06/21/2016
In an effort to encourage more youngsters and their families to get involved in
Amateur Radio, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World[1] will mount an all-kids ARRL
Field Day special event operation - K1D - over the June 25-26 weekend.
Youngsters will set up, operate, and take down the station, which will be
located in Deland, Florida. The K1D operators plan to operate on HF and Amateur
Radio satellites. K1D will team with the K4G "Get on the Air" (GOTA) station at
the same site, and Tom Medlin, W5KUB, of Amateur Radio Roundtable[2] plans to
webcast the event on Saturday, 2000 until 2200 U TC, live, followed by video
from various Field Day sites around the US from 2200 until 2400 UTC or later.
Joining the youngsters at K1D will be AMSAT Vice President-Operations Drew
Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the young ops on
the linear satellites. The youngsters built a solar power system from scratch
to power K1D, with thanks to Kyocera Solar and West Mountain Radio for donating
components. A Genasun MPPT Charge Controller will manage battery charging, and
Radiowavz.com is providing a Sentinel Expedition Hex Beam for K1D.
The youngsters built a W7FG TrueLadderLine antenna among other antennas and are
building additional antennas to use for Field Day. Youngsters as young as
7-year-old Grace, KM4TXT, will be on the air from K1D. For helping to encourage
youth in Amateur Radio, stations working K1D and/or K4G during ARRL Field Day
2016 will be eligible for a commemorative QSL card.
Stations who work K1D and/or K4G during the 2016 ARRL Field Day will be
eligible for a special K1D/K4G Commemorative QSL card.
Ham Radio.World is run by Zechariah, WX4TVJ; Faith Hannah, AE4FH; Hope, KM4MPF;
and Grace, KM4TXT, who just got her license in May. Their parents are James,
WX4TV, and Michelle Lea. James Lea has been a radio amateur since he was 13.
The older three Lea children got their ham licenses early last year.
Faith Hannah, 10, and Zechariah, 12, were presenters at the Hamvention? 2016
Youth Forum. They spoke on "Experiences in Antenna Selection, Construction, and
Use for VHF Applications."
[1] http://hamradio.world/
[2] http://w5kub.com/
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