John Z, N1JPZ, his son Rick, and I put up a temporary 30 foot mast and raised the 20-meter dipole up in the air. (Actually John and Rick did most of the work, I just stood around looking useless and taking photos — although I did fabricate the dipole).
I have applied for a club call sign of K1MCS, and it looks like it will be issued on October 20th. That is tight as our first day of operation will be on October 21st. Twenty one students will be participating on the air. Our plan is to rotate them on the air in groups of four every 45 minutes, Wed/Thu/Fri.
Hopefully after this introduction to Amateur Radio, the same kids will agree to do it again in February, after which we will start having 90 minutes of instruction each week until June — with a goal of getting them all licensed.
