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PROGRAMS.  HAM RADIO RELATES TO MATH, SCIENCE, PHYSICS, ELECTRONICS,
GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, SOCIAL STUDIES, SPACE SCIENCE, SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.  MANY PAGES COULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT HOW BENEFICIAL HAM
RADIO CAN BE TO A SCHOOL.  ITS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF
THIS.  IN A SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS, FOR EXAMPLE, A TEACHER MAY WANT TO HAVE
STUDENTS MONITOR SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS FROM BRAZIL AND PREPARE A REPORT
ABOUT THE NEWS OF THE DAY IN THAT COUNTRY.  FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS CAN
LEARN MORE QUICKLY BY MONITORING THE BANDS, TOO.  ARE THERE ANY VETERANS IN
YOUR HAM CLUB?  WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE STUDYING ABOUT THE KOREAN CONFLICT, A
KOREAN VET COULD BE INTERVIEWED VIA HAM RADIO.  THE STUDENTS COULD ASK
QUESTIONS AND SEVERAL CLASSES ALL OVER TOWN COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE
ACTIVITY AS LONG AS THERE IS A RADIO IN EACH CLASSROOM.  THE POSSIBILITIES
ARE NUMEROUS HERE.  WHEN ADDRESSING STUDENTS YOU MUST STRESS THE FUN AND
ADVENTURE ASPECT OF HAM RADIO.  DONT WORRY THAT HAM RADIO MAY HAVE
COMPETITION FROM THE INTERNET.  THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.  SHOW THE
STUDENTS HOW THEY CAN BUILD THEIR OWN STATION AND TALK ALL OVER THE WORLD
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150 52 L ABD KG9BV KB9VZJ 8,370 117 54 L ABDE W9VCF N4TZ, N9DR, N9OWN,
KB9SIH, KB9NTH, KB9NTD, ops 3,224 99 31 L ABCD Wisconsin K9VHF 37,145 287
95 A ABCDE N9LLT 22,052 225 74 A ABCD N9DG 18,070 240 65 A ABCD WA9LZM
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WILL BE EXACTLY HALF THE IMPEDANCE OF ONE ELEMENT ALONE.  SO WE WILL OBTAIN
AN IMPEDANCE OF ABOUT 35.  FOR THE DIPOLE BASED TURNSTILE ANTENNA, WELL
EITHER HAVE TO ACCEPT AN SWR OF ABOUT 1R4 1 OR WELL HAVE TO USE A MATCHING
SECTION TO BRING THE ANTENNA TO 50.  A PARALLEL SET OF RG 63 1/4 LINES WILL
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43 B W7MY 8,283 121 33 C W7LGG 6,048 81 36
OR OPERATE 2 METERS FROM A MOUNTAIN BIKE.  EXPLAIN HOW THEY CAN LEARN
SKILLS WITH HAM RADIO THAT MAY SPRINGBOARD THEM INTO PROFITABLE CAREERS.
FUN AND PROFIT ARE OUR MAIN SELLING POINTS WHEN ADDRESSING STUDENTS.  WHEN
ADDRESSING SCOUTS, STRESS THAT WITH HAM RADIO, SCOUTS CAN BE PREPARED TO
COMMUNICATE DURING NATURAL DISASTERS OR OTHER EMERGENCIES.  SCOUTS OFTEN
PITCH IN TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITIES IN TIMES OF NEED.  THEY NEED TO BE ABLE
TO COMMUNICATE, DONT THEY?  YOU MIGHT EXPLAIN HOW THEY CAN SET UP
COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANOTHER CAMP 10 MILES OR 1000 MILES AWAY WITH SIMILAR
EASE.  PREPAREDNESS IS YOUR KEY WORD HERE.  WHEN ADDRESSING CIVIC OR
GOVERNMENT LEADERS, SHOW HOW AMATEUR RADIO PROVIDES A PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS AT NO EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYERS.  WHAT COULD BE MORE
ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICIANS THAN THAT?  EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A
SKYWARN OR ARES PROGRAM IN THE CITY.  ALSO, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE
DONT JUST TALK ON OUR RADIOS.  HAMS OFTEN WORK AT EMERGENCY SHELTERS
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10,146 144 57 A ABD WA1UJU 4,690 134 35 A AB KB9TLV 4,553 144 29 A ABD W9XT
3,920 96 35 A ABD W9PHJ 3,584 128 28 A AB KB9Q 2,730 78 30 A ABCD KB9UZV
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