[SMCARA] Back from the BSA National Jamboree

Thu Jul 25 10:28:03 EDT 2013

Awesome, Grant!

Now tell us how long you stayed in the shower after getting home!

I worked the station several times on 40 during lunch time from K3NAL, as we were too close to work the higher bands. It was fun to interact with the scouts as well as the staff.  There were times when there were no scouts in the "shack", so the staff ops got a chance to do some rag-chewing.  I was chatting with one ham (N7QR Russ) and after he heard our QTH was Pax River, he said "I know someone there".  Turns out it was a fellow P-3 guy I used to work with at VX-20.  Small world.

We look forward to your presentation at a future meeting, hopefully you have some pix to share as well.

Welcome back to the "real world"!

Tom Clarke
Wyle, Inc  Aeronautics
P3 Product Lead, PEO(A)
USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
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"Furlough - the new F word".

-----Original Message-----
From: smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Grant Graessle
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:17 AM
To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [SMCARA] Back from the BSA National Jamboree

Hello all-
I am back from the National Jamboree working with K2BSA. 
I am happy to make a presentation to SMCARA in August or September, after
the post action report is compiled. 

Highlights:
Approximately
	300 boys earned their Radio Merit Badge.
	20 Scouts (Boy Scouts and Venture scouts) earned their Technician
license.
	5 Scouts earned their General license.
	We made about 2200 QSO across the different bands.  I know W4OKW
called in on the 40m, but I was working the 20m at the time and had several
scouts who were working on their Radio Merit Badge with me.
	Including the visitors that came through just because we provided
shelter during the daily afternoon storms, we think we have about 5000
visitors to our exhibit.

	My two favorite QSOs were:
	Making contact with MX0GBT, a special event station in Northern
Scotland. He actually stopped to chat with me, rather than working QSOs as
fast as he could. 
	Making contract with WS0X in New Mexico.  He was a real strong 5X9.
Some scouts came up will I was working with him, so I got him to stay on the
air and help me work the scouts with their requirements.  When we got done,
he asked how to become a Merit Badge counselor and how to get involved in
scouting as an leader.

73
N4PGG
Grant

Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the river side. Ain't gonna
study War no more.
American folk hymn. 

You have designed a system, Kind of, not to work, as I understand it.
Sir Peter Westmascott on "Wait, wait, don't tell me." 

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