[Elecraft] J.T.O.A

[Masleid, Michael A.]

Hello Kenneth,

> I have been asked to put up a station for the local BSA troop to observe
> Ham Radio on Saturday October 16th.

I'm going to be running barefoot out of park in Dyer,
Indiana.  It might work?

Last year I was listening from the Camp Betz.  I could hear
JOTA SSB stations on 40 and 20 meters from across the country
with no problem (the antenna wire tossed up in a tree, and
the ground wire running off into the woods somewhere).

I didn't hear anyone at the JOTA calling frequencies, but
there were scouts up and down the band from there.

Figure that JOTA is set up so the scouts can talk on the
radio.  Only a few scouts know CW, so I wouldn't expect
much there.  This year I've built the SSB adapter for
that reason, but I don't know if it works.

You might want to try near 7.270 MHz, I think that's the
40 meter calling frequency for JOTA in the USA.

73, Michael, AB9GV
(Scoutmaster, Troup 510)