Tomorrow is our Walk 4 The World
Posted by cmack on 27 Mar 2009 at 07:16 pm | Tagged as: Family & Friends, Missions, Technology
Kelly & His Pedestrian Mobile Radio
Tomorrow is it! The big day of our Walk For the World walkathon. We went to the beach this past weekend for a trial run of Kelly being “mobile” with his ham radio. The photos show you the set up he has designed for himself to be able to walk with the radio & antenna and talk with other states and countries. We were working out the bugs and did find a few things that will need to be tweaked.
Tall Antenna and Bicycle Flag
The antenna is pretty tall, as you can see in the photos, and the bicycle flag did what it was suppose to do, but the wind gave us a challenge. We sure attracted a lot of attention from the other beach goers, as you might imagine.
Kelly Talking to California
The important thing is that the radio worked! He talked with California, Michigan, Chicago, Ontario and even heard from Spain. (For a more technical explanation go to Kelly’s blog www.k4upg.com.
Kelly Tuning His Radio
We’re Ready for the Walk! 
Now Kelly is making last minute adjustments for the radio setup and all our other gear is ready to go. We have been blessed with responses from several of you to sponsor us, and others have committed to pray for us and for a successful event.
Can we hold up for the 10 mile walk?
The weather is suppose to reach a high of 90 degrees and the humidity will be up, according to the weatherman. We will start early to beat the heat, around 7:00 am … we are suppose to finish just before noon.
Not all funds have been collected yet, so a final tally announcement on how much was brought in will come later. So, stay tuned for a report and photos of how it all goes! (And, pray for us!)
Set up on the Pier with Ocean in the Background
And by the way, we had a great weekend and visited with the Missions Chair Person at a church in Tarpon Springs on Sunday. We counted the whole tripl…a big success. (Except for the sand flea bites I got on my ankles.)
You know they make these new things called Cell phones – they can call all over the world too and don’t require 25ft antenna’s!! hehe Looks like to much fun…love ya guys!
Wow! So cool, love the background views. We’ll hope the winds were minor. Can’t wait to get the update!
love sister,
Kristi
First photo looks like you’re ready for flight! I keep wondering how much sand made it into your radio. I’ll bet it was fun if you didn’t get heat exhaustion! Sister C
Erin, (I see you have the same humor as your father.) And you’re right…definitely “easier” to use a cell phone but not half as much fun…especially for “geeks”.
Kristi, The walk was great and we could have walked more, but we were glad we didn’t have to…
Connie, the weather cooperated and was quite comfortable. So, thanks for the prayers! It was just overcast enough to make it not seem too hot. The breeze helped also but made it a little more challenging for Kelly as it whipped his antenna around a bit.
Photos are coming…