Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-23 Thread John Basilotto
VBrian, Is there a way to get a video of the kids at work with the 5000? I am working with a group who is making a promotional video for ham radio and they may be interested in including a clip of the work your students did. 73 On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > Thanks to ev

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Burt wrote: > > It is sad they had to deal with a PSK contest In some ways it was a blessing. It meant that there were a LOT of signals to choose from for testing. > So what were the results related to power? > As the Flex consumes 300w on transmit I wonder how

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-22 Thread TOM BLACKWELL (nt)
I give prizes to students at the Dallas Regional Science Fair. There are some pictures on the ARRL NTX web page, URL below. There is a link to a video about the event there as well. I look for topics that are covered in the ARRL Handbook. I do this because I know the experience winning at a

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-22 Thread Burt
It is sad they had to deal with a PSK contest So what were the results related to power? As the Flex consumes 300w on transmit I wonder how many kids carried the solar array ? --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Brian Lloyd wrote: > From: Brian Lloyd > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins scienc

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
Thanks to everyone who replied. There seem to be enough questions that I am going to provide more detail on the projects. Two boys, Joshua Fournier, KI6PJW (Gen), and Michael Binon, KI6QOC (Tech), set out to build a totally-self-contained portable HF station that is small enough to fit into a back

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-22 Thread Bob McGwier
big "atta boy and girl" from the entire Flexer community. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:17 AM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] Flex

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-22 Thread Tim Ellison
community. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:17 AM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair OK, well maybe the radio didn'

[Flexradio] Flex 5000 wins science fair

2009-03-21 Thread Brian Lloyd
OK, well maybe the radio didn't quite win the science fair but the student who did, Michael Binon, KI6QOC, used a Flex 5000a to collect data on four different wire antennas he constructed for a backpack QRP station built by his classmate, Joshua Fournier, KI6PJW. Michael's project took 1st