SCOUTS RECAP BIG JAMBOREE WEEKEND
DON/ANCHOR: This week finds Scouts looking forward to more time on the
air -- and looking back on a big radio weekend. Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, we have one activation of the K2BSA
callsign in NC, and we hear stories from the Jamboree on the Air weekend.
Brian Alexander, W4BTA, will be the control operator for the portable 4
station at the Croatan Trails Fall Camporee, at Camp Sam Hatcher in
Newport, NC, the weekend of October 28th through the 30th.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, reports their activation for JOTA at the National
Scouting Museum was a great success. Their heavy social media campaign
brought in over 300 visitors from all over the region, including one from
300 miles away. They had HF Voice and Data, Echolink, IRLP, Satellite, a
Foxhunt, and a Morse Code demonstration table.
Elliott Liggett, W6EL, spoke with me about his activation in California as
K6A:
ELLIOTT: My name is Elliott Liggett, my call is W6WL, and I helped plan
and coordinate the Jamboree on the Air event this year, for the Verdugo
Hills Council. The goal of our events was to get as many Scouts on the
radio, talking to other Scouts as possible. One aspect that helped this
event be successful is that my son, who is now 9 years old, KM6BGR, he's
licensed, and he was able to give an example to the other Scouts that
they could really relate to. Another aspect that helped to be successful
was we got the loaner equipment from Icom, the brand new IC-7300. That
was as exciting for us adults as it was for the kids. For attendance, we
had 7 Boy Scouts, 28 Cub Scouts, 1 Girl Scout, and a fair number of
visitors. There was a Red Cross event next door, and a lot of them came
over to see what Amateur Radio was all about. We had an end-fed half-wave
which works from 40m through 10, and we also had a dual band VHF/UHF
antenna on the top. And, we had the AllStar hub provided by Doug Crompton,
WA3DSP. It was very handy. We had over 60 stations connected at the same
time, and it enabled a lot of interesting Scout-to-Scout contact that
might not have been otherwise possible. So, in the early morning, we
talked to several Scouts in Australia about their favorite animals, and
activities. It was just very, very interesting to see those kinds of
contacts taking place. It's always fun to get on Amateur Radio, but it's
even more fun if we can do it, and show someone else what it's about.
BILL: I also spoke with Jim Wilson, K5ND, about the progress of station reports:
JIM: Reports are coming in. Of course, there was a flurry of reports immediately
after the event. There's still time. November 1st is the
deadline. The week of November 1st, we'll do the drawing for Icom's
ID-51 HT, and 5 Icom Ham Crew T-shirts, so be sure to get your name into
that drawing. We use these reports to compile results for the event.
Let's get as many reports in as we can, so we can tell an accurate story
about what's going on for Jamboree on the Air for the USA. So, get your
report in. November 1st is the deadline.
BILL: For more information on K2BSA and Radio Scouting, visit
www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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TWO DAYS DEVOTED TO AM ACTIVITIES
DON/ANCHOR: Want to work Portugal? It gets even easier if you're on the
HF bands on AM starting Nov. 5. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot,
G4NJH, tells us more.
JEREMY: It's being called the National Day of AM in Portugal, and while
it's not quite a national holiday, hams are looking to celebrate with a
full weekend of amplitude modulation activities the first weekend in
November. This is the sixth year it has been organized by the Portuguese
Association of Radio Amateurs, the ARLA, and you don't have to be in
Portugal to be part of the festivities. The ARLA is asking all amateurs
and SWL around the world to get on the air on AM in the 80, 40, 20, 10,
6, and 2 meter bands, between 0800 UTC on the 5th of November until 1159
UTC on the 6th. There are more chances to make good contacts this year
because the event has been expanded to two days -- a full 48 hours on
the air.
According to Joao Costa, CT1FBF, although the two days are devoted to
proving opportunities especially for new operators, and encouraging hams
with older equipment to get on the air, the effort is also a tribute to
short-wave AM broadcasting in Portugal which no longer takes place.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(ARLA, SOUTHGATE)
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