[KL7AA] Anchorage ARES Meeting Saturday October 16

[Robert & Dianne Kelly]

Just an FYI for anyone that wants to support this.

I did the JOTA several years while I was an Assistant Scoutmaster with my
son's Troop in Anchorage.  The National Boy Scout office in Dallas, TX sells
a JOTA Patch each year that you can give to each Boy Scout that
participates.  They also have a "QSL card" to give each scout.  You can also
write to the custodian of the Call Sign K2BSA and request permission to uses
this call sign along with /KL7 at your JOTA.  There are a few forms to fill
out and an activity report requested at the end of the JOTA for use of the
call sign, but the forms and report are very simple and easy to fill out.  I
also would make a Certificate to give to each Scout that participated and
even had special QSL cards made for that years JOTA.

73's,
Robert KL7EN



-----Original Message-----
From: kl7aa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:kl7aa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of philip mannie
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:08 PM
To: kl7aa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [KL7AA] Anchorage ARES Meeting Saturday October 16


Greetings, All;

We had originally planned to support the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree
on the Air this coming Saturday, October 16, but that has, alas, fallen
through. We will meet, however, 0930-1200 at the CCV garage on Rowan St.
and E. Dowling Rd. for a familiarization tour of the Yaesu Mark V, as
well as some prep work for our November exercise and a few other odds
and ends. Everyone is welcome.

As a side note, I believe that JOTA could be a very valuable event for
amateur radio as well as the scouts, but we (as the AARC) need to be the
driving force. I am seeking a volunteer to manage this event next year.
This will involve designing a program that hooks into the various Scout
radio and electonics programs, securing a venue, communicating with the
scout (boy, girl, cub, eagle, explorers, etc.) organizers and planning
with them how the 'hooks' will fit the Scouting program and dealing with
the details. I'll help (I volunteer right now to help) but I can't do it
all.

Anchorage ARES will provide support in terms of equipment, personnel and
(given the cooperation of the AARC) a budget for the awards,
certificates, etc., that the scouts make available for this event. The
AARC has some experience with this and I'm certain that we can do it
well, if someone will volunteer to be the front man/woman.

If we do this well, we can create an event that will hook gracefully
into the Scouting program and provide the young people involved with an
exposure to amateur radio that can potentially benefit everyone
involved, but *we* need to provide the scouts with the motive power and
direction. We'll need to be doing this starting pretty much right now,
so if you are interested, let me know (mailto:kl0qw at alaska.net). AARC
and ARES can provide a great deal of support, but I can't do this
without your active support.

Please join us, 0930-1200, Saturday, October 16 at the CCV garage, E.
Dowling and Rowan St. Talkin WL7CVG repeater, 147.27, plus, 103.5Hz tone.

73,
phil
KL0QW




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