Spring 2001 Program
Spring 2001 Program
We started our 5th 10 week program on February
1st with Ms. Reichert's 6th grade class
at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Rochester, NY.
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| February 1 | Session #1 - Overview and Demonstrations
of Radio Services
- Outline and Expectations of the program - QSO with Dr. Clifford Janey, Rochester Superintendent of Schools - Exploring the HF Bands - Common and uncommon radios in our lives |
| February 8 | Session #2 - Morse Code Key Construction
- Construct code key - Morse Code practice |
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February 15 |
School Club Roundup - 8:00 AM - Noon, three 6th grade classes |
| March 1 | Session #3 - Basic Electricity
- Electrostatic voltage demos - Voltage and Battery demos - Generator, solenoid, motor demos - Current flow and circuits |
| March 7 | Session #4 - RG&E Radio and Energy Control Center field trip |
| March 15 | 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 |
| March 22 | Session #6 - RIT College of Imaging Science field trip |
| March 29 | Session #7 - How the Siren/Oscillator
works
- Schematic, Block Diagram, Resistor substitution demo - Loudspeaker - Microphone - Amplifier - Audio Oscillator and Oscilloscope |
| April 5 | Session #8 - Construct Siren/Oscillator
- Soldering practice - Complete the Siren/Oscillator project - Morse Code fun |
| April 12 | Session #9 - Harris RF Communications field trip |
| April 26 | Session #10 - Grand Finale
- Radio history presentation: "From Sparks to Spaceships" - Other uses of the Siren/Oscillator - "Archie" comic book - Feedback and farewells |