Rebecca KB0VVT, Barbara KG0UT, and I had a great time during Field Day.
We helped setup
and operate the local club that is K0GQ 2A Missouri. I was only
intending on staying at the site
three or four hours so as not to get Rebecca burned out. She started
out helping put up vertical
antennas and running ground radials. Rebecca and her mother did most of
their work on the HF
phone station probably making more than half of the 700+ phone
contacts. Chances are, if you
contacted K0GQ on phone and heard a female voice it was either Rebecca
or her mother. She
also helped make about 30 CW contacts on the CW HF station. Several
hours went by and I
kept asking Rebecca if she was ready to go home and she said NO and
wanted to know if we
were going to camp out at the site.
Rebecca had a good time during the Kids Day Contest. She and I had a
hard time understanding
some of those cute young voices with all the noise on the band. Now we
understand why some
people had a hard time understanding her on SSB phone when she earned
her license. It is too
bad that their is not a portion of 20 meters where people regularly run
narrow FM. The kids
would sound excellent on narrow band FM. Rebecca now primarily uses CW
where she has no
problem with people understanding her. Many of the people, mostly guys,
get kind of excited
when they find out they are communicating with a ten year old especially
when they find out she
is a YL to boot.
Kids Day Contest Log:
Kenwood TS-850 100 Watts with R7 Vertical Up 30 ft.
To: <3830@contesting.com>
Date: 20JUN98
Freq Time Call Name Age QTH Color
14.296 18:10 W7WM CHRIS 11 CO PURPLE
14.274 18:19 K1ZX KAREN 6 CT PURPLE
14.270 18:19 N7SJ KAREN 7 AZ PINK
14.274 18:21 K4TG ALEX 7 TN WHITE
14.274 18:35 WA1VHT MELISA 9 NH GREEN
14.274 18:37 WA1VHT KATY 6 NH PINK
14.274 18:40 K7RAT JOSEPH 8 OR BLUE
14.274 18:44 K7RAT BECKA 5 OR SILVER
14.274 18:46 K2UST NORM FL WHITE
14.274 19:22 W7FVD BOB 57 AZ PINK
14.274 19:25 N7LR NATALIE 11 AZ GOLD
14.270 21:10 K1U JEFFERY 8 MA BLUE
14.270 21:15 WA1DBR NORM MA
14.286 21:26 N4DD DENNIS 11 TN BLUE
14.288 21:41 W6UE MIKE 32 CA PURPLE
14.288 21:57 K6EM RICHARD 59 CA GREEN
14.288 22:00 KQ6QW BRIAN 36 CA RED
14.287 22:17 AA3B DIANNA 11 PA PURPLE
14.289 22:30 W6SW MAX 11 CA GREEN
14.290 23:00 K7YQI TOM 70 AZ BLUE
14.290 23:01 WD6EAW TOM OR RED
14.290 23:02 KJ7QT LARRY AZ RED
14.290 23:09 KI6X CHUCK 6 CA BLUE
14.290 23:21 K6XX LISA 4 CA BLUE AND PURPLE
14.290 23:22 K6XX SARAH 8 CA PURPLE
14.274 23:32 K1EA JESSE 8 MA BLUE
14.291 23:44 NI2P DALE 35 NY BLUE
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