[OFARC] Whose ready for a camping trip??

[Ralph]

As stated before, I have been in touch with the ARRL and the trustee of 
K2BSA about JOTA

The ARRL and K2BSA want to have an amateur station demonstrated at as 
many scout campouts as possible.

I will also pose this question to the club members at our January 
meeting .... who is willing and able to actually camp with the scouts 
... or at least spend a day at a camp????

You may be asked to work with cub scouts or boy scouts ... so get your 
bed rolls ready!!!


73

KE5HDF

Ralph



_Text Below is Quoted from QRZ.com Radio Newsline:_

SCOUTS GETTING PREPPED FOR JAMBOREE ON THE AIR

DON/ANCHOR: Radio Scouting has kicked off the new year with an ambitious 
agenda. We hear the details from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns 
NE4RD.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have one activation of the K2BSA 
callsign, Jamboree on the Air planning, and Scout Camps on the Air.

Bryan Gonderinger, AF0W, will be activating a portable station at a 
Merit Badge Fair in Longmont, CO, on January 28th. Bryan will be getting 
scouts on the air for that portion the radio merit badge program.

Jamboree on the Air is 10 months away, but in order to ensure a 
successful event it is time to get started. January is the month you 
contact your local district and get the event on the calendar, or find a 
compatible event already on the calendar for your operation. After you 
have date set, it's time to recruit your team. Flying solo can work well 
with smaller groups, but it always helps to have the extra hands in 
working with scouts. A planning calendar and more tips for JOTA/JOTI can 
be found on our website.

Are you putting a summer camp, a camporee, or a simple troop campout on 
the air with your Scouts? Besides telling us about it and reserving the 
K2BSA callsign for your event, you can announce and spot the event at 
the Scout Camps on the Air website at www.scota.us 
<http://www.scota.us>. A quick glance at the calendar there we can see 
that WS5BSA will be activating for a campout in Oklahoma City, OK, on 
Saturday January 14th, and they'll be on HF 17/20 meters. We also see 
that W0KCN will be activating for a Venture Crew in Kansas City, MO, on 
Tuesday January 17th, and this appears to be an informational event for 
the Kansas City Northland ARES Group. So, give this site a try for your 
next event.

For this and more information on K2BSA and Radio Scouting, please visit 
www.k2bsa.net <http://www.k2bsa.net>.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this 
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD

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