The Random Access Thought Covers KIDS DAY 2010!

On Sunday, January 3rd, my number one and only son Zach and I made the yearly pilgrimage to the Schenectady Musum to participate in KIDS DAY. KIDS DAY is a nationwide ham radio event sponsored by the American Radio Relay League and covered on the local front by the Schenectady Museum Amateur Radio Association. On hand to greet visitors young and old alike, and to show them the mysteries of amateur radio, were Mike KB2VQS, James N2UZQ, Jerry WA2IWW, Daniel KC2VEX, along with Zach KC2VWY and yours truly Bill N2FNH.
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Armed with my trusty cheap forty-nine dollar Radio Shack audio cassette recorder, otherwise known as the C49DRSACR, I was able to secure what I like to refer to as audio snapshots. These audio snapshots were then clipped, trimmed and rolled up into a neat seven and a half minute Random Access Thought special feature currently posted on TWAUDIO and soon to be heard on an upcoming This Week In Amateur Radio. Zach did the hosting chores while I got in close, microphone in hand, with some really amazing kids who were equally amazed by everything they saw and heard. Factored into the mix too are some vintage late 1950's animation sound effects. A RAT is not a RAT without some of those!
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So! Check out the SMARA webpage at http://www.smara.com/ for more on this ham radio club's special events activities. Likewise, click on http://www.twiar.org/ for all the latest amateur radio news and views.
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What follows are some mug shots of the usual suspects:

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THE MIKE DEVICE KB2VQS!
JAMES N2UZQ!
JERRY WA2IWW!

DAN KC2VEX!

THE Z MAN!

THE SMARA DISPLAY TABLE!

THE GODFATHER!

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So MNOAOS Zach and I got together this Monday evening with our very own Bill W2XOY. We made the scene at the classic old folks watering hole, the Cracker Barrel, located in nearby Defreestville on Route 4 in Rensselaer County, here in upstate New York. Bill wanted to get together with Zach to offer congratulations on passing the Technician Class amateur radio exam, sponsored by the East Greenbush Amateur Radio Association. Bill, in addition to being the author and the voice of the globally famous Ancient Amateur Archives, is also Zachary's Godfather. And so it came to pass that the Godfather made an offer Zach could not refuse, by presenting him with a ICOM V82 two meter handheld transceiver.
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Bill also offered the speculation that Zach's call may fall in the KC2VVx block, possibly a KC2VWx. And should it come to pass that my number one and only son cares not for his freshly inked call, he says he may opt for my father's old two land as a vanity callsign. Thus Zach is actually a third generation amateur radio operator. And there's more!
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Turns out, Zach's friend-who-is-a-girl Jessica, George Bowen's daughter, will also be third generation. Whether Jess goes for her Grandfather's callsign remains to be seen. Stay tuned for a callsign update, hopefully sometime this week!