Thanks, Rick! I can use all of that info and better get cracking. Aside from a couple hams I know, it may be a light turnout on the band(s). I’m hoping to do a morning meet with the boys since it will be cooler and I can start with the east coast and work my way westward on 10 as the day progresses. I’m also hoping 2m fm will be open towards Austin/Dallas as it sometimes is on fall mornings.
Rick, I sincerely appreciate your advice and thanks again! My best to all in the club - sorry I fell off the face of the earth. Because traveling. 73’s Kd5bis ________________________________ From: Rick Hiller -- W5RH <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 7:27:54 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Edward Gonzalez Subject: Re: [BVARC] Jota My JOTA comments...... Hey, Eddie....(KD5 Beer IS) I have done lots of JOTA's and Radio merit badge classes. Both in great propagation times and in poor, such as now. Especially on the 10 meter band. So my suggestions to you are: 1) to let us know exactly when you will be on the air and frequency range, so we can be on the lookout. 2) Have a couple of stations as "ringers".....friends of yours or others that will be there for the whole period, just in case no others show up. Hams that have been thru Cubs and Boy Scouts are preferable, as they know what the Scouts are doing. If you can afford it do a colorful certificate for each Cub with the station call sign, etc.... and in addition buy some JOTA patches for them....Available thru BSA headquarters. Have a PTT mike for them to use, but you control it with a foot switch...if you get me drift. Have simple scripts written down. Maps of the USA and the world on display. You might be able to listen on other bands to other Scouts talking.....that is cool too. Put out a tweet about your operation #JOTA. There is also the JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) that runs at the same time, but I know little about it -- sri. GL ES 73....Rick W5RH Rick Hiller The Radio Hotel -- W5RH On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Edward Gonzalez via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hey all, I’m going to set up a simple 2m/10m station for my boy’s den (webelos 2). Nothing fancy, but was wondering if anyone else had done something similar and could offer tips. Thanks $ 73’s Eddie, KD5BIS _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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