Who says teenagers aren’t into ham radio? Check out TeenRadioJourney.Com. Written and produced by Paul, KC9QYB, this website contains both blog posts and podcasts for teenaged ham radio ops (as well as us OFs as well.)
The latest version, episode 14, talks about three aspects of Elmering, including:

promoting the hobby,
Elmering, and
study help.

There’s lots of other good [...]

One of the great things about Field Day are the stories. Every year, I add a story or two to my repertoire. This year is no exception.
Story #1 starts about 1:30 pm on Saturday. I was at my post at the public information table/GOTA station. We had been ready to rock and roll for at [...]

At a concert Sunday afternoon, I ran into a guy who was in one of my One-Day Tech Classes. He’s really gotten bit by the ham radio bug, and he told me that his ten-year-old daughter has shown some interest, too. He went on to say that he tried using my study guide, but that [...]

I just received this press release today, so I haven’t actually seen the book yet, but it looks like it would be fun……Dan
The Manga Guide to Electricity
Learn About Electricity in a Shockingly Fun Way
San Francisco, CA, March 19, 2009—Rereko is just your average high-school girl from Electopia, the land of electricity. Except she’s completely failed [...]

Thanks to Ig, N0EFT, and his crew:

Tim, WA8VTD, back up radio operator;
Steve, KB9UPS, ARISS mentor and antenna and az/el rotor operator;
Olivia, KC8VGH, who handled the microphone and kids; and
Candy. KD8IPC, who made the initial contact and helped with the kids;

yesterday’s Space Station contact from the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum was a success. Despite the low [...]

Barry, K2JV, wrote this for the ARRL’s Contact, an e-mail newsletter for PIOs:
The New Providence Amateur Radio Club of New Jersey has been actively introducing kids to Amateur Radio for about 5 years. The activities and events which we have mentored have been a source of considerable pleasure for the senior club members involved, but [...]

MI Assistant Section Manager Simon, KC8DYZ, has published the first Youth Radio in Michigan newsletter. Included in this issue are articles by out SM Dale, WA8EFK; Corey, KD8BOQ; and Simon himself.
Another interesting part of the newsletter is a proposal for creating a website just for kids in ham radio. I like this idea a lot. [...]

As I’ve reported before, we have been awarded a $10,000 grant by the IEEE for setting up an amateur radio station at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. $3,000 has been allotted for a transceiver. There are a lot of options, so I’m asking for some help.  Here’s some of my thinking so far:
1. Don’t purchase [...]

A Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young song goes:
Teach your children well,
Their father’s hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you’ll know by.
How can we expect kids to pick up on ham radio if we don’t show it to them?
How do we do this? Well, the online article [...]

One of the fun things about operating at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is enjoying the company of other hams and sharing ideas. Two weeks ago, a bunch of us were joking about how to make CW more fun and get more kids into it. Well, someone noted that since CW is a rhythm kind [...]