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Click for more detail... TO RADIO AMATEURS WE HAVE CONTACTED ON HF - PLEASE SEND QSL CARD TO WA4HF's ADDRESS http://www.qrz.com/callsign/wa4hf . Thank you. The website listed on the above QSL card is an old website address. What you are looking at now is the correct website, through the generosity of the owner of QRZ.COM. Established in 1995 (Due to the following visionaries: Dr. Zena Sulkes, Marvin Friedman, Dick Appelbaum, and Lynne Shefsky) Dedicated to the memories of Raphael Lester Weisman, WN2UCY (1909-1966) ......and to Gussie S. Weisman (1910-2001), who initially funded the station. WELCOME! Our school is located 5 miles north of Orlando, and 30 miles northeast of Walt Disney World. The K4HDS (Kids For Hebrew Day School) Amateur Radio Club is open for the enjoyment of students in all grades (elementary school and the Patricia R. Selznick Middle School). The station is located in classroom 101 and is in operation during the afternoon Enrichment Academy - (Wednesdays from 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.). You may contact the station trustee via email to operate the station at other times, subject to availability. To Parents: Why do we have an amateur radio station in the Hebrew Day School? Why not? For its licensees, Amateur Radio is not only an opportunity to serve the community during emergencies, but it is also a source of friendship, recreation,and personal growth. Students develop their communication skills, and learn geography faster. In addition, many people began their path towards careers in electronics and wireless communications with experience in Amateur Radio as children and teenagers. Although at this time, we will not be able to talk to the astronauts in space, Amateur Radio is an ongoing activity on the International Space Station. Did you know that the astronauts are required to obtain their Amateur Radio licenses prior to going on a space mission? Each student who participates will be given the opportunity to operate the amateur radio transceivers, learn Morse code, learn the International Phonetic Alphabet, and talk to licensed radio amateurs within the State of Florida, across the United States , and in foreign countries. For those parents and students interested in obtaining your Federal Communications Commission (FCC) amateur radio license, it is recommended that you contact the Orlando Amateur Radio Club or the Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society to see when the next amateur radio course is scheduled. You can find courses on the internet ( through Ham Test Online: http://www.hamtestonline.com , or ARRL: http://www.arrl.org ) and read study guides, but probably the best way is through a certified amateur radio instructor at one of the local clubs listed above. Both clubs administer the FCC examinations. A GAP Titan vertical antenna is on the roof. We also use a RadioWavz G5RV Jr. antenna and a Cushcraft AR-270 VHF/UHF vertical antenna. The HF transceiver is the Yaesu FT-900. The students learn communications skills ......... and yes, Morse code is taught to them. They will also be fluent in the international phonetic alphabet, and they will see that many radio operators around the world use the metric system. I found "The Rhythm of the Code" (now a CD) to be an excellent way to learn the Morse Code. It is manufactured by Phil Kawa, KA1WJQ (http://www.edisongreen.com). He realized that each Morse Code character had it's own rhythm. It is fun to listen to, and I highly recommend it. (You can hear a few seconds of it. Turn your speakers on and click on this: http://www.edisongreen.com/kawa/rotc.wav ) If I had this many years ago when I was studying CW (Morse Code), I probably would have learned the code in a shorter period of time. LINKS FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS: WHAT IS HAM RADIO? http://www.wedothat-radio.org INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd220.pdf LEARN MORSE CODE (CW) ! : http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/learncw/ MORSE CODE TRANSLATOR: http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html (Courtesy of Stephen Christopher Phillips, Ph.D. at http://scphillips.com - Thank you Dr. Phillips!) W1AW CODE PRACTICE FILES: http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/morse.html (If you have RealPlayer as your default player you will have a few funny displays as the Morse code plays. For instance try Annabelle the sheep.) TIME AROUND THE WORLD: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com This is not just a site about what the time is in different parts of the world, it has geographical information and interesting facts about cities and countries around the world! WORLD TIME ENGINE: http://worldtimeengine.com/ INTERNET HAM ATLAS: http://www.hamatlas.eu/index.php (courtesy of Dariusz Milka, SP6NVK - Thank you Dariusz!) ARRL - The National Association for AMATEUR RADIO: http://www.arrl.org ORLANDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: http://www.oarc.org LAKE MONROE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY: http://www.lmars.org NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration: http://www.nasa.gov NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: http://www.nws.noaa.gov METRIC CONVERSIONS for Speed, Temperature, Time, Distance, Area, Volume, Length, Currency (Money), Fractions to Decimals, and Fruit: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM CHART: http://www.adec.edu/tag/spectrum.html U.S. AMATEUR RADIO FREQUENCY ALLOCATION: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/allocate.html U. S. Amateur Radio Band Plan: http://www.indiana.edu/~k9iu/Amateur_BandPlan.pdf (Courtesy of Indiana University Amateur Radio Club and ICOM) WHAT ARE REPEATERS? http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/repeaters.pdf WHAT IS IRLP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Radio_Linking_Project WHAT IS ECHOLINK? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolink HAM RADIO INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT RESOURCES: http://www.hamradioinstructor.com (Courtesy of Alan C. Sewell, N5NA - Thank you Alan!) AMATEUR RADIO EXAM STUDY GUIDES: http://studyguide.eqth.info (Courtesy of Earl L. Paazig, N8KBR - Thank you Earl!) QRZ's PRACTICE AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS: http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl THE HISTORY OF AMATEUR RADIO: http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/qsl-ham-history.htm (Courtesy of Thierry Lombry, ON4SKY / LX4SKY) Videos: HAMBRIEF.tv: http://73s.org (courtesy of Chris, N7ICE - Thanks!) THE GEORGIA TECH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/w4aql/about.html UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: http://www2.mmae.ucf.edu/wiki/ucf_arc AMATEUR RADIO AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~w1af NASA TELEVISION: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv THE PERIODIC TABLE OF VIDEOS(Doesn't really have anything to do with amateur radio, but is very interesting, and will help you with your chemistry classes in the future): http://www.periodicvideos.com:80/ PICTURES OF CLUB ANTENNAS: http://picasaweb.google.com/debarydeltonarotary/K4HDSAmateurRadioClub List of our recent contacts: 2-29-08: KB1OUW, Rene, in Stow, Massachusetts on 20 rewmeters/3-14-08: Daniel, Isaac, and Josh spoke to 11-year-old operator Marshall (on the 147.72 MHz. repeater) who lives in Windemere, Florida/3-21-08:K0ARY/VP9,Bruce in Bermuda on 14.155 MHz./4-11-08: Tom,K9XV/PJ2 in Curacao on the 14 MHz. band/Jack, KH6DQ in Honolulu, Hawaii( http://www.qrz.com/kh6DQ )/Jim, G7BYS, in his ice-cream truck in Manchester, England ( http://www.qrz.com/G7BYS ) Information on Club Station Trustee and Mentor: http://www.qrz.com/wa4hf The Hebrew Day School website is http://www.hds-orlando.org and the Roth JCC of Greater Orlando is http://www.orlandojcc.org
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