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Ham Radio and Boy Scouting
Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a
Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
Phil:
Cabin camping during the winter months is a great time bring along the rig. Started with an FT-990AC and then traded for an FT-100D with a switching power supply. That fit under the car seats easily. Bringing a Kenwood TS-480SAT this weekend with an MFJ long wire tuner and switching supply. Antenna is about 30-40 ft of wire thrown over a tree branch. Many of the boys really enjoy the radio time. 73, Woody AK2F "Phil Schuman" wrote in message . com... Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
Phil:
Cabin camping during the winter months is a great time bring along the rig. Started with an FT-990AC and then traded for an FT-100D with a switching power supply. That fit under the car seats easily. Bringing a Kenwood TS-480SAT this weekend with an MFJ long wire tuner and switching supply. Antenna is about 30-40 ft of wire thrown over a tree branch. Many of the boys really enjoy the radio time. 73, Woody AK2F "Phil Schuman" wrote in message . com... Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
Phil:
Cabin camping during the winter months is a great time bring along the rig. Started with an FT-990AC and then traded for an FT-100D with a switching power supply. That fit under the car seats easily. Bringing a Kenwood TS-480SAT this weekend with an MFJ long wire tuner and switching supply. Antenna is about 30-40 ft of wire thrown over a tree branch. Many of the boys really enjoy the radio time. 73, Woody AK2F "Phil Schuman" wrote in message . com... Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... A decade or two ago Hams from Western KY took their rigs to Council campouts on a regular basis. I have no records of how many actually got their license. Some years ago Scouts troops in the vicinity were invited to view and participate in the Annual ARRL Field Day. I never saw the outing tutn out to be a flop. But it might help to have a demonstraton or two to peak their interest. Hugh WA4QZU |
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... A decade or two ago Hams from Western KY took their rigs to Council campouts on a regular basis. I have no records of how many actually got their license. Some years ago Scouts troops in the vicinity were invited to view and participate in the Annual ARRL Field Day. I never saw the outing tutn out to be a flop. But it might help to have a demonstraton or two to peak their interest. Hugh WA4QZU |
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... A decade or two ago Hams from Western KY took their rigs to Council campouts on a regular basis. I have no records of how many actually got their license. Some years ago Scouts troops in the vicinity were invited to view and participate in the Annual ARRL Field Day. I never saw the outing tutn out to be a flop. But it might help to have a demonstraton or two to peak their interest. Hugh WA4QZU |
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... Works a lot better if you pre-arrange to have someone at the other end to talk with. Maybe you could set up with another troop doing the same thing, kind of a mini JOTA. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... Works a lot better if you pre-arrange to have someone at the other end to talk with. Maybe you could set up with another troop doing the same thing, kind of a mini JOTA. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... Works a lot better if you pre-arrange to have someone at the other end to talk with. Maybe you could set up with another troop doing the same thing, kind of a mini JOTA. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on
a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... |
Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on
a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... |
Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on
a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... |
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:02:26 GMT, "John O"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... I made one mistake (for purposes of this particular thread) when I was a Scout - I learned semaphore. My friend and I could have passed the Navy Signalman CPO test for speed when we were 15 years old. We were not allowed to enter signalling contests at camporees our last 2 years in BSA - in fact we weren't allowed to be a team for any event those 2 years. Teach kids Morse if they learn anything. It took my son and I 1 week (every night) to learn the code well enough to pass the Novice test 28 years ago. But make it interesting or you will lose them - and only practice for a very short time. Hugh |
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:02:26 GMT, "John O"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... I made one mistake (for purposes of this particular thread) when I was a Scout - I learned semaphore. My friend and I could have passed the Navy Signalman CPO test for speed when we were 15 years old. We were not allowed to enter signalling contests at camporees our last 2 years in BSA - in fact we weren't allowed to be a team for any event those 2 years. Teach kids Morse if they learn anything. It took my son and I 1 week (every night) to learn the code well enough to pass the Novice test 28 years ago. But make it interesting or you will lose them - and only practice for a very short time. Hugh |
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:02:26 GMT, "John O"
wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... I made one mistake (for purposes of this particular thread) when I was a Scout - I learned semaphore. My friend and I could have passed the Navy Signalman CPO test for speed when we were 15 years old. We were not allowed to enter signalling contests at camporees our last 2 years in BSA - in fact we weren't allowed to be a team for any event those 2 years. Teach kids Morse if they learn anything. It took my son and I 1 week (every night) to learn the code well enough to pass the Novice test 28 years ago. But make it interesting or you will lose them - and only practice for a very short time. Hugh |
"J. Hugh Sullivan" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:02:26 GMT, "John O" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... I made one mistake (for purposes of this particular thread) when I was a Scout - I learned semaphore. My friend and I could have passed the Navy Signalman CPO test for speed when we were 15 years old. We were not allowed to enter signalling contests at camporees our last 2 years in BSA - in fact we weren't allowed to be a team for any event those 2 years. Teach kids Morse if they learn anything. It took my son and I 1 week (every night) to learn the code well enough to pass the Novice test 28 years ago. But make it interesting or you will lose them - and only practice for a very short time. yeah - I was shocked to find all the stuff we learned from our BSA handbook had been stripped out since the 6th edition - but that was another thread - |
"J. Hugh Sullivan" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:02:26 GMT, "John O" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... I made one mistake (for purposes of this particular thread) when I was a Scout - I learned semaphore. My friend and I could have passed the Navy Signalman CPO test for speed when we were 15 years old. We were not allowed to enter signalling contests at camporees our last 2 years in BSA - in fact we weren't allowed to be a team for any event those 2 years. Teach kids Morse if they learn anything. It took my son and I 1 week (every night) to learn the code well enough to pass the Novice test 28 years ago. But make it interesting or you will lose them - and only practice for a very short time. yeah - I was shocked to find all the stuff we learned from our BSA handbook had been stripped out since the 6th edition - but that was another thread - |
"J. Hugh Sullivan" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:02:26 GMT, "John O" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... I've done morse across the lake at our council camp, with those little super-bright LED keychains. The first-year Scouts were truly impressed. Actually, I had one group on each end of the lake, and *they* did the code. :-) Oddly, I have both HF and 2m rigs, but no license. I have to drag a ham along to our next cabin outing to help me run an antenna, tune it up, and start yakking. John O A true Heathkit nerd... I made one mistake (for purposes of this particular thread) when I was a Scout - I learned semaphore. My friend and I could have passed the Navy Signalman CPO test for speed when we were 15 years old. We were not allowed to enter signalling contests at camporees our last 2 years in BSA - in fact we weren't allowed to be a team for any event those 2 years. Teach kids Morse if they learn anything. It took my son and I 1 week (every night) to learn the code well enough to pass the Novice test 28 years ago. But make it interesting or you will lose them - and only practice for a very short time. yeah - I was shocked to find all the stuff we learned from our BSA handbook had been stripped out since the 6th edition - but that was another thread - |
Scouting and Radio trivia
http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
Scouting and Radio trivia
http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
Scouting and Radio trivia
http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
In (rec.radio.amateur.equipment), "USR1942(MC_CET)" wrote:
Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg Thanks very much for that. I think The Boy is going to get one of those for Christmas. 1 -- Remember, when it comes to commercial TV, the program is not the product. YOU are the product, and the advertiser is the customer. -- Mark W. Schumann, in the Monastery |
In (rec.radio.amateur.equipment), "USR1942(MC_CET)" wrote:
Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg Thanks very much for that. I think The Boy is going to get one of those for Christmas. 1 -- Remember, when it comes to commercial TV, the program is not the product. YOU are the product, and the advertiser is the customer. -- Mark W. Schumann, in the Monastery |
In (rec.radio.amateur.equipment), "USR1942(MC_CET)" wrote:
Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg Thanks very much for that. I think The Boy is going to get one of those for Christmas. 1 -- Remember, when it comes to commercial TV, the program is not the product. YOU are the product, and the advertiser is the customer. -- Mark W. Schumann, in the Monastery |
Try this one too
http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/ MCCET On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:57:48 +0000 (UTC), (Mike Andrews) wrote: In (rec.radio.amateur.equipment), "USR1942(MC_CET)" wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg Thanks very much for that. I think The Boy is going to get one of those for Christmas. 1 |
Try this one too
http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/ MCCET On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:57:48 +0000 (UTC), (Mike Andrews) wrote: In (rec.radio.amateur.equipment), "USR1942(MC_CET)" wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg Thanks very much for that. I think The Boy is going to get one of those for Christmas. 1 |
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:06:03 -0800, "USR1942(MC_CET)"
wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... To some extent. I have taught Morse to Sea Scouts within the last five or so years. But back up to 1957 when I was 15. I had been a ham in Wisconsin for almost two years at the time and I was engaged to teach Morse Code (and a few other scouting subjects) at the local scout camp. I was also allowed to bring my ham stuff to the camp which I set up in my Morse training area. It was an all CW station because that was all I could afford back then...A Viking Adventurer and a Hammarlund HQ-100 (my dad bought the receiver for me). If fact the scout summer job was taken with the objective of earning enough money to buy a phone rig kit which I did. I bought and built a Globe Scout 680, my first phone rig. I must have exposed a few scouts to ham radio, and while I didn't get any immediate response, by the time I was in college some of those scouts were of high school age and became interested in ham radio. Some of them remembered me and there were a couple of them to whom I gave Novice exams once I turned 21 as was the practice at the time. I had the cost of the transmitter figured out to a gnats eyelash. My salary for the camp session (my first job) plus the trade in value of the Viking Adventurer was just enough to buy the transmitter kit...about $90.00. Jon Teske W3JT (I was K9CAH back then) |
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:06:03 -0800, "USR1942(MC_CET)"
wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... To some extent. I have taught Morse to Sea Scouts within the last five or so years. But back up to 1957 when I was 15. I had been a ham in Wisconsin for almost two years at the time and I was engaged to teach Morse Code (and a few other scouting subjects) at the local scout camp. I was also allowed to bring my ham stuff to the camp which I set up in my Morse training area. It was an all CW station because that was all I could afford back then...A Viking Adventurer and a Hammarlund HQ-100 (my dad bought the receiver for me). If fact the scout summer job was taken with the objective of earning enough money to buy a phone rig kit which I did. I bought and built a Globe Scout 680, my first phone rig. I must have exposed a few scouts to ham radio, and while I didn't get any immediate response, by the time I was in college some of those scouts were of high school age and became interested in ham radio. Some of them remembered me and there were a couple of them to whom I gave Novice exams once I turned 21 as was the practice at the time. I had the cost of the transmitter figured out to a gnats eyelash. My salary for the camp session (my first job) plus the trade in value of the Viking Adventurer was just enough to buy the transmitter kit...about $90.00. Jon Teske W3JT (I was K9CAH back then) |
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:06:03 -0800, "USR1942(MC_CET)"
wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... To some extent. I have taught Morse to Sea Scouts within the last five or so years. But back up to 1957 when I was 15. I had been a ham in Wisconsin for almost two years at the time and I was engaged to teach Morse Code (and a few other scouting subjects) at the local scout camp. I was also allowed to bring my ham stuff to the camp which I set up in my Morse training area. It was an all CW station because that was all I could afford back then...A Viking Adventurer and a Hammarlund HQ-100 (my dad bought the receiver for me). If fact the scout summer job was taken with the objective of earning enough money to buy a phone rig kit which I did. I bought and built a Globe Scout 680, my first phone rig. I must have exposed a few scouts to ham radio, and while I didn't get any immediate response, by the time I was in college some of those scouts were of high school age and became interested in ham radio. Some of them remembered me and there were a couple of them to whom I gave Novice exams once I turned 21 as was the practice at the time. I had the cost of the transmitter figured out to a gnats eyelash. My salary for the camp session (my first job) plus the trade in value of the Viking Adventurer was just enough to buy the transmitter kit...about $90.00. Jon Teske W3JT (I was K9CAH back then) |
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:06:03 -0800, "USR1942(MC_CET)"
wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... In addition to my previous posting re my camp staff job teaching Morse code, I would be remiss in this context if I did mention that the Boy Scouts were directly responsible for my becoming a ham in the first place. (And by extension my profession since I spent 35 years in the field of radio-derived intelligence.) By 1955 when I was 13, I had already learned the Morse Code somewhat since that was a requirement in those days for a First Class rank badge (you could optionally also use semiphore). I had not used it very much though in the two years since I got my badge. I was at Scout camp as a senior camper (e.g. I stayed at camps for five weeks, not with my own unit except for the one week they were there.) That year in August, our town had the last polio epidemic before the various vaccines were available. Over 30 children in our town contracted the disease and one of my junior high school friends was a fatality. Since we at camp had no exposure to the disease, it was thought best to extend the camp a couple of weeks (school opening was delayed) and keep us at the camp. An older acquaintance of mine who I knew from Junior High School had just gotten his Novice license was also there. Since we were told not of over exert ourselves e.g. no swimming, hiking, my friend asked me to help him with his Morse as he was trying to get to the General Class level. So he refreshed my memory of the code to the point that I could send and receive pretty close to the five wpm. By the time school resumed in October, I knew code pretty well, got the ARRL liscense manual and made acquaintance with my shop teacher who I knew from his license plate was a ham. That teacher coached me on the remaining requirements for a Novice ticket and set up a station in his drafting classroom with some of his spare equipment. He also coached me for the General test because in those days an eighth grader did not have any algebra background to get through the formulas on the General test. The older scout (by two years) later became my best friend and mentor through the next three years until he went away to West Point. He not only got me into radio, but I did most of the extra curricular activities he did in school. Jon Teske W3JT |
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:06:03 -0800, "USR1942(MC_CET)"
wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... In addition to my previous posting re my camp staff job teaching Morse code, I would be remiss in this context if I did mention that the Boy Scouts were directly responsible for my becoming a ham in the first place. (And by extension my profession since I spent 35 years in the field of radio-derived intelligence.) By 1955 when I was 13, I had already learned the Morse Code somewhat since that was a requirement in those days for a First Class rank badge (you could optionally also use semiphore). I had not used it very much though in the two years since I got my badge. I was at Scout camp as a senior camper (e.g. I stayed at camps for five weeks, not with my own unit except for the one week they were there.) That year in August, our town had the last polio epidemic before the various vaccines were available. Over 30 children in our town contracted the disease and one of my junior high school friends was a fatality. Since we at camp had no exposure to the disease, it was thought best to extend the camp a couple of weeks (school opening was delayed) and keep us at the camp. An older acquaintance of mine who I knew from Junior High School had just gotten his Novice license was also there. Since we were told not of over exert ourselves e.g. no swimming, hiking, my friend asked me to help him with his Morse as he was trying to get to the General Class level. So he refreshed my memory of the code to the point that I could send and receive pretty close to the five wpm. By the time school resumed in October, I knew code pretty well, got the ARRL liscense manual and made acquaintance with my shop teacher who I knew from his license plate was a ham. That teacher coached me on the remaining requirements for a Novice ticket and set up a station in his drafting classroom with some of his spare equipment. He also coached me for the General test because in those days an eighth grader did not have any algebra background to get through the formulas on the General test. The older scout (by two years) later became my best friend and mentor through the next three years until he went away to West Point. He not only got me into radio, but I did most of the extra curricular activities he did in school. Jon Teske W3JT |
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:06:03 -0800, "USR1942(MC_CET)"
wrote: Scouting and Radio trivia http://www181.pair.com/otsw/Scouts/BSA02.jpg MCCET PMTNPO On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:58:39 GMT, "Phil Schuman" wrote: Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... In addition to my previous posting re my camp staff job teaching Morse code, I would be remiss in this context if I did mention that the Boy Scouts were directly responsible for my becoming a ham in the first place. (And by extension my profession since I spent 35 years in the field of radio-derived intelligence.) By 1955 when I was 13, I had already learned the Morse Code somewhat since that was a requirement in those days for a First Class rank badge (you could optionally also use semiphore). I had not used it very much though in the two years since I got my badge. I was at Scout camp as a senior camper (e.g. I stayed at camps for five weeks, not with my own unit except for the one week they were there.) That year in August, our town had the last polio epidemic before the various vaccines were available. Over 30 children in our town contracted the disease and one of my junior high school friends was a fatality. Since we at camp had no exposure to the disease, it was thought best to extend the camp a couple of weeks (school opening was delayed) and keep us at the camp. An older acquaintance of mine who I knew from Junior High School had just gotten his Novice license was also there. Since we were told not of over exert ourselves e.g. no swimming, hiking, my friend asked me to help him with his Morse as he was trying to get to the General Class level. So he refreshed my memory of the code to the point that I could send and receive pretty close to the five wpm. By the time school resumed in October, I knew code pretty well, got the ARRL liscense manual and made acquaintance with my shop teacher who I knew from his license plate was a ham. That teacher coached me on the remaining requirements for a Novice ticket and set up a station in his drafting classroom with some of his spare equipment. He also coached me for the General test because in those days an eighth grader did not have any algebra background to get through the formulas on the General test. The older scout (by two years) later became my best friend and mentor through the next three years until he went away to West Point. He not only got me into radio, but I did most of the extra curricular activities he did in school. Jon Teske W3JT |
In our troop several years ago, some ASMs took a Council Wilderness First
Aid class, where a guest speaker talked about Ham Radio as an emergency communication tool (i.e. emergency preparedness). Since here in New Mexico we do a lot of Wilderness camping, but nearly the whole state can access a statewide repeater network, it made sense to get some licenses in the troop and a couple of ASMs did so. The utility of the Ham radios (2-m handy-talkies) expanded into safe-calls home (via telephone auto-patches), automobile convoy communication, ETA announcements for scout pickups after campouts, keeping track of fishing parties and day hike groups on campouts, etc. Ham radios (especially via repeaters) have substantially longer range than the Family-service radios. (It was kind of cool to keep in touch with our Philmont crew this summer and pass along trek status and stories to parents.) Consequently, today about a dozen of our leaders and several of their spouses have licenses and radios. A number of the Scouts themselves have picked up on this to where several of them have licenses, too, and more are pursuing one. We are now encouraging this (since about a year ago) with a special patch awarded to Ham licensees designating them as Troop Radio Operators. Their Ham Radios are the one piece of electronic gear that we allow the scouts to bring on campouts. Some of the boys are even now building their own antennas to enhance their radio's performance. I believe the degree of our troop's involvement in Ham Radio is somewhat unique in our Council, at least. But I believe it is a real success story. Ham Radio and Scouting are a natural blend... Armin -- Armin Doerry, KD5ONO Troop 409, Albuquerque, NM =================== "Phil Schuman" wrote in message . com... Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
In our troop several years ago, some ASMs took a Council Wilderness First
Aid class, where a guest speaker talked about Ham Radio as an emergency communication tool (i.e. emergency preparedness). Since here in New Mexico we do a lot of Wilderness camping, but nearly the whole state can access a statewide repeater network, it made sense to get some licenses in the troop and a couple of ASMs did so. The utility of the Ham radios (2-m handy-talkies) expanded into safe-calls home (via telephone auto-patches), automobile convoy communication, ETA announcements for scout pickups after campouts, keeping track of fishing parties and day hike groups on campouts, etc. Ham radios (especially via repeaters) have substantially longer range than the Family-service radios. (It was kind of cool to keep in touch with our Philmont crew this summer and pass along trek status and stories to parents.) Consequently, today about a dozen of our leaders and several of their spouses have licenses and radios. A number of the Scouts themselves have picked up on this to where several of them have licenses, too, and more are pursuing one. We are now encouraging this (since about a year ago) with a special patch awarded to Ham licensees designating them as Troop Radio Operators. Their Ham Radios are the one piece of electronic gear that we allow the scouts to bring on campouts. Some of the boys are even now building their own antennas to enhance their radio's performance. I believe the degree of our troop's involvement in Ham Radio is somewhat unique in our Council, at least. But I believe it is a real success story. Ham Radio and Scouting are a natural blend... Armin -- Armin Doerry, KD5ONO Troop 409, Albuquerque, NM =================== "Phil Schuman" wrote in message . com... Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
In our troop several years ago, some ASMs took a Council Wilderness First
Aid class, where a guest speaker talked about Ham Radio as an emergency communication tool (i.e. emergency preparedness). Since here in New Mexico we do a lot of Wilderness camping, but nearly the whole state can access a statewide repeater network, it made sense to get some licenses in the troop and a couple of ASMs did so. The utility of the Ham radios (2-m handy-talkies) expanded into safe-calls home (via telephone auto-patches), automobile convoy communication, ETA announcements for scout pickups after campouts, keeping track of fishing parties and day hike groups on campouts, etc. Ham radios (especially via repeaters) have substantially longer range than the Family-service radios. (It was kind of cool to keep in touch with our Philmont crew this summer and pass along trek status and stories to parents.) Consequently, today about a dozen of our leaders and several of their spouses have licenses and radios. A number of the Scouts themselves have picked up on this to where several of them have licenses, too, and more are pursuing one. We are now encouraging this (since about a year ago) with a special patch awarded to Ham licensees designating them as Troop Radio Operators. Their Ham Radios are the one piece of electronic gear that we allow the scouts to bring on campouts. Some of the boys are even now building their own antennas to enhance their radio's performance. I believe the degree of our troop's involvement in Ham Radio is somewhat unique in our Council, at least. But I believe it is a real success story. Ham Radio and Scouting are a natural blend... Armin -- Armin Doerry, KD5ONO Troop 409, Albuquerque, NM =================== "Phil Schuman" wrote in message . com... Wonder if there are any other Hams that have managed to take their rigs on a Boy Scout campout and got the Scouts interested in Ham Radio, or even Morse Code ? We have two Hams in our Troop, and we have thought about doing the JOTA in October, along with dragging a rig to our indoor/cabin camping weekends, and something during good weather. Also, what would be a good rig to drag out to these camping events.... |
tnx for the list -
but the last time I had a low band rig was a HT40 and HQ-110 I really like the idea of small size, along with some 2m capability What are the general comments about these rigs, and prices tnx - Phil - WA9TKA They all work and the differences are minor. Some good buys: Kenwood TS-120, 130, 140, TS-430 or TS-440 Icom IC-703, IC-735, 725, IC-706, IC-751 Yaesu FT-817, FT-100, FT-747, 757 |
tnx for the list -
but the last time I had a low band rig was a HT40 and HQ-110 I really like the idea of small size, along with some 2m capability What are the general comments about these rigs, and prices tnx - Phil - WA9TKA They all work and the differences are minor. Some good buys: Kenwood TS-120, 130, 140, TS-430 or TS-440 Icom IC-703, IC-735, 725, IC-706, IC-751 Yaesu FT-817, FT-100, FT-747, 757 |
tnx for the list -
but the last time I had a low band rig was a HT40 and HQ-110 I really like the idea of small size, along with some 2m capability What are the general comments about these rigs, and prices tnx - Phil - WA9TKA They all work and the differences are minor. Some good buys: Kenwood TS-120, 130, 140, TS-430 or TS-440 Icom IC-703, IC-735, 725, IC-706, IC-751 Yaesu FT-817, FT-100, FT-747, 757 |
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