The Yellowstone Radio Club, in association with various Scout Troops in
Southern Montana, will be holding their Second Annual "Radio Merit Badge
in a Day" class this Saturday, 9 February 2008.  Scouts from several
local troops will be in attendance and on the air -- and we invite
Scouts from around the world to contact us and join us for this event!

Here's the basics on our operation:

Call to listen for:      K7EFA (or Kilo Seven Echo Foxtrot Alpha)
Operating times:         1530-2400Z (UTC), 9 February 2008
Frequencies/Modes (HF):  SSB - 3940 7190 14290 18140 21360 24960 28390
                           RTTY/PSK31 - in appropriate subbands

Frequencies/Modes (VHF): Echolink:  via 2M, node 104664
			  Local 2m Phone:  147.360(-, 100Hz PL) 146.52

QSL Via: 	 N0QXW

For more information on this event, to arrange Scout or leader
participation, or to arrange a contact schedule, please email Matt N0QXW
via n0qxw at arrl dot net, or Ron WN7Y via ronwn7y at yahoo dot com.

For more information on the Yellowstone Radio Club, visit the club
website at www.k7efa.org.

For more information on Scouting in Montana, visit the Montana Council
(BSA) website at www.montanabsa.org.

For more information on Amateur Radio in Scouting, visit
home.tiscali.nl/worldscout/.

73.

--mec, N0QXW

Subject: National Jamboree APRS communications

I would like to form a team of APRS folks to see if we cannot
fully support the National Scout Jamboree in 2010 at FT AP Hill
in Virginia.

We can do it.... We have the technology...  We used APRS for our
Klondike Derby.  Please see how effective it is on this page:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprsevent.html

Do we have anyone who is on the inside that can help us see if
this is worthwhile doing?

We fielded 13 APRS handhelds just for the local Klondike Derby
just in our half of the county.  Surely we can find enough
assets for supporting the National Jamboree.

Too many people think that APRS is only about GPS tracking and
completely overlook the situational awareness, two-way comms,
and logistics advantages of exchanging digital info overlayed on
maps.

I'd combine FRS voice reporting with APRS objects and trackers
to get the maximum input, then displays at HQ, Infirmary, HAM
radio tent, etc...

Bob, Wb4APR

Subject: National Jamboree APRS communications

I would like to form a team of APRS folks to see if we cannot
fully support the National Scout Jamboree in 2010 at FT AP Hill
in Virginia.

We can do it.... We have the technology... We used APRS for our
Klondike Derby. Please see how effective it is on this page:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprsevent.html

Do we have anyone who is on the inside that can help us see if
this is worthwhile doing?

We fielded 13 APRS handhelds just for the local Klondike Derby
just in our half of the county. Surely we can find enough
assets for supporting the National Jamboree.

Too many people think that APRS is only about GPS tracking and
completely overlook the situational awareness, two-way comms,
and logistics advantages of exchanging digital info overlayed on
maps.

I'd combine FRS voice reporting with APRS objects and trackers
to get the maximum input, then displays at HQ, Infirmary, HAM
radio tent, etc...

Bob, Wb4APR

----- Original Message -----

From: Tony Wevers

To: ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:13 PM

Subject: Re: [ScoutRadio] National Jamboree APRS Communications?

Bob,

A recent (relative term) article in QST on the last National Jamboree listed several people that were involved there.

One participant was Larry Wolfgang, WR1B a staffer @ ARRL HQ.

If I recall, his email is:

WR1B@...

 

73

Tony, N2JZW

 

QSP from my other radioclub, 73 de Paul PA5UL

-------- Originele bericht --------
Onderwerp:  [RNARS] RNARS HQ Shack Special : GB4ALV Saturday 16th February
Datum:  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:00:59 -0000
Van:  G0RNO <rnars2news@...>
Antwoord-naar:  RNARS@yahoogroups.com
Organisatie:  Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society
Aan:  YG_RNARS <RNARS@yahoogroups.com>



RNARS HQ Shack Special : GB4ALV

GB4ALV will be active from the RNARS HQ Shack on
Saturday 16th February '08 for Thinking Day on the Air
with Sheena M3UWR #4847 and members of the Alverstoke
East District Guides.

Sheena hopes that some thirty young Guides will be taking part
in the event which will be spread over three sessions.  The first
session will run from 1000 to 1130,  the second from
1230 to 1400,  and the third from 1430 to 1600.

Please try to work the station - your contact and QSL card will be
much appreciated.

The QSL card for GBALV is based on a photo. of the HQ shack.

==more info===>

TDOTA 2008 is being celebrated on 16th/17th February
For more information see:   http://www.guides-on-the-air.co.uk/

There is a list of other TDOTA stations at:
http://gota.ham-radio-op.net/viewpage.php?page_id=2

The GB4LV callsign is valid for 28 days - for more information,
bands, QSL etc. see:  http://www.qrz.com/callsign/GB4ALV

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
73/Diana/G0RNO/3926
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




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Area 1 Venture Quest will be held on the weekend of May 9th to 11th at
Horace Moses Scout Reservation in Russell, MA.  The current program
description lists amateur radio as a event.   Anyone on list
participating or have more information?

Martin Flynn

BSA Venture Crew 510  (that's DX in Roman Numerals) will be hosting
the ham radio portion of Venture Quest at Moses.  We are chartered through
Pioneer Valley Council.  We'll be using the crew's club call,
NE1C  (New England's #1 Crew) and be
on 2m, IRLP, and HF Scouting Frequencies -- I'm guessing 20m for the
most part.

From what I gather, we'll be in operation on Saturday May 10th from 1:PM
to 5:PM.  We'll offer eyeball QSL cards / operator cards for those that visit
and actually speak on-the-air, and possibly customized QSL cards and/or
certificates for on-the-air contacts.

We have a permanent radio shack up on the reservation, with a TA33
beam up 55'.  The Crew owns an IC746 which we'll use for HF.  We can
reach IRLP node 7270 in South Hadley from the reservation.

John J. Pise, Jr.,  Kx1x
Advisor, Crew 510
BSA Venture Crew 510 is sponsored by the Hampden County Radio Assn.

>Area 1 Venture Quest will be held on the weekend of May 9th to 11th at
>Horace Moses Scout Reservation in Russell, MA. The current program
>description lists amateur radio as a event. Anyone on list
>participating or have more information?

>Martin Flynn

Sounds like fun. Please repost late April so those of us with bad memories will remember.

73's

Jeff

KB0GVI

Hi Everyone,
            Call sign here is w8arc. I am a Cubmaster and Asst.
Scoutmaster. Our unit does alot of on air contacts. If you need a West
virginia contact.  let me know and we will be glad to help out

73
Bob

Welcome Aboard Bob!
I look forward to hearing you on the air-waves.  Go Navy!

Best Regards,
"Doc", AC8AL
Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council
Venturing Crew 9050 CC/CR


--- In ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com, "proud_navy_man"
<gatorfan1963@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>            Call sign here is w8arc. I am a Cubmaster and Asst.
> Scoutmaster. Our unit does alot of on air contacts. If you need a
West
> virginia contact.  let me know and we will be glad to help out
>
> 73
> Bob
>

Good day everyone.
The Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council's Venturing Crew 9050 will be
setting up a amateur radio station at the Gerald R. Ford Council's
2008 Kick Back Weekend tomorrow.  The station will be on the air from
9am-5pm EST.  That is 1400Z-2200Z for the UTC time.

We will be operating on and/or near the Scout Calling Frequencies.
Mostly on 40 and 20 meters but we may switch to other bands to help
showcase amateur more.  This is our crew's way of drawing others into
amateur radio.

We will be running barefoot into a G5RV strung about 40 feet up in the
air between a couple of trees, at Gerber Scout Camp Reservation in
Twin Lake Michigan.  We will be using two call signs; N8PPQ and
AC8AL.  N8PPQ is the call sign for Dan, our Associate Advisor of
Program and then my callsign is AC8AL.  We hope to hear some scouters
on the air tomorrow!

Best Regards,
Rich "Doc" Strait, AC8AL
Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council
Venturing Crew 9050 CC/CR

I hope the spacing works out:

Band     SSB (phone)        CW (morse)
80 m 3.690 & 3.940 MHz   3.570 MHz
40 m 7.090 & 7.190 MHz   7.030 MHz
20 m 14.290 MHz             14.060 MHz
17 m 18.140 MHz             18.080 MHz
15 m 21.360 MHz             21.140 MHz
12 m 24.960 MHz             24.910 MHz
10 m 28.390 MHz             28.180 MHz
6 m   50.160 MHz             50.160 MHz

see:
http://home.tiscali.nl/worldscout/Jota/frequencies.htm

YIS Sjaak W4RIS

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Joe Serocki <joeserocki@...> wrote:
>
>
> I have heard these mentioned a few times and we are working on a special
> event station in a couple months. It would be great to coordinate some
> contacts on here (as well as IRLP!).
>
> 73Joe, N9IFG

Dear Scouters,

It is very important to fully specify time, zone and date when
announcing Scout/Ham events. There is often a day or more lag in
distribution from this group. Thus it is hard to figure out when "on
the air tomorrow at 0700 hours" is.  Zulu, local, daylight time and
what day.

If you expect to be called give us "just the facts, man."   Such
as "operating as W6BSA from 1000 to 1600 hours EDT on Saturday, Feb.
23."

Bill Ragsdale
K6KN Trustee W6BSA

<<<
The Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council's Venturing Crew 9050 will be
setting up a amateur radio station at the Gerald R. Ford Council's
2008 Kick Back Weekend tomorrow.  The station will be on the air from
9am-5pm EST.  That is 1400Z-2200Z for the UTC time.
>>>
Note from the above no date and we are still on EDT.  Zulu helps as
most of us have a Zulu clock in the shack. Thanks

Last year we were using "COLA" (Camp Operating Location
Announcements) with success.  Here's a format that was last
recommended:

Camp Operating Location Announcement
Venturing Crew 80 operating as W3BSA (Crew Call)
Camp William B. Snyder
Washington, DC - National Capital Area Council, Prince William
County, VA
Northern Virginia, USA
June 23 - 24, 2007 (ARRL Field Day)
1200 local Saturday - 1200 Local Sunday (Zulu time might be better)

The Scout Camp Calling Procedure (SCCP) is also posted in the files
section to show frequencies and standard operating times.

I was supposed to update the SCCP Visual Aid, but lost track of what
frequencies were in play...  Can anyone help me and I'll get it
updated this time.

dave
nd4su

--- In ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Ragsdale" <Bill@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Scouters,
>
> It is very important to fully specify time, zone and date when
> announcing Scout/Ham events. There is often a day or more lag in
> distribution from this group. Thus it is hard to figure out
when "on
> the air tomorrow at 0700 hours" is.  Zulu, local, daylight time and
> what day.
>
> If you expect to be called give us "just the facts, man."   Such
> as "operating as W6BSA from 1000 to 1600 hours EDT on Saturday,
Feb.
> 23."
>
> Bill Ragsdale
> K6KN Trustee W6BSA
>
> <<<
> The Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council's Venturing Crew 9050 will
be
> setting up a amateur radio station at the Gerald R. Ford Council's
> 2008 Kick Back Weekend tomorrow.  The station will be on the air
from
> 9am-5pm EST.  That is 1400Z-2200Z for the UTC time.
> >>>
> Note from the above no date and we are still on EDT.  Zulu helps as
> most of us have a Zulu clock in the shack. Thanks
>

Where in WV are you?
My name is Steve
W1IEU
from buckhannon
Venture crew 128
--- proud_navy_man <gatorfan1963@...> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>            Call sign here is w8arc. I am a Cubmaster
> and Asst.
> Scoutmaster. Our unit does alot of on air contacts.
> If you need a West
> virginia contact.  let me know and we will be glad
> to help out
>
> 73
> Bob
>
>



      
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Howdy Bill.
You are right, I should have put the date with the Zulu time.  That
is very important.

You said that "we" are still on EDT in your message.  I do not know
whom the "we" is and that is okay.  Most of Michigan is on Eastern
Standard Time, EST, during the winter months. Dickinson, Gogebic,
Iron and Menominee counties in Michigan's upper peninsula are on
Central Standard Time.  Michigan goes back to Daylight Saving Time
on March 9th.

Best Regards,
Doc, AC8AL

--- In ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Ragsdale" <Bill@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Scouters,
>
> It is very important to fully specify time, zone and date when
> announcing Scout/Ham events. There is often a day or more lag in
> distribution from this group. Thus it is hard to figure out
when "on
> the air tomorrow at 0700 hours" is.  Zulu, local, daylight time
and
> what day.
>
> If you expect to be called give us "just the facts, man."   Such
> as "operating as W6BSA from 1000 to 1600 hours EDT on Saturday,
Feb.
> 23."
>
> Bill Ragsdale
> K6KN Trustee W6BSA
>
> <<<
> The Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council's Venturing Crew 9050 will
be
> setting up a amateur radio station at the Gerald R. Ford Council's
> 2008 Kick Back Weekend tomorrow.  The station will be on the air
from
> 9am-5pm EST.  That is 1400Z-2200Z for the UTC time.
> >>>
> Note from the above no date and we are still on EDT.  Zulu helps
as
> most of us have a Zulu clock in the shack. Thanks
>

I am Bill Ragsdale, District Chairman from Golden Empire Council in
California. I am speaking at the Dayton Hamvention for amateur radio
on the topic "Adventures with Elmer Baden-Powell, How Ham Radio Meets
Boy Scouting" at the Hara Center, Saturday, May 17 at 9 AM.

I am considering ordering an exhibit space so we can have a continuing
presence through the event. Do I have any volunteers who would like to
do booth duty during the Hamvention? Does anyone have a suitable
table-top display for Scouting and ham radio?

Bill Ragsdale, K6KN
Trustee for W6BSA
530-867-6241
Yolo District
Golden Empire Council
Northern California

Do I have any volunteers who would like to do booth duty during the
Hamvention?


I could handle 2-3 hours Saturday or Sunday.

Dale NX8J

--- In ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Ragsdale" <Bill@...> wrote:
> I am considering ordering an exhibit space so we can have a
continuing
> presence through the event. Do I have any volunteers who would like
to
> do booth duty during the Hamvention?

That's great Bill.  I can give you two hours or so on Friday or
Saturday.  Also, if you're running the forum, I can also explain how
hams can easily run a Radio Merit Badge Day using the materials
available on the web site I set up:

http://k2gw.tripod.com/radiomeritbadge/

>Does anyone have a suitable table-top display for Scouting and ham
radio?

It's funny but all of my table top display materials are geared to
showing ham radio to Scouts, not the other way around.  But there are
lot of photos of our Radio Merit Badge Day as well as those
of JOTA and K2BSA available on the web, so creating a few poster
boards is a possible if it's a go.  Bob has stuff on using APRS at
camporees.

Also, I bet BSA National has generic booth materials we could use as a
starting point to add our radio pictures to.

73

Gary Wilson, K2GW
Unit Commissioner
Mercer Area District
Central New Jersey Council, BSA

--- In ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Ragsdale" <Bill@...> wrote:

> I am considering ordering an exhibit space so we can have a continuing
> presence through the event. Do I have any volunteers who would like to
> do booth duty during the Hamvention? Does anyone have a suitable
> table-top display for Scouting and ham radio?

Bill,
If my schedule works out so I can attend, I would be able to help out.

Matthew Murphy, kc8bew
Muskingum Valley Council
Zanesville, OH

--- In ScoutRadio@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@...>
wrote:
>
> Subject: National Jamboree APRS communications
>
> I would like to form a team of APRS folks to see if we cannot
> fully support the National Scout Jamboree in 2010 at FT AP Hill
> in Virginia.
>
> We can do it.... We have the technology...  We used APRS for our
> Klondike Derby.  Please see how effective it is on this page:
> http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprsevent.html
>
> Do we have anyone who is on the inside that can help us see if
> this is worthwhile doing?


Bob:

I like what you've done at your Klondike Derby.  That sort of
transmission of scoring information looks very promising for council
and district camporees, klondikes, etc. across the country.

But unless I'm wrong, Scouts at the National Jamboree mostly wander
to whatever activity interests them as buddy pairs and not as
patrols.  There is no central scoring and rotation of patrols as at
local events, but individuals get their ticket punched for
participation for individual awards.  Thus I see little need for
transmission of scoring information to a central location.

That said, there might be other uses for APRS at the National
Jamboree such as tracking location of the leaders and trailers at the
fun run, etc.  Also, it might make sense to have an APRS station set
up at each sub-camp for transmission and printing of messages to
Scouts that arrive at K2BSA via NTS.  The hard copy messages could
then be placed in the Scouts Jambo troop's mail bin.  Likewise
outgoing messages to home via NTS could be originated at each sub-
camp.

Also tracking of ambulances, etc. might make sense.

I'm sure others with more recent National Jamboree experience may
have additional ideas.

73

Gary, K2GW

>> I am considering ordering an exhibit space
>> [for Hamvention in Dayton] so we can have a
>> continuing presence through the event.
>> Do I have any volunteers...for booth duty..
>> Does anyone have a suitable table-top display
>> for Scouting and ham radio?

I am still pondering how we can use APRS at the National
Jamboree in 2010 and one thing we could do is have a small
poster on this topic and enlist signups of ham radio operators
that are going to Jamboree so we can see if we can get enough
APRS equipment together for Jamboree.

My thinking is along these lines:
1) Try to solicit Ham Radio Clubs to BUY (and donate) an APRS
device to be used at Jamboree by Scouts from their area.  I
think there are about 2 dozen separate subcamps.  This tracking
device would be mounted on their subcamp vehicle.

2)  Get APRS displays at major sites, such as HQ, COMMS, Ham
Radio tent, Infirmary, etc...

3)  Get volunteer operators to maintiain tracks on objects
important to logistics and operations...

4)  Take voice check-ins and notification of object locations by
voice on ham radio and FRS.

See:  http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprsevent.html

Something like that.
Bob, WB4APR


> Bill,
> If my schedule works out so I can attend, I would be able to
help out.
>
> Matthew Murphy, kc8bew
> Muskingum Valley Council
> Zanesville, OH
>
>
>
> Check out the UK Radio-Scouting page here at Yahoo!Groups.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio-scouting-uk
>
> Now that you've got new licensees in your unit, why not have
> them subscibe to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadioYouth
>
> Visit "Operation On Target BSA" Mountain Top Signaling:
> http://www.ontargetbsa.org/
>
> Great list of Scouting/Amateur Radio web sites:
> http://www.k1dwu.net/ham-links/clubs.-.scouting.phtml
>
> SCOUTING and AMATEUR RADIO - FUN FOR ALL AGES
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>