Fall 2001 Program
Fall 2001 Program
We started our 6th 10 week program with Ms.
Oliver's 6th grade class (pic 1),
(pic
2) at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Rochester, NY.
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| October 4 | Session #1 - Overview and Demonstrations
of Radio Services
- Outline and Expectations of the program - QSO with Josh Schmieder, KC2FDP, 16 yr old- home schooled - Exploring the HF Bands - Common and uncommon radios in our lives |
| October 11 | Session #2 - Morse Code Key Construction
- Construct code key - Morse Code practice |
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October 18 |
Session #3 - RIT College of Imaging Science field trip |
| October 25 | Session #4 - Basic Electricity
- Electrostatic voltage demos - Voltage and Battery demos - Generator, solenoid, motor demos - Current flow and circuits |
| November 1 | Session #5 - Electronic Components
- Review of Volts, Current, Resistance - Introduce Resistance, Ohms Law, and VOM meter - Make thin film resistor and measure resistance - Capacitors description and demos - Demo 555 oscillator with resistor substitutions |
| November 8 | Session #6 - How the Siren/Oscillator
works
- Schematic, Block Diagram, Resistor substitution demo - Loudspeaker - Microphone - Amplifier - Audio Oscillator and Oscilloscope |
| November 15 | Session #7 - Construct Siren/Oscillator
- Soldering practice - Complete the Siren/Oscillator project - Morse Code fun |
| November 30 | Session #8 - Harris RF Communications field trip (Tentative) |
| December 6 | Session #9 - Grand Finale
- Radio history presentation: "From Sparks to Spaceships" - Other uses of the Siren/Oscillator - "Archie" comic book - Feedback and farewells |
| Feb 11-16, 2002 | School Club Roundup - All Morning, Several grades and classes |