JACKSON HEIGHTS — Inside the tiny amateur radio room inside the
Garden School's second-floor library, students fiddle with dials and
listen for voices being transmitted from around the world.
The school's radio club, which has grown to around 20 members since
launching last year, has competed in contests and learned all about
operating ham radios from inside the 78th Street school.
Now, the extracurricular activity has taken a more urgent mission for students.
The station — known by its call sign, K2GSG — is taking messages
known as "radiograms" to send down to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico,
which has been mostly without power since Hurricane Maria struck the
island.
Anyone can send a note to the club's email address, and students will help...
more in the link bellow...
Queens School's Amateur Radio Club Offers Messaging Lifeline to Puerto Rico - Jackson Heights - New York - DNAinfo
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