K4AMG club just did a kind of JOTA last night for CUBS. We had 15 young men and 4 leaders. The Cubs did an exercise spelling their names using the PHONETIC ALPHABET and each one took a turn on the High School Repeater W4FOS talking to a WF4R. They did great and seemed to have a great hour on the air.
We thank Bill WF4R for his kind good deed.
R W4BUE Pres K4AMG.org
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Schuessler" tjschuessler@verizon.net To: "'AmsatBB'" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 9:47 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Scouting's jamboree on the Airr this weekend.
Hello all,
This coming weekend, October 17-19, is the 57th annual Jamboree on the Air, a World Scouting Organization event linking Scouts to Scouts internationally via Amateur Radio. There will be hundreds of JOTA stations on the air this weekend, most on HF and local V/U repeaters but some of us will also attempt satellite contacts as well.
I will be managing a rather large event at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, TX, EM12. We will be operating as K2BSA/5. Aside from HF and V/U, Echolink and IRLP, we are hoping to make a few satellite contacts as well. Our operation will be limited to 1500-2200Z on the 18th so our satellite opportunities are limited but for sure we will be on an afternoon SO-50 pass and hopefully an earlier AO-73 pass as well.
Please look for K2BSA/5 and any other JOTA stations on the birds and give them a shout.
Tom Schuessler Irving Amateur Radio Club Scout Radio Coordinator 214-403-1464 (Cell) n5hyp@arrl.net
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