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INVOLVING LOCAL SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

"The two months of activity from M2000A saw over 300 schoolchildren (15 classes) from 10 different schools visit the station.  Most were Primary school children (aged 8 - 11), but two Secondary schools (aged 11 - 16) also came to the station.  One Grammar school also visited.  They came with 3 teachers who held amateur radio licences, while some of the children were licensed as Novices (2E1 callsigns).  Apart from the Novice licencees, the children were all introduced to amateur radio for the first time.

The static and "hands on" exhibits were explained to the children by members of the M2000A team.  The exhibition charted amateur radio from its earliest beginnings to the present day.  The children could also listen to VHF broadcast stations on the latest Arcam Digital radio or thet could monitor air traffic at London City Airport on an Icom IC-R1000 computer driven radio.

The children were then treated to the experience of a lifetime by talking to radio amateurs from thousands of miles away.  Initially, we got questions comparing amateur radio with mobile phones and the Intranet, but one by one the children were convinced that communication by amateur radio was a much more thrilling experience.

The team thoroughly enjoyed sharing the enthusiasm shown by all the children and we hope that, through our efforts,  we have met some of the next generation of radio amateurs.

Some C.M.Howes Communications M2000 receiver kits with a 20m module are still available from Owen Cross G4DFI.  He is QTHR or can be reached at Owen Cross priced �32.00 (plus �5 postage and packing)."