This was the first SCR we've participated in since COVID! It was nice teaching the new people in the
club how to contest and seeing them get their radio voice. Next year we're gonna beat Purdue for
sure...
(By the way, the website didn't have an updated due date listed. We didn't notice it and submitted a
day late. Hope that doesn't mess anything up)

16-years old Ben, KO4MAO operated K4RFT for Reelfoot Amateur Radio Club in the School Club Roundup.
"It was a lot of fun and there were many school stations in the contest this year."

I had a lot of fun.  Last year, I made 20 contacts. This year, I made 118!

The DEARS herd did an amazing job in just 3 nights with 5 total ops in 7.25 hours. Conditions proved
to be tough at times but the kids were tougher! Thanks to those that found us! Very ‘73 from
KD8NOM

I had a great time doing SCR last week. It was really fun to talk with all the schools! 

73,
KI8AN Ian

This was our third time to participate. Our first attempt had 11 contacts, the second we had 38
contacts. This time the kids outdid themselves with 106 contacts and even some PSK. They've come a
long way!

I apologize for the delay in submitting my very short log. The entire month of February 2024 I was
very ill with flu-A. And having just started this club on February 6th, I really wanted to
participate. I appreciate your leniency.

We were pleased to see so many schools on 10m and 15m. School CW QSOs were also great to see.

We exceeded our total schools count this time and appreciate the patience as we have just 100 watts
and a G5RV. Our location of over 80 years (Hart House Amateur Radio Club) was lost in 2006 due to
lack of student support and involvement.

It would be great to see other Canadian/DX schools on the air in this event.

THANKS FOR ALL THE GRATE CONTACTS .ALL THE BEST .

It was great hearing all the schools on this week.  Keep up the good effort!

Operators Roman (working on license), KD9ZAP, KF0NXH, & KQ4OFV did a fantastic job! -KD8YVJ

This was our first time using HamDash. The students really enjoyed watching the results in real-time
on HamDash.  I recommend all advisors consider linking their log book to HamDash next time. It made
the competition for the students more exciting as they raced to catch up to other schools in the
competition. Also, we stood in awe at the massive amount of points the lead schools made. Lead
schools, please share your strategies. 

W7FBS operated on a student/teacher created homebrew center-fed dipole that tuned 2, 10, 15, and 20
meters. We operated a Yaesu FT-991A at 100 Watts. We were old school. We listened through the
built-in radio speaker, spoke through the standard hand mic that came with the radio, and operated
on SSB all the way.

As every other school says: Thanks much to all of the Amateurs who spoke with our school and kids.
Much appreciated. 

The sixth grade class came to the radio room for two hours on Thursday, and just before they left I
asked them on a scale of 0 to 5 would you like to do this again, and nearly everyone held up a 10.
Nearly everyone had made one contact, and they made 25 total in their time in the shack. On Friday
morning the other sixth grade class complained so much about not being able to get to go that their
math teacher called and we made an "emergency" club operating opening for them. 

Somehow, and I don't know why, talking on the radio seems more real to kids than talking on their
cell phones. 

Our core team of 2 HS (Peter and Cor) and 3 MS (Jett, Stevie and Teagan) students really
outperformed our expectations, and had help from the sixth graders and a few others. 

This antenna and operating station were a test. Our biggest accomplishment isn't our score, rather
it was "proving" our operating station and antenna. This set-up is proposed to be our county's main
communications hub for health and welfare traffic in a major emergency.  With 49 of the 50 states
and 500 contacts, we now know it works. And, on the "emergency" Friday morning unexpected start-up,
it literally took less than 30 seconds to be operational.

The Augusta University Amateur Radio Club is proud to return to the School Club Roundup, after a
temporary absence. Five students from the Army ROTC program program got their licenses in early
January of 2024, and with two of them (KQ4NTJ and KQ4NTH) already upgraded to the General license,
they brought great energy to WA4AUG's SCR entry this year. Four of them were active during the week
making their first HF contacts, and they all began to learn what it means to manage a small pile-up.
Given the very busy schedule of these ROTC cadets, we were only able to manage a few hours of
operation over three afternoons, but were very pleased with the results. Operators were AA5JF,
W4AUC, KQ4NTK, KQ4NTH, KQ4NVD, and KQ4NTJ.