That's your call. I'll look at some of my friends who are 20WPM extras and say go for it. I never got code because it would take me 15mins to get to where I...
We're looking to set up some skeds for a ham radio activity at a summer camp south of Memphis, during the week of June 18. Best times are 10:30-11:30 and...
All, Are you attending Hamvention this year? How would you like to see your Radio Scouting event featured in the slide show at the Radio Scouting booth! I am...
... Jeff We are in the process of establishing permanent stations at all 4 campground run by Circle10 Council. We currently have 2 stations installed. The...
Camp Rainey Mountain in Northeast Georgia has a tech studies department for summer camp. We use the call letters KK4BSA. We have some dipole antennas in the...
Jeff, This is exactly what our group did. Years of camp demos and JOTA's, then launch a radio merit badge program at a Council camp. Complete success, getting...
Jim Wilson, K5ND, has posted the following (May 17, 2012) from the Dayton Hamvention at www.k2bsa.net Icom America and the Boy Scouts of America today...
This is good news. I have to ask, with Icom being the exclusive sponsor of ham radio gear at Jamboree, and given that they don't have any APRS gear, does this...
Well, ICOM does have APRS via digital D-Star {I think} One way to have analog APRS on 144.39 would be to use a ICOM 2M rig and a RPC APRS digi-repeater and...
Any two meter analog radio may be used on APRS. All you need is a computer running an APRS program and a TNC to connect it to the transceiver. Also Byonics...
Kenwood makes great radios with built in APRS. I wonder why ICOM never did. There are way more analog users aof APRS. Maybe they will come out with one soon 73...
This is bordering on looking a gift horse in the mouth. A Scout is courteous. The major difference is that while others might SELL great radios, Icom...
What strange logic. So if a company make a donation of equipment to a national society then they should not be commented on for an apparent gap in their...
Gary, My comments about APRS weren't at all disparaging. I simply asked what the impact would be to APRS, since Icom doesn't have any gear with built-in APRS...
I agree, Roger. The reaction does not seem to fit. Furthermore... I saw nothing disparaging in the original comments. I saw nothing discourteous in the...
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I'll note that having an official sponsor for BSA amateur radio operations is a new experience for us all. We'll be...
Hi Jim, et al.... Good of you to mention Ray Novak. I missed him on TWiT.TV last night but will endeavor to catch the interview when it's posted later today. ...
As Jim points out, having official sponsors who put their corporate resources behind our efforts is a new experience for us. We'll still want to explore other...
Anytime some one wants to donate new gear great. thrifty yah yah thrifty. if Icom wants to donate to lewis and clark distric ,montana council I'll TAKE IT....
I agree. I go out of my way to support those who help scouting. I've reposed the information about ICOM's support to several local Ham Radio Facebook pages. I...
West VA scouters/hams, I notice there is not any APRS within 50 miles of the new huge new wilderness Scout Jamboree location in West Virginia. The closest digi...
Clicking on the link and adding the Satelite imagery shows several ridges between this digi and The Summit. So, a digi at the Summit itself might be worth...
John, Wow, Excellent volunteer work! Yes, lets hope that an APRS digipeater will be dedicated at the SUMMIT so that HT’s on low power can be heard anywhere...
