I’ve written before about Ham Radio at the Hands-On Museum. Well, today has been a pretty good day for this project.
First, I got an e-mail saying that we received the Ten-Tec Omni VII transceiver (the rig pictured in the header above) that we ordered. Then, about a half hour ago, I received an e-mail from Ann, the museum’s development director. She worte:
“I guess we got the grant — a check for $3,000 arrived today!”
The grant that she’s referring to is the one we requested to help us put up a tower at the museum.
Thanks, ARRL!
Ronny says
Congratulations on getting the rig and the grant in the same day. It is like that some times. Feast or famine. I like the “Feast Days”. ;)
Good luck with the tower. Maybe you will have it all up and going with a monster Yagi just in time for the fabled return of sunspots.
Tonight was “Science Night” at my daughter’s school. Bands were pretty bad, so I had kids listen to CW on 40m. I copied a few conversations and then let the kids (~6-9 years old) send S-O-S and then their name. They catch on really fast to Code, but really like to talk more. The night was not a loss because CW was there.
Again, I’m glad you had a good day at the Museum.
73,
Ronny, KC5EES
Austin, TX