The Amateur Radio portion and the overall Sussex District (Patriot's Path Council) Cub Family Camp was a success. The station operated for approximately 10...
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Craig Brown
cb3799
Nov 3, 2005 1:53 pm
Pat wrote: -> "...what do the people here think about a third section for over 23/26 year olds (Venturer/Senior Scouts, Rovers, 'older Rovers')?" And; Errol...
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Chris Schwab
wreckers_98
Nov 7, 2005 1:02 am
All: I apologize for not posting this earlier, but I wanted to pass along our pictures from JOTA 2005. We operated from the Camp Sand Hill in Brooksville...
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craigbrown@...
cb3799
Nov 9, 2005 6:41 am
One of our Rovers, Rick Seymour, the webmaster of www.inquiry.net, has penned probably the best method of recruiting 6th graders for Scouting ever. Although...
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Dominick Adamo Jr.
leawoodcop77099
Nov 10, 2005 9:16 pm
"National SOS Radio Network" ready to start, based on millions of FRS "Family Radio Service" radios already in use plus 675,000 ham radio operators across...
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Dominick Adamo Jr.
leawoodcop77099
Nov 10, 2005 9:16 pm
USING F-R-S CHANNEL 1 TO SUPPORT A NETWORK OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNICATIONS DURING A DISASTER OR EMERGENCY SITUATION REACT International,...
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Jeff Montgomery
wb4wxd
Nov 11, 2005 1:31 pm
Shouldn't this be the National Mayday Radio Netowork? FRS is voice after all I for one, am all for sending CW on FRS channels and any other medium as well. ...
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Robert Bruninga
bruninga@...
Nov 11, 2005 2:13 pm
** High Priority ** Regarding SOS Radio, The number one sentence that should be included in ANY such announcement or solicitation to the public or in...
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Robert Bruninga
bruninga@...
Nov 11, 2005 2:33 pm
** High Priority ** In fact the FIRST lesson we give when teaching RADIO and FRS to scouts is that they must have a callsign. FOr FRS we recommend Initials and...
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ClayMayrose@...
Nov 11, 2005 6:27 pm
The only problem I see with this is that most FRS radios have a range of less than a quarter mile. This program will give some unsuspecting user unrealistic...
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Dan
osuairman06
Dec 3, 2005 7:11 am
Hey everyone, Just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Dan, AB8VE. I am currently a student at the Ohio State University, and the President of the...
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Frank Krizan
kr1zan
Dec 3, 2005 6:07 pm
Howdy Dan, Sounds like you're doing everything right. Congratulations on getting some of the scouts to get their licenses ... and, of course, congratulations...
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Frank Krizan
kr1zan
Dec 3, 2005 6:14 pm
Dan, Just thought about something else ... get the parents involved. If the parents are already Hams, it's usually a sure bet that they will help the Scout...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Dec 4, 2005 12:55 am
Dan, I'm not certain I fully agree with your basic premise, that the general public is not knowledgeable about ham radio, but my argument would be based more...
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J. Gordon Beattie, Jr.
w2ttt
Dec 5, 2005 4:21 am
Fred, Your points about folks who can educate Scouts, or anyone else about Ham Radio are well taken. However, a bunch of local Hams trained our Boy Scout ...
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Gary Wilson
wb2boo
Dec 5, 2005 2:01 pm
Hi Dan: Thanks for getting involved in teaching Amateur Radio to Scouts. Two suggestions: 1. Start by offering a Radio Merit Badge class, not a Tech licensing...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Dec 7, 2005 6:14 pm
... Can't argue with that. You brought up a point of which needs to be addressed, but I can't say I've ever seen it mentioned in any written articles although...
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ve3gxq
Jan 4, 2006 4:14 am
Hello everyone: My name is Scouter Jamie Holmes, Troop Scouter for the 6th Erin Mills Troop. We have a group of 28 Scouts here in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada....
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J. Gordon Beattie, Jr...
w2ttt
Jan 4, 2006 5:47 am
Jamie, I am the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 139 chartered to St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Bergenfield, New Jersey, which is about 15 km...
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KB3CVS (Tom)
trhendr
Jan 4, 2006 9:32 pm
Hi! My name is Tom Hendricks, and I will be teaching a Radio Merit Badge session to Troop 828 here in Timonium, MD on the 21st. It will be an "all night"...
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Jan 5, 2006 12:00 am
Hi all-- The January - February 2006 Scouting magazine's article on Scouts and Scouters in action for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief inspired me to gather...
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J. Gordon Beattie, Jr...
w2ttt
Jan 5, 2006 5:22 am
To, If you would like a sked, then simply call me after 5:00 PM on the 21st and I'll get on the air for your guys! I have a Klondike Derby that day, but I'll...
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kd5fdw
Jan 5, 2006 6:09 pm
Hi...I'm looking for a group in the Boston area who I can help (or can help me) with HAM radio activities. I am a pack master and I really need someone else...
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Gary W Thorburn
gary_thorburn
Jan 6, 2006 11:15 pm
Dave -- I am a rather inactive ham, and my interests have shifted to MW and SW DXing, so I'm probably not the one to organize a "really good demonstration"....
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Fred Stevens K2FRD
k2frd
Jan 7, 2006 12:17 am
Gary, have you ever taken them camping or other Scout trips where there is no cellphone coverage? In western MA with all the hills, there oughtta be lots of...
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Gary W Thorburn
gary_thorburn
Jan 7, 2006 4:35 pm
Yes, there are pockets with no cell coverage, and certainly larger tracts further north. These are great opportunities to demonstrate radiograms, as you say,...
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Bill Morine
n2cop
Jan 7, 2006 5:18 pm
Dave: Try contacting KX1X, John Pise, in the Mt. Holyoke area. He's 1.5 to 2 hrs. west of you but has an active Ham Radio Venture crew in the Northampton...
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Jamie Holmes
ve3gxq
Jan 8, 2006 2:58 pm
... From: ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Morine Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 12:18 PM To:...
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J. Gordon Beattie, Jr...
w2ttt
Jan 10, 2006 4:19 am
Hi Folks! I have a two page file which has good information on why you and your boys in your Troop or Webelos Den would want to have some Amateur Radio ...
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Bill Stewart
ke4bae
Jan 10, 2006 2:10 pm
Could we put this into the file repository in the Yahoo Group??? It might be easier to grab and doctor that way. Bill Stewart, W2BSA ... Could we put this into...
