LOL Malcolm! To date I've worked 27 point for the award, all on Echolink. Best QSO's were with a lot of Ozzies via VI3JAM-L who finally became QRV. Apparently...
I've uploaded new versions of the Radio Merit Badge PowerPoint slides for the three classes that comprise the course. This is a minor change to reflect the...
<<Please forward information to all who might be interested!>> New Amateur Radio Award for 2007. The Scouting 100 Radio Award is awarded for contacting Scout...
As a follow-up to the concern that Hams are not monitoring or prepared to help enough, here is an article for your enjoyment! BTW: Unless there is a concern...
i have some interest in the electronics and radio merit badge class at my troop. i would like to know where people have bought interesting and inexpensive...
I've just been asked to give a briefing to a Cub Scout Pack on Amateur Radio. Although I already have one done it primarily focuses on the adult/scout leader...
thanks for the info on kits. i will be looking into some of them. Barry _________________________________________________________________ Use your PC to make...
It has been my experience there are three things that Cub Scouts like to do. 1. Talk on the radio 2. Play with something preferably a keyer or a shortwave...
Hello, I see that you have been supporting Scouting with the electronics related merit badges. However, the first thing I noticed is that you did not include...
I'm planning to do an introduction to Morse Code for some scouts. I have a couple 555-timer chip based oscillators we use, but I'd like to throw together...
I know others have offered radio foxhunting to scouts, but here's an variation to try if you only have limited equipment and a lot of scouts. With only one...
Yolo District, Woodland, Calif. ran station W6Y out of our local Scout Cabin. We had good publicity, good weather and fine participation from hams running five...
I organised a JOTA event for my Pack last year, and did the same this year. We had a MUCH large crowd this time, including a large number of scouts from packs...
Last Saturday our Crew 73 ran a competitive event at a district camporee. We were asked at the last minute, and needed to come up with an idea quickly to fit...
What a great weekend! Fifeteen club members from NJ2BB (Battleship NJ ARS) participated in JOTA 2006 by inviting local South Jersey Cub Scouts to participate....
Since JOTA is fresh in our minds, lets work on a document for next year. Here's a start: Checklist For A Successful JOTA Operation: Hold it at a place where...
Our first JOTA event in many years was held this weekend at a site owned by a member of our local amateur radio club. Although very few boys attended,...
Good Morning all friend's scout in the jota . Please give me the frequency for your groups where you trafic at this my name is montassar i'm a captain in...
Some will be aware that the Scout frequencies for 80 and 40 phone are different in the USA than in the rest of the world. This is because the standard...
Reminder from the Calendar of ScoutRadio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/cal Jamboree On The Air Sunday October 22, 2006 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (This...
Hello folks, We held a single day JOTA event and had many scouts, both girls and boys. We operated HF on 40, 20, 17 AO-51 and played on 15 and 10. One member...
We did have a good time. I tried to give a call to couple of stations, but 14.290 was loaded with stations. I could hear 4 or 5 calls simulatenously. We...
Reminder from the Calendar of ScoutRadio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/cal Jamboree On The Air Saturday October 21, 2006 12:15 am - 12:15 pm (This...
