Venturing Crew 73 (Buckeye Council, Ohio) was recently granted the callsign KD8PTR, a temporary till we get our vanity call. We have been welcomed to our...
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ad5td
Mar 31, 2011 11:10 am
Glad to see you have a vibrant Summer Camp still going. Seven weeks is fantastic! Our local camp, Camp Karankawa in Mathis Texas, has gone from 6 weeks of...
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nm0s_qrp
Apr 1, 2011 1:35 pm
Hi all. I just uploaded scans of the 1927 Radio Merit Badge Manual to the 'Files' section. Enjoy. 73 Dave NM0S Troop 40, Mount Vernon, Iowa...
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ScoutRadio@yahoogroup...
Apr 18, 2011 8:16 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ScoutRadio group. File : /JOTA...
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wb2boo
Apr 18, 2011 8:26 pm
It's great to see the super support being given this year to JOTA by BSA through Jim Wilson of BSA HQ! I just uploaded the 2011 JOTA patch design to the files...
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w5xj2011
Apr 21, 2011 4:27 pm
Dale, I'm also happy to hear about your activity with the new scouting ham station. We are working to expand our camp station coverage in the Circle 10 Council...
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Dale Lamm
DaleLamm
Apr 24, 2011 11:40 pm
Agree with your thoughts on PSK31. Some Scouts are mike-shy, but have no problem at all using a keyboard. Some are also fascinated with the original digital...
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kd4gcf
Apr 30, 2011 3:57 am
Greeting fro the Old North State Camporee !!!! K2BSA/4 will be active from 9am to 7pm April 30th on or near the JOTA frequencies. Also the 145.250 repeater...
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ab5eb
May 1, 2011 1:13 am
Hey guys, After much discussion and work we are getting close to announcing a new award designed to increase interest in the general ham population in talking...
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Darryl Frasier
n3aoi
May 1, 2011 9:45 am
Mike Please add Camp Trexler to the list the call is W3TSR I am the trustee of the station and would really like to part of this great group. Darryl W3TSR/...
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Walter Underwood
walter_under...
May 1, 2011 9:45 am
Thank you, excellent work. In California, I do not think that Camp Mirimichi has been in operation as an independent camp for quite a while, probably a decade...
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Dan Fisher AI4GK
ai4gk
May 1, 2011 1:47 pm
Mike, Nice start for the Web site. I have a question, though, about the rankings. Scout level: Earn at least 50 points. Tenderfoot level: Earn at least 100...
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Walter Underwood
walter_under...
May 1, 2011 5:45 pm
The award levels seem really tough, considering how rarely camps are on the air. Scoring 10 might be a real achievement here on the west coast. Are these...
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Jon Pearl - W4ABC
w4abc
May 1, 2011 7:46 pm
Nice job on the website, Mike. We gave SCOTA top billing here on the home page at ScoutRadio with a link to your new site. On a similar note, we've got a dead...
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Frank Krizan
kr1zan
May 1, 2011 7:54 pm
Hi Jon, et al, It appears the Youth Skeds Database is dead. The entire DB emptied out prior to the cutover to the new web site. I have sent numerous...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 1, 2011 8:03 pm
Walter, The purpose of what you see on the website right now is to get the general ham population interested in talking to camps. The idea of this is also ...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 1, 2011 8:11 pm
Dan, Thanks...yes this is a oversight and will be corrected. Mike AB5EB ... Dan, Thanks...yes this is a oversight and will be corrected. Mike AB5EB On Sun, May...
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Walter Underwood
walter_under...
May 1, 2011 8:29 pm
I don't see how the general ham population would be interested in this. These awards are only achievable for professional certificate chasers. Even with more...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 1, 2011 8:42 pm
Wunder, I think the general ham population will have more interest then you think. Many of the hams got their exposure to radio through scouts. The purpose is ...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 1, 2011 8:43 pm
Wunder, Also, I do like your idea for a all call area award. We have discussed a WAS award also, however this will be a real challenge. Not all of the awards...
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Jon Pearl - W4ABC
w4abc
May 1, 2011 10:36 pm
Hi Frank. Thanks for the insight. I'll pull the bad URL for now and if in the future we manage to find a replacement, we'll deal with it at that time. Thanks...
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J.Gordon Beattie, Jr....
w2ttt
May 2, 2011 1:33 am
I respectfully disagree...this multi-level award system is achievable by a Scout. In fact it will be just as attainable as some of the other Scout awards ...
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Kc2rss@...
zacharyfeinberg
May 2, 2011 1:58 am
I think this is possible Are there enough camps for some of the higher levels? Keep in mind not all of them are on very often International scout camps,...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 2, 2011 2:05 am
There are over 800 BSA owned camps. I think it is a great challenge and that is what makes it fun. There are going to be other awards that are easier to earn....
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Paul Joosten
paul_joosten
May 2, 2011 5:45 am
Hi All, What about Echolink QSO's? Hams and radio scouts outside the USA will have great difficulty working camp stations. As operator of many international ...
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Stephen M. Shearer
wb3lgc
May 2, 2011 7:14 pm
BTW re WAS, Delaware will have a new camp opening "soon". The camp name is unknown {to me} at this time. But, it is being built in Dover, DE as a Cub Scout...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 2, 2011 7:27 pm
Steve, When you get the info let me know. I am going to update the website soon with the awards we have talked about and WAS is one of them. Maybe a enough ...
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Bill Kasper
wb2sxy
May 2, 2011 8:54 pm
The Rochester ARA Ham Radio Venturing Crew # 73, a combined youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America and the Rochester Amateur Radio Association,...
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Demetrios Pulas
w3bsa
May 3, 2011 4:56 pm
Hi all: Check out our Venturing Crew 80 in Alexandria Va (www.w3bsa.org <http://www.w3bsa.org/> .). We originally started as Explorer Post 80 in 1995 in the...
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Walter Underwood
walter_under...
May 4, 2011 2:59 am
But no one starts with Eagle. Only 2% achieve that. Everyone does Scout (by definition) and probably 98% make Tenderfoot. So lets have the Tenderfoot level be...
