Waterways Heritage Festival
October 14 - 15, 2017
The club had a great time at this year's festival and met a lot of great Mars Generation kids along with their parents and grandparents. The festival provided us the opportunity to present Amateur Radio as a vital communications resource during emergencies and special events. We showed how Amateur Radio is a fun hobby and a great technical tool to learn and possibly pursue a great career in electronics and wireless communications.
The club held a drawing at the festival for a copy of Craig Buck’s, K4IA “The Easy Way!” series book “Pass Your Amateur Radio Technician Class Test”.
The winner is Lauren Roque. Lauren is a ten-year-old from the Western Branch section of Chesapeake. She attends Western Branch Intermediate School where she enjoys taking History and Art classes. Lauren is a dedicated Girl Scout and enjoys biking and a good jump on a trampoline.
The winner is Lauren Roque. Lauren is a ten-year-old from the Western Branch section of Chesapeake. She attends Western Branch Intermediate School where she enjoys taking History and Art classes. Lauren is a dedicated Girl Scout and enjoys biking and a good jump on a trampoline.
This year’s booth featured a live-Doppler Effect demonstration, an OSCAR satellites and International Space Station (ISS)orbital display, a HF portable station, a CW Practice Key, and a Squishy Dough circuit display.
NA3Z built an Audio Generator & Oscilloscope Kit so the Doppler Effect could be seen and heard
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KJ4EZH and KM4LGD help the kids watch the OSCAR satellites & International Space Station orbit earth and to see the communication windows of opportunity to talk over the OSCARs
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Squishy Dough “Master Chef” President Duane, KJ4YKG.
W4BUE working the CW Practice Key
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KM4UPH from the W4GBH Great Bridge High School Amateur Radio Club demonstrates Squishy Dough Circuits to the delight of the oldest adult and youngest kid. Here he made an electrical series and parallel circuits with the squishy dough, 9-volt batteries and LED lights, buzzers, and fans.
Take a swing around our festival setup with this 3 minute video.
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