Hi Gang, Keep an ear out for our station based in Central England, Evesham to be exact. We will be using the club callsign MX0RAD and will be active on 80m, ...
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Jack Rueckel
n2nhn
Oct 9, 2005 9:09 pm
Fellow Scouters/Hams: We will be operating two events in the coming couple of weeks from Sussex County New Jersey. Please note the following: - Sussex District...
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Jon Pearl
w4abc
Oct 9, 2005 6:47 pm
For your edification... I found this in my in-box today. ~~ To Whom It May Concern: I would like to receive a copy of the powerpoint presentation, but am...
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Harry Bryant
aa2wn
Oct 9, 2005 6:43 pm
JOTA 2005 Battleship New Jersey ARS (NJ2BB) will be hosting Webelos Scouts from the Southern New Jersey area both Saturday and Sunday. We expect about 70...
1663
ray@...
Oct 8, 2005 10:45 pm
The WJ0TA[/1] Scouting Amateur Radio Club in Maine is going to be operating on HF and on APRS frequencies for JOTA. FMI: ...
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Eric
indianaj0nes
Oct 8, 2005 12:55 pm
Any JOTA activities in the Milwaukee area ? Tom Sharp <tomsharp@...> wrote: W7BSA Explorer Post 599 from Phoenix will be operating JOTA at two Camporees...
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Tom Sharp
t_sharp
Oct 7, 2005 6:42 pm
W7BSA Explorer Post 599 from Phoenix will be operating JOTA at two Camporees during the day on Saturday Oct 15. The Firebird District of the Grand Canyon...
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Don
thelostiowan
Oct 7, 2005 5:07 pm
Hi all: I am Don Burgess/KC0QNA and I will seeing some 200 Boy/Girl Scouts in the west metro of the Twin Cities. We will be operating as call sign WB0RMK and...
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Brian Cieslak
k9wis
Oct 6, 2005 3:26 pm
We are scheduling groups of 3 or 4 in time slots of 90 minutes. The first 15 minutes of the time slot is orientation. 1.A very breif intro to ham radio. 2.How...
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ALAN STUMPF
kb3dhc
Oct 5, 2005 3:57 am
Ok after reading a weeks worth of pros and cons of teaching young scouts Radio merit badge I have figured out what to do. I will be sending a small prereq...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Oct 4, 2005 2:09 am
I think we have all had different experiences while teaching Radio Merit Badge. I've been teaching it since before 1998, always in a group setting (4 to 10)...
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kimbare
kymbare
Oct 3, 2005 8:54 pm
I have been sitting and reading all of these...I have 5 kids...all are hams except the 2 younger ones...They others were hams well before 10...they are all...
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Frank Krizan
kr1zan
Oct 3, 2005 6:42 pm
Hi Larry and others, K2BSA, the National BSA Amateur Radio Station at Camp Wisdom, Dallas, will be monitoring node 4150 (444.150 MHz locally in Dallas) for...
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Larry Worthington (KC...
eaglesct121289
Oct 3, 2005 6:19 pm
Does anyone have info on IRLP and JOTA I find info on echolink which I am working with an operator near our JOTA site to run echolink. I am not certin that...
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Bill Stewart
ke4bae
Oct 3, 2005 5:23 pm
The merit badge program is to be started after attaining the First Class rank usually completed by age 12. In the Troop I was involved with we did not allow...
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Al Katzman
woodbadge_owl
Oct 3, 2005 3:21 pm
I think we've missed the point of the Merit Badge program here. It's not if the person is agewise mentally capable of learning the badge. It's really about...
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William Albert
ad5td
Oct 2, 2005 11:21 pm
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:29:23 -0000 From: "Alun" <elektros@...> Subject: Merit Badge Prerequisites WAS: Re: JOTA around the corner Given that I have...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Oct 2, 2005 11:07 pm
100% agree, Bill. Further, if BSA wanted 10- and 11-year olds to work on merit badges, then it would have included merit badges in the Tenderfoot, Second, and...
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Brian Cieslak
k9wis
Oct 2, 2005 9:04 pm
Look for K9WIS during JOTA. We'll be on PSK31 and Fone. Thought I was forgotten this year then last night got a call from some scouts who would like to come...
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Bill Stewart
ke4bae
Oct 2, 2005 7:38 pm
Actually, we do put as much effort into teaching the badge. We prefer to tailor it to success. We have to work around the US educational system and most kids...
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Bill Stewart
ke4bae
Oct 2, 2005 7:31 pm
Sorry, but I'm speaking from experience not theory. I have taught licensing classes for several years and the norm has been that most under the age of 11 have...
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Roger Woods
g8xan
Oct 2, 2005 3:20 pm
Hi All, I sincerely hope you all put as much into teaching your Scouts as you do about arguing the case. If the book says do it then do it and tailor your ...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Oct 2, 2005 3:03 pm
OK, I'll reword and amplify since you seem to prefer deductive logic: you gave examples of the exceptions to the notion that most 10- and 11-year olds are not...
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Alun
elektros
Oct 2, 2005 2:18 pm
So, if some have got their licence under age 11, that proves that most couldn't get a merit badge at that age? Sorry, but there's no logic in that. N3KIP ... ...
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Robert Bruninga
bruninga@...
Oct 2, 2005 12:16 pm
You just gave me a JOTA idea! Ill put PSK-31 on a speaker and then bring out bunches of laptops from work. Load PSK-31 on them and set them on a table...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Oct 2, 2005 2:50 am
Steve, I did PSK at a JOTA three years ago and had very good luck with many contacts with other JOTA stations. I could have run PSK all day, but I was at a...
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wb3lgc@...
wb3lgc
Oct 2, 2005 2:31 am
I'll be on for JOTA as part of our district camporee in Delaware. Will anyone (else) be on using PSK31? I am planning on a SSB station and a PSK station,...
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Bill Stewart
ke4bae
Oct 1, 2005 9:09 pm
Fred, I agree with you. What Alun has illustrated is definately the exception not the rule. I'm interested in the youngster successfully completing the merit...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Oct 1, 2005 6:30 pm
By mentioning the exceptions, you have proven my point. Most 10- and 11-year olds are not ready for Radio MB. 73 de Fred...
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Alun
elektros
Oct 1, 2005 5:29 pm
Given that I have known children younger than 11 with ham licences, and a girl called Dana who got her Extra at that age, I can't agree with what you are...
