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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be meeting at Broun Hall 238 at 7:00 am to setup. I will try to bring some doughnuts and drinks. We will need to be at Haley Center 1203 at 7:30 am to sign paperwork as well as participate in the Youth Protection Training.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Merit Badge University is scheduled to take place for 8AM to 4PM. We have to keep the scouts the entire time and cannot dismiss them early.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Hung is bringing a roll of butcher paper (and presumably the key). Chase already dropped off his mirror. SueAnne and I will be bringing electronic components, handheld radios, a set of matching cards, markers, SueAnne’s country map,
1m and 2m lengths of rope, and whatever other odds and ends we need.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We’re going to try and get the scouts on the air around 2pm on the K4RY repeaters.
</b>The 2m repeater is 144.24 MHz +0.600 MHz, PL 156.7 Hz and the 70cm repeater is 444.800 MHz +5 MHz, PL 156.7.
<b>If you’re a local ham and want to talk to the scouts, feel free to get on the air then.</b> We’ll see if we can get some on the HF rig too, but that’s going to depend on conditions and time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a tentative schedule for the day:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">Bold indicates activity outside<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">Italics indicates a game or activity<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7:00 AM Arrive at Broun Hall 238 and begin setup<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7:30 AM Go to Haley 1203 for Merit Badge Instructor Meeting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8:30 AM Fetch scouts from Haley Center Lawn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">1a and 1b. Amateur versus broadcast radio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">1c. Discuss call signs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">1d. Phonetic alphabet<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">2a. Use radios to listen to WWV<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i>3a, b, c. Drawing the frequency chart, discus linear vs logarithmic graphs<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<i>4. Fill in the blank radio and take apart some radios.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">Demonstrate relationship between wavelength and frequency with rope.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">Demonstrate propagation with mirror.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">5a. Block versus schematic diagram (inside; semi-game)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">5b. Block diagram of radio equipment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">5d. circuit components<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">5c. Open and closed circuits with Morse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="color:black"> Short circuits. Fuses (ties in with safety)
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">6. Safety<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>8. Name radio careers while walking to lunch<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">11:00 AM Lunch begins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1:30 PM Lunch ends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">2b, 7, 9a1, 9a4. Shack visit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">2:00 PM <i>9a2 and 9a3. Review Q signals, then get on the air<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">9f. FIELD TRIP to look at antennas around campus (Haley, Broun, Allison Lab)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black">9a5. Emergency calls and how they work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (At this point, we can fill time with cool stuff in the shack. We have to keep them busy until 4.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4:00 PM Dismissal<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, let us know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chris Hathcock (KD2BRP)<o:p></o:p></p>
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