Hello all, I have been asked to coordinate a JOTA station for our local scouts of all ages. I am lucky to have a couple of Generals helping,(I am a ...
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Milt Forsberg
miltf@...
Aug 2, 2000 1:43 am
You normally will use the call of one of the operators. No special call is needed, however, if the operator wants to apply for one of the special event calls,...
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Jay Chamberlain
ae4mk@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:06 pm
Neil, JOTA 1990 is why I became a ham in 1992. I have taken part, in one way or another in every JOTA since. I find just CQing JOTA is enough to ID your ...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Aug 2, 2000 12:09 pm
Neil, one of the most important ways you can identify your station as part of JOTA is to call "CQ JOTA" or "CQ jamboree". The latter is the more traditional,...
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Wagoner, Darryl
darryl@...
Aug 10, 2000 7:08 pm
Greetings, I meet with the camp director last night about setting up a ARS at Camp Wanocksett next week. I really didn't know what to expect from the camp. I...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Aug 11, 2000 12:02 pm
Darryl, get the JOTA kit from ARRL. They come in packs of 100 for $7.50. That will give you ample handouts, a couple of posters, and a bunch of ideas. Also,...
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Wagoner, Darryl
darryl@...
Aug 11, 2000 3:39 pm
... Great idea! I just order one and had it sent to the camp. ... I found the youth sched DB, but I haven't found any youth nets. Since this is my first time...
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Wagoner, Darryl
darryl@...
Aug 21, 2000 9:20 pm
Greetings, Scout camp was great! I learned a lot from it. Here is what I learned: 1. Daytime on week days is a bad time for DX 2. Third Party agreements or...
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Troop 54
troop54@...
Aug 21, 2000 11:29 pm
Greetings, I just returned from staffing 2 weeks at summer camp. From the list of many jobs I had my favorite was teaching the Radio Merit Badge. HF conditions...
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Neil Lauritsen, W4NHL
w4nhl@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:38 am
For your voice comms in-and-around your APRS event, I just noticed that R.S has their #21-1810 FRS radios on clearance sale for $20 each: Full .5W HT's 14...
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Ray Vaughan
ray@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:56 am
A couple other things happening recently in FRS... There are now 'base stations' available. Basically a desk mount FRS radio. No external antenna, so not...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Sep 13, 2000 7:26 pm
... Everyone is making excellent points. And i think we all agree! Channel-1 is the universal calling channel. In isolated areas it is a perfect place to...
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@...
Sep 13, 2000 9:35 pm
Thanks for bringing the information on this discussion to the scoutradio list Bob. I remember months ago we worked to come up with a quasi-dedicated group of...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Sep 14, 2000 2:32 pm
... <snip> ... And the reason is... My #21-1810 sucks. Got it out on the trail and audio sounds crummy, and I lost my daughter completely on the #12-1810 ...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Sep 21, 2000 1:50 am
Greetings to all on the list. Our district is running JOTA at a camporee this year, and one of our members who has had much experience with JOTA offered this...
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@...
Sep 21, 2000 4:31 am
I asked the owner of the K1DWU Super Site, if he wouldn't mind adding another "club links" category... "Clubs-Scouting". He said "no problem... anything I can...
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Steven C. Gallafent
steve@...
Sep 21, 2000 5:02 pm
... Gee. That sounds like you ought to have one patrol at a time at the radio.... :) Steve Steven C. Gallafent - The Computer Guy steve@... -...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Sep 22, 2000 11:35 am
That's what Ernie is saying alright. He has tried larger groups at the radio and found that the experience was severely diminished. B-P had tremendous ...
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Martin A. Flynn
admin@...
Sep 22, 2000 2:04 pm
This weekend (23/23 September, 2000) from the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point NY, the Sea Scouts will be operating from on-board the BSA training...
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Alan Stumpf
aws69@...
Sep 30, 2000 3:21 am
Are you Ready to Radiooooo........ With JOTA 2000 just 21 days your JOTA should be ready to go. Would anyone like to setup a sked? * Is anyone running SSTV? We...
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Steven C. Gallafent
steve@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:25 pm
... is scarce. ... We will probably have a PSK-31 station. I'm not sure what else besides that. We've asked club members to let us know if anyone wants to run...
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ELLIOTT, BRUCE
BRUCE.ELLIOTT@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:33 pm
I plan to run two Kenwood SSTV units. At the moment my plans are to run 2 meters. What are alternative ideas/frequencies? I am located in Fort Worth, TX. ...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Oct 13, 2000 3:33 am
Im not sure how to get in touch with other JOTA sites in Maryland, but we will have SSTV from our MIllersville site and can hit both the AARC repeater 147.105...
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Malcolm Bell
malcolm.bell@...
Oct 14, 2000 7:33 am
Look here: http://www.radio-scouting.org.uk For a complete listing of all the special-event callsigns issued in the UK for this year's Jamboree on the Air...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Oct 14, 2000 2:21 pm
... Can anyone identify which of those stations are APRS? As you know, anyone on APRS can contact anyone on the planet live, on the air, from anywhere with...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Oct 14, 2000 4:10 pm
Here is everything you need for APRS and JOTA: IGATES: Please set "SCOUTS" to pass through to RF JOTA STATIONS: Please add "SCOUTS" to your MESSAGE GROUPS so...
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Frank Krizan
kr1zan@...
Oct 19, 2000 6:51 pm
K2BSA, the National Boy Scouts of America Amateur Radio Station, will be on the air during Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Oct. 21 & 22. Our planned operation will...
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@...
Oct 19, 2000 7:05 pm
Wow... we had eight new members sign onto the list sign up yesterday. This usually happens when someone post's the fact that it exists, to the Scout-L ...
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Frank Krizan
kr1zan@...
Oct 19, 2000 7:25 pm
Jon, Someone (I think it was WA1ZCN) posted to the QRZ.com discussion group. That's what prompted me to get signed up. I've enjoyed what I've read in the...
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@...
Oct 19, 2000 9:24 pm
Hi Frank. Good to hear from you. I figured there was a movement afoot somewhere. I took a look at the SCOUT-L archives for the past several days and saw ...
