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...
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J.Gordon Beattie, Jr....
w2ttt
May 4, 2011 3:17 am
Walter, Levels are fine with me.I just don't think that we need to remove high-end goals as well. BTW: These days, it seems that about 4% make Eagle. Don't...
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Mark Phillips
kc2eni
May 6, 2011 9:50 pm
As it happens I'll be up that way on Saturday doing a D-STAR demo. If I can find my uniform (and still get into it) I'll bring it along for a spot of...
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Walter Underwood
walter_under...
May 6, 2011 10:38 pm
There is no official option for anything other than a US Flag in that position. http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/InsigniaGuide/06A.aspx On the other...
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Don Wright
donaa2f
May 6, 2011 10:39 pm
If you belong to the BS of America, you wear the US flag. If you are a British Scout, you wear the UK flag. Don/AA2F From: Mark Phillips Sent: Friday, May...
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J.Gordon Beattie, Jr....
w2ttt
May 7, 2011 2:41 am
Mark, If it is a British uniform, then the UK flag is appropriate. If it is an American uniform, then it should have a US flag. If you are representing the...
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Stephen
biker51ferg
May 7, 2011 2:04 pm
Mike this sounds great! Please include me in SCOTA yahoo group! Certainly want to follow the developments. Thanks Steve Ferguson, N4PKJ...
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J.Gordon Beattie, Jr....
w2ttt
May 7, 2011 5:40 pm
Hi Folks! Here is a suggestion to consider: Scouting Special Events or activities not held in a Scout Camp need to be considered in some fashion for...
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Lars Christian Ingers...
ingerslev
May 7, 2011 5:54 pm
If you can find and fit your British scout uniform, you can supplement it with the British flag; the US Scout uniform only has the US Flag whether or not you...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 7, 2011 9:56 pm
Gordon, We have talked about other awards. I think Girl Scout camps would be a obvious fit to this award. Other ideas have been OA lodges, scout meeting ...
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Steven
stevenback...
May 8, 2011 2:32 pm
KK4BSA will be on the air from Camp Rainey Mountain in Northeast Georgia. We have a Tech Studies program and the Radio Merit Badge will be taught during summer...
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J.Gordon Beattie, Jr....
w2ttt
May 8, 2011 4:38 pm
Mike, Sure, you could create separate awards for different types of Scouting-related Amateur Radio operations, but I think we need to consider the bigger...
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Mike Crownover
ab5eb
May 8, 2011 7:01 pm
Steve, Camp Rainey is included in the program as GA-12. If you would like to put it on the SCOTA calender please go to scota.us and click on the yahoo link and...
