Hamvention Alert

The Boy Scouts will have a booth at the annual Hamvention held at Hara arena in Dayton, OH.  A group of scouters from across the nation will be manning the booth coordinated by Bill Ragsdale, K6KN.  More information can be found at his site, http://yolobsa.editme.com/Dayton.

Info

For anyone visiting this site that is interested in amateur radio, there are several locations you can go.  One good location is the Amateur Radio Relay League's web site, of which I am a member.  The ARRL is "the national membership association for Amateur Radio operators".  There are many local clubs throughout the US and the world.  If you are interested, you can look for a club from here.  As with any hobby, there are many specialty clubs and ham radio is no exception.  

 

Clubs/Groups

• ISS Fan Club - International Space Station Fan Club
• AMSAT - The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
• NARA - Newark Amateur Radio Association
• TAPR - Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
• MVHRC - Muskingum Valley Ham Radio Club
• Scout Radio - Yahoo group about Ham Radio and Scouting
• ARLHS - Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society

 

Projects

I am currently working on a few projects for amateur radio and scouting:

• MVC Radio Club -  This is a club a couple of us are working to get going.  It is for registered members of the Muskingum Valley Council, B.S.A.
• MVSR repeater -  I am collecting parts for a 2 meter repeater to be placed at the local Boy Scout camp, MVSR.
• Scout Camps on the Air, SCOTA -  was Boy Scout Camp Registry.  This will be a register of all the Boy Scout camps in the Boy Scouts of America.  The idea is to create an alpha numeric identifier for each camp.  This is similar to the IOTA and ARLHS.  For more information see my SCOTA page. Anyone wishing to help, please feel free to contact me!