[HCRA] [Fwd: [YCCC] k2bsa]

[Steve Rodowicz]

FYI

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Subject: [YCCC] k2bsa
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:06:17 +0000
From: David Robbins K1TTT <k1ttt at arrl.net>
To: YCCC <yccc at yccc.org>

The below is a quote from this weeks arrl letter.  Note that YCCC Members
N1RY and KX1X will be doing the radio merit badge classes, and local scout
KB1FWN (his call is wrong at the web site) will be working at k2bsa helping
non-ham scouts get on the air.  I think it is interesting that they have
banned cell phones from the jamboree.

==>AMATEUR RADIO, TRAFFIC-HANDLING OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND AT SCOUT JAMBOREE

>From Monday, July 25 until Wednesday, August 3, thousands of Boy Scouts will
converge on Fort AP Hill, Virginia, for the 2005 National Scout Jamboree.
K2BSA, the official Amateur Radio station of the Boy Scouts of America, will
be on the air (as K2BSA/4) for the duration of the Jamboree. Staff and
volunteers (including ARRL staff member Larry Wolfgang, WR1B) will assist
already-licensed scouts to operate the station and experience all that ham
radio has to offer. In addition to workshops for the Radio merit badge, the
K2BSA staff will offering licensing classes and examinations for those
bitten by the radio bug while at the Jamboree.

By monitoring the Scout frequencies and making a contact with K2BSA, you
just might be helping a Scout to earn his Radio merit badge or even be the
first to contact for a scout who's earned his new Amateur Radio privileges.

Band          SSB                CW
80 meters     3.940 MHz          3.590 MHz
40 meters     7.270/7.290* MHz   7.030 MHz
20 meters     14.290 MHz         14.070 MHz
15 meters     21.360 MHz         21.140 MHz
10 meters     28.360/28.990 MHz  28.190 MHz

* Note that 7.290 MHz is the AM Calling Frequency, according to the ARRL
Band Plan <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/40m>.

With a ban on cell phones at the Jamboree, K2BSA will serve as an important
contact point for message traffic into and out of the Jamboree. Those who
know scouts who will be attending the National Jamboree can surprise them
with a greeting via Amateur Radio! Make your station and traffic-handling
skills available to parents and Scout leaders back home and offer to send
messages to the campers.

Traffic handlers are encouraged to use the National Traffic System (NTS)
rather than the Scout frequencies to pass traffic. There's a list of traffic
nets on the ARRL Web site <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nets/>.

To address traffic to a scout at the Jamboree, use the following address
format:

Scout's Full Name
Jamboree Troop XXXX
Subcamp No XX
2005 National Scout Jamboree
Bowling Green, VA 22428-Troop#

The Troop number used in the address is a special number assigned for use
during the Jamboree. It is not the scout's hometown troop number. Scouts and
parents can get the Jamboree troop number and subcamp number from the
Jamboree registration information they received. If you don't have the
Jamboree troop number and subcamp number, then use the scout's hometown BSA
council name.

July 25 until August 3 is also a good time to check into your local traffic
net, because scouts may be generating traffic home from the Jamboree.
Outlets are needed to clear traffic from the nets and deliver them to
parents and friends.

K2BSA/4 has been approved for a contact with the crew of the International
Space Station. The date and time of the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) QSO have not yet been established, however, and
current plans to launch the shuttle Discovery to the ISS on July 26 could
complicate matters.

For more information, visit the K2BSA Web site
<http://www.lightlink.com/bbm/k2bsa.html>.--Brian Cieslak, K9WIS


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net



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