Fall 2000 Program
Fall 2000 Program
We completed our 4th 10 week program on December
7th with Mrs. Walker's 6th grade class
at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Rochester, NY.
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| September 28 | Session #1 - Overview and Demonstrations
of Radio Services
- Outline and Expectations of the program - Exploring the HF Bands - Exploring the VHF/UHF bands - Common and uncommon radios in our lives - What hams do for fun |
| October 5 | Session #2 - Morse Code Key Construction
- Construct code key - Morse Code practice |
| October 12 | Session #3 - Basic Electricity
- Electrostatic voltage demos - Voltage and Battery demos - Generator, solenoid, motor demos - Current flow and circuits |
| October 19 | Session #4 - 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 |
| October 26 | Session #5 - Field Trip - WXXI TV -- Tour 09:30 to 10:30 |
| November 1 | Session #6 - RG&E Radio and Energy Control Center field trip |
| November 9 | Session #7 - How the Siren/Oscillator
works
- Schematic, Block Diagram, Resistor substitution demo - Loudspeaker - Microphone - Amplifier - Audio Oscillator and Oscilloscope |
| November 16 | Session #8 - Construct Siren/Oscillator
- Soldering - Complete the Siren/Oscillator project - Morse Code fun |
| November 30 | Session #9 - Harris RF Communications field trip |
| December 7 | Session #10 - Grand Finale
- Radio history presentation: "From Sparks to Spaceships" - Scheduled 20 meter QSO's - Other uses of the Siren/Oscillator - "Archie" comic book - Feedback and farewells |