Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 22 2017 10:06 am
K2BSA CONTINUES PREP FOR SCOUT JAMBOREE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It's a busy time for the K2BSA callsign, as Bill Stearns,
NE4RD tells us.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in radio scouting we have two activations of the
K2BSA callsign, one activation from Scout Camps on the Air, and we're 5
weeks out from Jamboree on the Air!
David Hinkley, KA0SOG, will be activating K2BSA/0 from the Kansas City
Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, from September 22nd through the 25th.
This council wide weekend jamboree hosts around 14,000 Scouts and Scouters,
where they will participate in many activities include the STEM area where
an extensive Amateur Radio setup will be offering different HF, VHF, and
UHF operating modes for the Scouts to experience. They will also have an
ARISS contact with the International Space Station, where a few lucky boys
will get to ask questions with an astronaut.
Gregory Pioppi, KB2ANG, will be activating K2BSA/3 from Braden Airpark N43
in Easton, Pennsylvania, from September 29th through October 1st. This is
a great opportunity for Scouts to get their Aviation MB, but also a great
time to get on the air. Gregory's team started this two years ago in order
to offer Scouts and activity while they wait for their flights. They setup
a HF and VHF station, and provide a little introduction before getting
Scouts on the air.
Terry Gampper, N0BXQ, will be activating KN0BSA, from Camp Wakonda in
Bellevue, NE, on September 23rd. This is a Webelos cub scout event, and
will be operating on the JOTA frequencies.
Speaking of Jamboree on the Air, we are only 5 weeks away from the largest
Scouting activity in the World. This is the 60th anniversary of the event
this year, where over 1 million Scouts participate across 150 plus
countries. This is the month that you finalize your activation plans by
having your participant certificates and logs printed out, prepare and
print QSL cards, finalize your roster and donations, and if you haven't
registered your station, you need to do that now. If you want to reserve
the K2BSA callsign for your activity, now is also the time to do that.
We have a few call areas left!
For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit our website
at www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Association, this is
Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
(K2BSA)
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AUSTRALIAN CLUB MARKS 60th YEAR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Another group is also marking 60 years, as we hear from
Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
ED'S REPORT: While October 20th through 22nd this year marks a very
special, 60th anniversary, for the scout's worldwide Jamboree on the air
event, a few days earlier on Wednesday the 18th of October, another
organization celebrates 60 years of existence.
On Thursday the 18th of October 1957, what was to become the Central Coast
Amateur Radio Club, had it's inaugural meeting where 37 people attended.
The club has been a stable part of amateur radio in New South Wales,
Australia for the last 60 years, running at one point 15 repeaters, and
beacon stations. That has since been consolidated to a lower number, but
still provides analog and digital voice plus ATV repeaters, covering from
6 meters to 23 centimeters. The club runs regular licence classes and
exams, is involved in contests, supports the local WICEN (Emcoms) group,
and is probably most well known for its annual Hamfest, or Field day as
they are called in Australia. The Wyong Field Day run by the CCARC is the
largest gathering of Radio Amateurs in the southern hemisphere, and it too,
will celebrate 60 years next February the 25th.
The club is planning celebrations between the 60th club anniversary in
October, and the 60th Hamfest in February, but as is normal with this hard
working club, things will most likely be low key.
Here's to another 60 years of the Central Coast ARC in New South Wales,
Australia! The club's website is CCARC dot ORG dot AU.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
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