w, bands were in bad shape. I also
worked TF on CW with 5 w. All reports were good and the signal was clean.

 We have a donated Bencher Paddle and a MFJ Keyer donated. Vibroplex donated
a Straight Key towards the project.

 I am waiting on pictures of her QTH in the city to decide on what type of
an antenna to use. I have a used Butternut HF9V that I am going to check out
this weekend. I am hoping that it will be in good shape for us to place it
on the roof.

 We are still short a few dollars to cover what we purchased for her. This
does include the money she placed into the pot.

 So if you would like to be part of this project and get you name and call
on the certificate that we are going to give her with the equipment please
e-mail me direct and let me know that you would like to donate.

The following have donated towards the project.

WB3AAL             Ron
N3EPA                 EPA QRP Club
NK8Q                  Mark
WA3WSJ             Ed
WA3WSJ.com     WA3WSJ Antennas
N1BQ                  Brian
W3HF/KB3JVV  Steve & Matt
K3YTR                Ed
K3PH                  Bob
N3AO                 Carter
WA0ITP             Terry
N7UN                 Guy
KA3WMJ            Ken
Vibroplex

Thank to all above!!!!!!

72 and Thanks,
Ron Polityka
WB3AAL
www.wb3aal.com
www.n3epa.org/

K1 - SN 01011
K2 - SN 01392


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