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January 2002 29,000 people in 3 days! Wow! Kidz Explore had a lot of things to do and a lot of kids to do them. Amateur Radio was part of those activities. Members of the Ak-Sar-Ben ARC, (KØNSA, WØNSA, NØHPP, NØTRK, KCØKKF, KCØHMI, WØHXL, WBØCMC, KAØKCV) spent Friday evening and all day Saturday and Sunday showing amateur radio to kids and their parents. Hands on demonstartions of Morse Code, APRS and SSTV enthalled the visitors to the booth. Those who had their photo taken with the Kenwood VC-H1 were given a souveneir photo on diskette along with information about amateur radio. Approximately 180 diskettes were given out to the families. At times the families were lined up to see what was going on and to get a quick explanation as to how amateur radio used the technology. All the kids thought it was cool to learn that we could send images around the world, without the internet.   KØNSA demonstrates APRS messaging to the kids and their families   A family tries their hand at Morse Code while another family watches the magic of SSTV -- Cool--- no wires!   KCØKKF shows the kids how their picture appears while NØHPP teaches Morse Code to another kid.   One young lady beams as a message is sent to her over APRS while another young man thinks about the possiblities of ham radio Click here for some of the SSTV photos taken during the event