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Jim Wilson, K5ND is retired 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:45.920 from the Boy Scouts of America headquarters where 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:50.300 he spent 21 years in publishing and communications. 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:54.939 He is now a freelance writer and continues to 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:58.259 volunteer as chairman of the National Radio Scouting 00:05:58.259 --> 00:06:01.639 Committee, National Jamboree on the Air organizer, 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:06.139 and a member of World Jota and Jodi team. He 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:10.540 is the president of the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association. 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:15.399 You can check out their website at k2bsa .net 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:21.540 and over 172 ,000 scouts have earned the radio 00:06:21.540 --> 00:06:24.500 merit badge over the years and formally exposed 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:28.620 to amateur radio. So Jim, welcome back to HamTalk 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.680 Live. Well, thank you very much, Neil. It's good 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:34.300 to be back here and I appreciate you hosting 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:38.319 us and the opportunity to talk about radio scouting. 00:06:39.220 --> 00:06:41.920 Yeah, and we're going to talk about several things, 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:44.199 but the one that we kind of wanted to hit right 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:48.519 away because it's coming up here in just a couple 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:52.720 of weeks, is the National Scout Jamboree. Now 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:55.379 this isn't Jota, this isn't Jamboree on the air, 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.939 this is the real Jamboree, but you're gonna be 00:06:57.939 --> 00:07:01.459 on the air at the Jamboree, so tell us all about 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:06.279 what's coming up at the National Boy Scout Jamboree. 00:07:06.899 --> 00:07:10.850 Okay, well... I usually start at the top of the 00:07:10.850 --> 00:07:14.870 funnel and work my way down, but the national 00:07:14.870 --> 00:07:19.589 jamboree happens every four years. In 2013 was 00:07:19.589 --> 00:07:23.449 the first jamboree at the summit, Bechtel Scout 00:07:23.449 --> 00:07:27.100 Reserve, in West Virginia. And actually, it was 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:30.480 the first event there in West Virginia. It's 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.720 a new property for the Boy Scouts. It's 10 ,600 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:38.839 acres nestled in the mountains of West Virginia, 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:44.060 adjoining the new river, National River. Quite 00:07:44.060 --> 00:07:46.720 frankly, there's everything you could possibly 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:50.439 want to do in high adventure at this facility, 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:54.500 from mountain biking to rock climbing to whitewater 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:59.399 rafting, shooting sports, archery, skateboarding, 00:07:59.500 --> 00:08:02.420 you name it, there are world class facilities 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:05.439 there. And frankly, there's world class facilities 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.959 there for amateur radio as well. ICOM America 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.480 is a big sponsor of amateur radio and scouting. 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:17.240 They've installed three repeaters there. They're 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.420 active year round for all the scouting events 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:24.459 there. So they'll be on the air during during 00:08:24.459 --> 00:08:30.639 Jamboree. Our operation is about just over 40 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:34.700 ,000 staff members have signed up to work for 00:08:34.700 --> 00:08:37.659 two weeks at the Jamboree putting amateur radio 00:08:37.659 --> 00:08:43.210 on the air. Now we'll be joined by a total of 00:08:43.210 --> 00:08:47.750 about 9 ,000 staff members running the Jamboree 00:08:47.750 --> 00:08:52.509 for 30 to 35 ,000 scouts that will be participating. 00:08:53.370 --> 00:08:58.149 The Jamboree runs from the 19th through the 28th. 00:08:58.149 --> 00:09:01.789 I'll be getting there on the 15th. Most of our 00:09:01.789 --> 00:09:04.470 staff members will be arriving on the 15th and 00:09:04.470 --> 00:09:07.870 the 16th. We'll be setting up, so we'll be beyond 00:09:07.870 --> 00:09:15.669 the air. probably on the 16th, 17th, 18th doing 00:09:15.669 --> 00:09:20.529 some testing, 19th or yes, the 19th that the 00:09:20.529 --> 00:09:24.149 scouts arrive. And so we'll be actively engaged 00:09:24.149 --> 00:09:27.230 running demonstrations for the scouts. We'll 00:09:27.230 --> 00:09:31.799 be operating a demonstration station. We'll be 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.059 running radio merit badge training and will have 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:38.960 amateur radio direction finding course as well. 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:45.279 Now the. For the operation itself, there are 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:49.320 will be the. The area that we're located in is 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:52.580 called the Summit Center and that's the area 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:55.820 of the Jamboree that's open to all scouts as 00:09:55.820 --> 00:09:58.639 well as all guests and they've set it up kind 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.820 of nice so guests and visitors can come in and 00:10:01.820 --> 00:10:05.399 participate in certain elements of the Jamboree. 00:10:05.789 --> 00:10:08.950 but not the really high adventure stuff that 00:10:08.950 --> 00:10:12.629 the Scouts have paid big money and made big trips 00:10:12.629 --> 00:10:16.710 to get there. But the Summit Center is only open 00:10:16.710 --> 00:10:20.889 from 8 a .m. to 5 p .m. And so those are the 00:10:20.889 --> 00:10:24.529 hours of our station, although we also hope to 00:10:24.529 --> 00:10:27.490 get on the air in the evening just to hand out 00:10:27.490 --> 00:10:30.350 some QSOs. We're going to do that by remote control 00:10:30.350 --> 00:10:34.389 from our staff camp, and we'll see how that goes. 00:10:35.230 --> 00:10:41.629 We expect to have run 3 ,000 scouts through our 00:10:41.629 --> 00:10:43.990 demonstration station. That's what we did in 00:10:43.990 --> 00:10:48.570 2013. Maybe we'll beat that number in 2017. But 00:10:48.570 --> 00:10:52.070 we need other people on the, we need other hams. 00:10:52.539 --> 00:10:56.159 on the other side of that conversation, and Scouts. 00:10:57.059 --> 00:10:59.659 An example of one of the stations that's going 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.620 to be on the air during the Jamboree is station 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:07.720 K5K operating from the Philmont Scout Ranch in 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.460 New Mexico. They're going to be active right 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:13.340 from the Tooth of Time traders there at Philmont, 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:16.899 getting on the air, working the Jamboree station, 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:20.220 and other people that happened to be on the air 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:24.799 at that time. That's our big call to amateur 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.320 radio operators is get on the air. Talk to scouts, 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:31.539 share with them some of your experiences in scouting 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:34.860 and amateur radio, but help us out. We think 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:37.379 we're going to be challenged because of the propagation, 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:42.419 but we'll see. 20 meters should be good, 40 meters 00:11:42.419 --> 00:11:46.440 too probably, 17 meters mostly will be on phone. 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:50.139 I'll also mention that we have a nightly net 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:53.639 on EchoLink. We're going to be using the Jambo 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:58.600 conference node, J -A -M -B -O, and that net 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.659 is at 7 .30 p .m. Eastern Time during the Jamboree. 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.600 So we'll be taking calls into the net from those 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.019 that are at the Jamboree, as well as via Echolink 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:14.899 from around the world, actually. All right, so 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:18.779 again, the dates on that, July 19th through the 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:21.440 28th is the active time. We'll be setting up 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.350 a couple of days prior to that. Uh, but July 00:12:24.350 --> 00:12:28.450 19th and 28th, we need people on the air, uh, 00:12:28.490 --> 00:12:31.269 between eight and five Eastern time, uh, to talk 00:12:31.269 --> 00:12:34.190 to scouts. And then, uh, it'll be on the air 00:12:34.190 --> 00:12:37.009 some in the evenings as the remote control goes 00:12:37.009 --> 00:12:41.610 and then, um, echo link on Jambo. So, um, 7 30 00:12:41.610 --> 00:12:45.389 PM Eastern there. So just, uh, another rundown 00:12:45.389 --> 00:12:47.789 of all of that. And we'll kind of recap that 00:12:47.789 --> 00:12:51.080 again at the end in case you missed it. And then 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:54.379 you've got some scout camps on the air this summer 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:59.799 as well. Well we do and I would encourage those 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.080 of you that are putting scout camps on the air 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.259 to register your station at the program that 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:09.980 we have called Scout Camps on the Air. It's at 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:19.990 scota .us SCOTA .US. And so there's a lot of 00:13:19.990 --> 00:13:22.610 scout camps that are on the air. We also authorize 00:13:22.610 --> 00:13:28.750 the K2BSA portable stroke five or stroke six 00:13:28.750 --> 00:13:32.870 also to use the call sign. There's a number of 00:13:32.870 --> 00:13:35.309 those that are active. And then I'll mention 00:13:35.309 --> 00:13:38.370 that this summer there are national jamborees 00:13:38.370 --> 00:13:42.940 in Norway, Canada, Luxembourg and Germany. as 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:46.860 well as the World Scout Moot that is operating 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:51.159 in Iceland right after, I think maybe right after 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:56.700 the U .S. National Jamboree closes down. Okay, 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.879 very good and you're going to have frequencies 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:05.399 available on Facebook and Twitter and the website 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:08.120 so why don't you give that information also. 00:14:09.070 --> 00:14:17.950 Go to K2BSA slash. Jamboree -Live. Jamboree -Live. 00:14:18.289 --> 00:14:22.029 On there, we've listed all the scouting frequencies, 00:14:23.730 --> 00:14:29.889 the Echolink conference nodes, the Echolink repeater 00:14:29.889 --> 00:14:35.509 nodes, and we're also on D -Star. We have a D 00:14:35.509 --> 00:14:37.690 -Star repeater there and we'll be connecting 00:14:37.690 --> 00:14:46.149 that to Reflector 033A. So all on k2bsa .net 00:14:46.149 --> 00:14:51.289 slash jamboree -live. And then as Neil said, 00:14:51.710 --> 00:14:56.299 we're going to be putting up. in real time on 00:14:56.299 --> 00:15:00.539 social media, Twitter, K2BSA scouting Twitter, 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:06.539 and the K2BSA Facebook page will be posting frequencies 00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:11.320 as we speak, live at the time. So that's a good 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.419 way to keep up with it. There's also the spotting 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:17.950 networks that should be helpful there too. All 00:15:17.950 --> 00:15:21.210 right, very good. So we need you guys and gals 00:15:21.210 --> 00:15:26.110 to get on the air and and talk to these scouts 00:15:26.110 --> 00:15:30.730 and the Staff that's trying to set things up. 00:15:30.789 --> 00:15:34.389 So get on the air track them down and and give 00:15:34.389 --> 00:15:38.350 them some contacts here in Just a couple of weeks 00:15:38.350 --> 00:15:43.539 So that's the the big news here That's coming 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:46.500 up right away, but I know we've got a couple 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:49.460 of other things we want to talk about there's 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:55.080 been some changes to the radio merit badge and 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.139 So let's talk about the radio merit badge for 00:15:58.139 --> 00:16:02.809 just a minute Yeah, I'll mention that a radio 00:16:02.809 --> 00:16:06.250 merit badge over the years has grown quite a 00:16:06.250 --> 00:16:09.990 bit in the number of scouts that earn it back 00:16:09.990 --> 00:16:14.070 in the the Eight back in the 50s through the 00:16:14.070 --> 00:16:17.529 80s. It was a thousand a year starting in the 00:16:17.529 --> 00:16:20.870 90s. It started to climb coincidentally when 00:16:20.870 --> 00:16:23.529 the Morris code requirement dropped away and 00:16:23.529 --> 00:16:27.230 now it's in the six to seven thousand a year 00:16:27.230 --> 00:16:31.450 range that are in In January of this year, we 00:16:31.450 --> 00:16:35.730 announced new requirements. We added a new option 00:16:35.730 --> 00:16:39.549 for amateur radio direction finding or fox hunting. 00:16:40.210 --> 00:16:43.110 Now, there are four options. One of those options 00:16:43.110 --> 00:16:47.009 is amateur radio. Another one is broadcast radio. 00:16:48.350 --> 00:16:51.490 A third one is short wave listening, medium wave 00:16:51.490 --> 00:16:54.129 listening. And then we've added this fourth one 00:16:54.129 --> 00:16:56.409 of amateur radio direction finding, which is 00:16:56.409 --> 00:17:00.019 a perfect match with scouting. It gets some outdoors, 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.799 finding hidden transmitters, combining orienteering 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:08.640 with amateur radio. But we've made quite a few 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.599 revisions to bring this up to date as well. We're 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.339 talking about cellular telephones. Those are 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:17.960 another radio that you have in your pocket. and 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:22.319 how that applies to help make better connections 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:28.000 with scouts. But we also dropped some circuit 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:30.799 requirements, schematic symbols, and components. 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:34.240 They're already covered in electricity and electronics 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:37.440 merit badges. So this would allow us to focus 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.680 on expanded radio modulation as just one example. 00:17:42.910 --> 00:17:46.829 New things in Radio Merit Badge. We've also created 00:17:46.829 --> 00:17:50.369 some incredible slide decks for our Radio Merit 00:17:50.369 --> 00:17:53.710 Badge program at the Jamboree. They have a lot 00:17:53.710 --> 00:17:56.609 of animations. They're very eye -catching. They 00:17:56.609 --> 00:17:59.250 teach the Radio Merit Badge in less than four 00:17:59.250 --> 00:18:02.329 hours. And so those are online as well, ready 00:18:02.329 --> 00:18:04.750 for those who are putting on Radio Merit Badge 00:18:04.750 --> 00:18:08.670 workshops back at their councils. So that's what's 00:18:08.670 --> 00:18:11.380 happening with Radio Merit Badge, Neil. Okay 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:15.319 and there you heard it. You don't have to reinvent 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:21.000 the wheel. The PowerPoint slides are there for 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:25.640 you to download and they're very well done and 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:29.799 ready to go. So you don't have to reinvent the 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:32.970 wheel when you're teaching the radio merit badge 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:35.970 so that's some good stuff and then the thing 00:18:35.970 --> 00:18:39.910 that i think most hams are familiar with uh at 00:18:39.910 --> 00:18:43.289 least the most is uh jamboree on the air so let's 00:18:43.289 --> 00:18:46.269 mention that uh that's a little ways off yet 00:18:46.269 --> 00:18:49.910 but it'll be here before we know it Well, it's 00:18:49.910 --> 00:18:52.289 getting closer all the time and we recommend 00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:56.309 you start planning of course in January and You 00:18:56.309 --> 00:18:59.390 work at this time to make sure that a scouting 00:18:59.390 --> 00:19:02.829 event Maybe a camp out or a camperee is lined 00:19:02.829 --> 00:19:06.210 up with Jambri on the air weekend Which is always 00:19:06.210 --> 00:19:09.369 the third weekend in October this year. It's 00:19:09.369 --> 00:19:13.880 the 20th the 21st and the 22nd of October This 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:17.400 is the 60th anniversary of the largest scouting 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.559 event in the world with over a million participants 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:25.240 across 150 different countries. So check in with 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:27.920 your local club, see what's happening, connect 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:30.920 with a scout unit, see if you can help out. And 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:35.700 I'll mention that in 2016, interest, I saw it 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:39.720 explode inside scouting for Jambri on the Air. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.940 And there's a big reason for this. There's a 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:46.180 participation requirement for the Webelow's Arrow 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:51.200 of Light Award. Check that requirement off by 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.259 participating in Jambri on the Air or Jambri 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:57.200 on the Internet. So parents and unit leaders 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:02.680 were really out in force during 2016, looking 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:06.039 for a way to get involved in this. So things 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:10.440 are coming together very nicely. Okay, so we'll 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.180 look for that and of course I always remember 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:16.500 it because it's the weekend either before or 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:20.119 after the fall school club roundup so I've been 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.000 on the air all week and then then the scouts 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:27.630 get on so That's a great week there to get on 00:20:27.630 --> 00:20:32.170 and encourage the youth to get involved in Ham 00:20:32.170 --> 00:20:36.390 Radio. We're going to come back here in just 00:20:36.390 --> 00:20:39.349 a moment and talk some more with Jim and we're 00:20:39.349 --> 00:20:42.849 going to take your calls live. 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If a man says something in the woods and 00:22:01.650 --> 00:22:04.230 there are no women there, is he still wrong? 00:22:04.549 --> 00:22:07.289 You're listening to Ham Talk Live with Neil Rapp. 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:12.079 Join the conversation. Call us on voice with 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:15.880 Skype at HamTalk Live or give us a call at 812 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:22.200 -NET -HAM -1. That's 812 -638 -4261. Now here's 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:28.140 more HamTalk Live. All right, we are back on 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:31.000 HamTalk Live and make sure you check out our 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:34.119 Facebook page and Twitter feed and Instagram. 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:37.829 Just search HamTalk Live, you'll find us. course 00:22:37.829 --> 00:22:41.509 we're at HamTalkLive .com for the show and all 00:22:41.509 --> 00:22:44.910 the information is there as well as a schedule 00:22:44.910 --> 00:22:47.950 for upcoming events and yes you can download 00:22:47.950 --> 00:22:50.390 Flat Hammy and print that out and take it with 00:22:50.390 --> 00:22:52.990 you and maybe maybe we can get some Flat Hammy 00:22:52.990 --> 00:22:55.730 pictures from some of these scouting events this 00:22:55.730 --> 00:22:59.329 summer who knows. Well it's time for your calls 00:22:59.329 --> 00:23:02.829 now so if you have a question for Jim give us 00:23:02.829 --> 00:23:13.960 a call now at That's 812 -638 -4261. Or you can 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:16.579 call us on Skype. We're HamTalk Live there. And 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:20.440 you can also tweet us at HamTalk Live. So go 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:24.140 ahead and fire away on your questions or comments 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:30.779 about the Boy Scouts and Ham Radio. Jim, while 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:33.740 we're waiting on those calls to roll in here, 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:37.519 let's talk a little bit about one of our favorite 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:40.680 topics on the show, which is the Dayton Hamvention. 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:44.700 You guys had a nice set up at Hamvention again, 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:48.180 and tell us a little bit about that. Yeah, it 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:54.660 was really a great experience. Just from the... 00:23:54.410 --> 00:23:57.309 From the perspective of the Hamvention, let me 00:23:57.309 --> 00:24:02.630 mention that in years past, every time the Hamvention 00:24:02.630 --> 00:24:05.569 would be over, there would be much wringing of 00:24:05.569 --> 00:24:08.289 hands as to whether Hera Arena would close or 00:24:08.289 --> 00:24:11.930 not. I was generally myself personally praying 00:24:11.930 --> 00:24:17.009 that it would close. But now the conversation 00:24:17.009 --> 00:24:20.150 is, how are we going to improve it? add a new 00:24:20.150 --> 00:24:24.029 building, add some more tents, better drainage, 00:24:24.349 --> 00:24:26.789 all kinds of things. So the conversation is just 00:24:26.789 --> 00:24:30.890 completely flipped. So I'm delighted to see this. 00:24:31.329 --> 00:24:34.109 But I'll share, you know, we had a good booth 00:24:34.109 --> 00:24:38.589 there. In years past, the ARRL has provided us 00:24:38.589 --> 00:24:42.609 space in their exhibit for amateur radio and 00:24:42.609 --> 00:24:45.950 scouting in the K -2 BSA operation. We really 00:24:45.950 --> 00:24:48.670 appreciated that. As they moved into the new 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:51.920 facilities, they found themselves without the 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:56.140 space to host us, but they were, we all together 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:59.559 worked with the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:04.160 We had a booth right next to the, the ARRL exhibit. 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:08.200 It went. very, very well. ICOM America stepped 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:13.019 up and sponsored our booth and helped us with 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:17.839 that. So we had a great display. Staff members 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:22.839 from the Jamboree and elsewhere volunteered to 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:25.200 staff the booth. So we had excellent coverage. 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:30.319 We had a lot of good traffic. It was it was it 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.940 was great. I really enjoyed how it all worked 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:39.240 out Yeah, we've had had Michael Coulter on the 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:42.619 show and talking about some of the the improvements 00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:47.240 that are forthcoming and We'll see if that new 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:50.619 building ends up being a reality and it's told 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:53.359 us a lot of those things So we're looking for 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:57.380 for great things in Hamventions to come well 00:25:57.380 --> 00:26:00.380 again the phone number if you want to join in 00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:04.180 on the conversation is eight one two six three 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:08.299 eight four two six one that's eight one two net 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:14.440 ham one and You can also Skype us or tweet us 00:26:15.210 --> 00:26:19.269 If you have a question about the National Jamboree 00:26:19.269 --> 00:26:22.589 or Jamboree on the Air, Radio Merit Badge teaching 00:26:22.589 --> 00:26:25.930 that or any of these other things. And it looks 00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:32.410 like here Jim, you've got some CW operators involved 00:26:32.410 --> 00:26:36.990 in Boy Scouts as well. Back in the day and as 00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:39.750 I always say back in the day when I had to walk 00:26:39.750 --> 00:26:43.190 to school uphill both ways Through ten feet of 00:26:43.190 --> 00:26:45.890 snow without any shoes in the middle of a sharknado 00:26:45.890 --> 00:26:49.609 We went to school at the same place. Yes, we 00:26:49.609 --> 00:26:55.730 did When when I did my radio bear badge we had 00:26:55.730 --> 00:27:01.190 to learn code and so You know, you said that's 00:27:01.190 --> 00:27:04.390 been dropped, but you still have some CW activity. 00:27:04.549 --> 00:27:09.230 So tell us about the CW Ops Award. Well, I'll 00:27:09.230 --> 00:27:13.390 actually mention too, way back in the day, to 00:27:13.390 --> 00:27:17.250 get your first class badge in scouting required 00:27:17.250 --> 00:27:23.210 you to learn Morris Code. And interestingly enough, 00:27:24.230 --> 00:27:27.640 but so, For a first class badge, you need to 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:31.259 learn Morris code. Radio merit badge, I think 00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:35.619 at one point it was 10 words a minute and it 00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:37.660 might have dropped down to five words per minute 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:40.460 and then in the 90s they dropped it entirely. 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:46.660 I'll mention a funny story. The CW Ops, we'll 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:49.660 get to that here pretty quick, provided an award 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:52.440 to the Boy Scouts of America, and I attended 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:57.019 their dinner at Hamvention, and I sat next to 00:27:57.019 --> 00:28:01.900 a guy there, a member of the CW Operators Club, 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:05.960 so he's a very high -speed CW operator. And he 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.680 said he was in scouting and he never earned his 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.460 first -class badge because he couldn't do the 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:17.480 Morris Code. So some things change, some things 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:21.200 change over time. But yeah, the Boy Scouts of 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:25.779 America was honored by the CW Operators Club 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:30.740 with their award for advancing the art of communicating 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:35.500 with Morris Code. And this is the second year 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:39.920 that they've made these awards. Some pretty distinguished 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:43.779 people have earned them in last year. The fellow 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:48.500 that wrote the art of the Zen of radio telegraphy 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:53.400 and some of the founders of CWOPS. So Boy Scouts 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.960 was very, very pleased to get that. And it was 00:28:55.960 --> 00:29:00.039 chiefly in recognition of the Morris Code interpreter 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:03.900 strip. And for those in the audience who aren't 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:07.259 familiar with this, it was introduced about four 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:09.980 years ago, three or four years ago by the Boy 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:13.480 Scouts. They have interpreter strips that go, 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:17.720 they're sewn on the uniform above the right pocket. 00:29:20.210 --> 00:29:24.930 Typically, they say Espanol or they'll be written 00:29:24.930 --> 00:29:31.789 in Arabic or Francais. Scout can see that and 00:29:31.789 --> 00:29:34.589 recognize that here's somebody that can translate 00:29:34.589 --> 00:29:37.150 for them, that can talk to them in their native 00:29:37.150 --> 00:29:41.809 language. So they introduced one in Morris code 00:29:41.809 --> 00:29:45.869 and it spells out in dots and dashes the word 00:29:45.869 --> 00:29:52.079 Morris. now the backstory on that is The radio 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:54.279 scouting committee the national radio scouting 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:57.299 committee was searching out a way to get recognition 00:29:57.299 --> 00:30:00.519 on the uniform a patch because that's what works 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:04.579 in Boy Scouts for amateur radio and we we our 00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:07.579 proposal to the awards and insignia committee 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:10.839 was why don't you just say ham radio on it and 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:13.539 and this will recognize the skill set that it 00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:17.390 evolved and they after quite a few weeks, if 00:30:17.390 --> 00:30:20.150 not months, of deliberation came back to us with 00:30:20.150 --> 00:30:25.089 a memo that said, well, we looked at this and 00:30:25.089 --> 00:30:28.829 we realized that ham radio really isn't a language. 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:31.420 And then we said, well, wait a minute. What about 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:33.420 Morris code? And we went back and looked at your 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:36.160 proposal and no, you didn't say anything about 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:39.740 Morris code. So no, we can't approve this. Well, 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:43.880 30 minutes later, we had a proposal in front 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:47.460 of them for the Morris code interpreter strip. 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.720 And about an hour later, they had it approved. 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.960 But and later I met. up in person. Actually, 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:01.660 he's one of the major Jamboree organizers. I 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:06.880 met up with Russell Smart in person, who was 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:10.380 on that committee, and he said, well, Jim, I 00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:16.819 guess we telegraphed our intentions to you. So, 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:24.700 yeah. Several years later, the CW Operators Club 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:28.259 recognized Boy Scouts for keeping Morris Code 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:31.319 alive and well. And it is a pretty popular patch 00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:35.400 for both leaders and the scouts. They can show 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.700 that you've got five words per minute, and you 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:41.319 can sew the patch on your uniform. Very cool. 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:46.339 Well, that's... Amazing and that keeps on going 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:51.500 so Good job. I'll get that proposal to them in 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:54.559 quick order that I didn't have a chance to to 00:31:54.559 --> 00:32:00.660 say no, so I Will mention as well there was a 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:04.940 the we did end up with yet another patch It's 00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:08.880 called the amateur radio operator rating strip 00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:12.940 And it says amateur radio operator. And it goes 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:15.519 on. I've forgotten which sleeve of the uniform, 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:20.099 but it goes back to there were rating strips 00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:24.740 for scouts in the 1940s. Earned several merit 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:28.200 badges and you could have the the radio man rating 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:31.619 strip. And there were several others. And so. 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:35.400 They liked our proposal and we got it approved 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:38.599 and so it's an official badge for Boy Scouts 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:41.180 of America. So we eventually got that one approved 00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:48.500 as well. Very good. 812 -638 -4261 is the telephone 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:53.140 number that spells Net Ham 1. 812 -Net Ham 1 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:57.799 or Skype us or tweet us. And join in the conversation 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:01.799 here with Jim Wilson, K5ND, the voice of the 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:09.890 K2BSA Amateur Radio Association. I know there's 00:33:09.890 --> 00:33:14.490 some other upcoming radio scouting activations, 00:33:15.430 --> 00:33:19.109 and over at my other volunteer job, over at Amateur 00:33:19.109 --> 00:33:23.069 Radio Newsline, we have Mr. Bill Stearns in E4RD, 00:33:23.089 --> 00:33:28.130 which I still love that call sign. And he gets 00:33:28.130 --> 00:33:32.910 on there almost every week and kind of runs down. 00:33:33.210 --> 00:33:36.410 what radio scouting events are coming up in the 00:33:36.410 --> 00:33:39.309 next few weeks. So that's another way that you 00:33:39.309 --> 00:33:44.089 can find out about some of these scouting events 00:33:44.089 --> 00:33:48.589 on the air is listen over on amateur radio newsline. 00:33:49.329 --> 00:33:52.329 But can you give us a few that are coming up 00:33:52.329 --> 00:33:55.490 in addition to the big ones here that we've talked 00:33:55.490 --> 00:34:00.000 about? Yeah, let me I've got to pull that we 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.420 actually on the K2 BSA website we have a calendar 00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:09.139 of the We have an application process if somebody 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:13.900 wants to use the K2 BSA call site for a scouting 00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:20.880 event and we're limited of course to the we authorize 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:24.559 K2BSA slash four in the four call sign area, 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:27.219 for example, so there can only be one at a time 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:33.719 on any particular day. But let's see. It is July 00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:38.880 29th. We've got K2BSA slash eight at Rock Creek, 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:41.400 Ohio at the Beaumont summer camp. They're on 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:46.679 the air. right now. Tomorrow K2BSA stroke four. 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:50.500 It's the Order of the Arrow Friday Net from Camp 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:55.559 Barstow in Batesburg, South Carolina. And then 00:34:55.559 --> 00:35:02.360 let's see K2BSA stroke zero at Camp Geiger in 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:06.019 St. Joseph, Missouri starts on Monday and is 00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:09.349 operating through the week through Well, wait 00:35:09.349 --> 00:35:12.389 through two weeks, two and a half weeks to the 00:35:12.389 --> 00:35:18.070 14th of July. K2BSA stroke eight, trail to eagle 00:35:18.070 --> 00:35:22.809 in Matamora, Michigan is on the air Monday, Tuesday 00:35:22.809 --> 00:35:28.050 and Wednesday of next week, 26th, 27th, 28th. 00:35:28.349 --> 00:35:34.190 And then we've got, let's see here. I should 00:35:34.190 --> 00:35:37.110 have mentioned this the USA radio scouting net 00:35:37.110 --> 00:35:41.550 is the second Thursday of every month and It's 00:35:41.550 --> 00:35:44.710 at 9 p .m.. Central time. It's on the next one 00:35:44.710 --> 00:35:50.210 is the 13th of July. It's on echo link the Jota 00:35:50.210 --> 00:35:55.969 365 conference note Jota -365 conference node 00:35:57.309 --> 00:36:00.170 And then, of course, the end of July, we've got 00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:05.090 the K2BSA National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. 00:36:05.989 --> 00:36:09.909 All right. So k2bsa .net for those. And again, 00:36:10.949 --> 00:36:13.550 amateur radio news line. You can listen for Bill 00:36:13.550 --> 00:36:18.710 over there and check those out. So again, the 00:36:18.710 --> 00:36:23.440 phone number 812. Six three eight four two six 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.280 one if you want to join in we have just a few 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.440 minutes left One other thing we can talk about 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:34.019 here. Well, we see if we have have any questions 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:38.280 out there is People that are teaching the radio 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.619 merit badge now I've gone through this and you 00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:45.139 know our club here in town has done that several 00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:50.559 times and and so It's always nice to have some 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:56.480 ideas. And we mentioned a while ago that those 00:36:56.480 --> 00:37:00.179 slide decks are available on the website, so 00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:03.179 you can just pull those down. But what are some 00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:07.280 tips that you have for those people who are trying 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:14.880 to teach the Radio Merit badge? OK, well, I've 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:22.039 not taught it. My suggestion for Radio Merit 00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:26.059 Badge or Jamboree on the Air or however you want 00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:30.300 to engage scouts with amateur radio is to go 00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:35.000 where the scouts are. So Radio Merit Badge, line 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.800 up with a merit badge university that might be 00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:42.579 happening in your... Local Scout Council, they're 00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:46.739 always eager to add more merit badges to those 00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:50.739 gatherings The Scout shows is there are a number 00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:55.619 another way to do that Mentioned before Jambri 00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:58.159 on the air, you know what weekend that is. It's 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.960 the third weekend in October work with a scout 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:03.880 unit, that's the easiest way to work with it, 00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:07.699 or the next level up is a district, or there's 00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:13.440 the council. But line up a camp out or a camperee 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:16.360 during that weekend, and that way you've got 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:20.889 a built -in activity for the scouts. I talked, 00:38:22.090 --> 00:38:26.449 field day was an opportunity to engage scouts, 00:38:26.610 --> 00:38:29.269 to invite them out to your field day activation. 00:38:30.510 --> 00:38:34.050 I've heard some were successful with that, but 00:38:34.050 --> 00:38:37.849 I heard quite a few were not. And it's the age 00:38:37.849 --> 00:38:41.670 -old problem of trying to get scouts to go to 00:38:41.670 --> 00:38:45.929 your event. Scouts are busy. Man, when I check 00:38:45.929 --> 00:38:49.289 in with my grandkids, They've got back -to -back 00:38:49.289 --> 00:38:52.750 events going on all weekend long, so it's really 00:38:52.750 --> 00:38:58.150 hard for them to check in anywhere. That's somewhat 00:38:58.150 --> 00:39:01.630 of a random activity. If they're already at a 00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:06.869 camperee, you're golden. So, while that's, I've 00:39:06.869 --> 00:39:09.210 taken your question about Radio Maribach and 00:39:09.210 --> 00:39:15.320 morphed it, but. But that's, I think, a timeless 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:18.559 message. Go where the Scouts are so that you 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:21.800 can be an activity where they're at. Summer camp, 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.800 many of these summer camps that I mentioned, 00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:29.300 they're there because they're putting on radio 00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:33.199 merit badge during the summer camp. So that's 00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:35.059 where the Scouts are. They're working on all 00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:37.599 kinds of merit badges, canoeing and swimming 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:41.460 and stopping by and checking out. amateur radio 00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:44.599 as well. That's a great way to do it. One of 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:49.360 the things that I've found in teaching, which 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:51.980 I teach outside of the scouting community, I 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:56.159 do it at the high school, is a captive audience 00:39:56.159 --> 00:40:02.920 always helps. That's a great tip. How do you 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:05.320 get kids to show up? Well, you offer it when 00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:09.719 they're already there. And that's a big thing 00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:13.320 because these kids are busy. They really do. 00:40:14.570 --> 00:40:18.170 do a lot of stuff. In fact, sometimes too much. 00:40:18.489 --> 00:40:22.550 And so if you can offer that at a time and location 00:40:22.550 --> 00:40:25.289 where they're already there, why that makes it 00:40:25.289 --> 00:40:29.170 a whole lot easier for them. So well, Jim, thanks 00:40:29.170 --> 00:40:32.710 so much for coming on. I want to finish up here. 00:40:33.570 --> 00:40:37.519 Just reminding everyone with some information 00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:42.619 here. In fact, K3FHP Dave over on QRZ .com said, 00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:45.360 just give me the dates and times and frequencies. 00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:50.460 So let's go over where somebody like Dave could 00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:54.639 find just dates and times and frequencies. So 00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:59.019 remind everyone about the websites and what's 00:40:59.019 --> 00:41:02.619 available there and the social media sites one 00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:09.969 last time. You bet, it's k2bsa .net slash jamboree 00:41:09.969 --> 00:41:14.170 -live. And we've listed all of the frequencies. 00:41:14.570 --> 00:41:17.489 There are actually frequencies, HF frequencies, 00:41:17.989 --> 00:41:21.690 that are designated scouting frequencies. And 00:41:21.690 --> 00:41:26.429 so they're used around the world, promoted primarily 00:41:26.429 --> 00:41:28.849 by the World Organization of the Scout Movement. 00:41:29.329 --> 00:41:34.150 We also list the EchoLink nodes. for the demonstration 00:41:34.150 --> 00:41:37.530 station, for the repeaters that are there, the 00:41:37.530 --> 00:41:41.110 D -Star reflectors and the D -Star repeater. 00:41:42.449 --> 00:41:48.909 So it's all there at k2bsa .net slash jamboree 00:41:48.909 --> 00:41:54.010 live and then monitor social media, k2bsa on 00:41:54.010 --> 00:41:59.869 Facebook and k2bsa underscore scouting on Twitter. 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:06.280 posting live when we are available and what frequencies 00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:12.059 that we're on. I'll also mention k2bsa .net has 00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:15.719 a Jambri on the Air email newsletter that goes 00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:18.340 out from time to time more frequently as we get 00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:21.519 closer to Jambri on the Air. So subscribe to 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:26.039 that and on every page in the upper right hand 00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:28.940 corner there's a subscription form and fill in 00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:31.260 your email address and your name and your call 00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:34.639 sign and you'll get on the list. We have about 00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:38.599 almost 1700 people on that list right now and 00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:44.059 the issue just went out today. The other website 00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:50.519 to look at for activities is JodaJody .info J 00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:55.099 O T A J O T I dot info. It's the world scouting's 00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:57.840 website for jamboree on the air, jamboree on 00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:00.840 the internet. And don't neglect a jamboree on 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:03.179 the internet for some of your activities this 00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:06.980 October. Propagation isn't our friend these days. 00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:09.380 And there's a lot of things that you can do on 00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:14.619 social media, Skype, YouTube, et cetera, engaging 00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:18.960 scouts and keeping them active for a really fun 00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:23.780 weekend. So, yeah, that's, oh, and Scout Camps 00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:28.880 on the Air, scota .us, Scout Camps on the Air, 00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:32.900 great way to find active events, what frequencies 00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:35.980 they're on, et cetera, and to register your own 00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:40.480 so other people will be aware. All right, Jim. 00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:43.639 Thank you so much for all that great information 00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:47.400 and hopefully we can get some people on the air 00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:51.539 to talk to the scouts at that National Jamboree 00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:54.079 coming up here in a couple of weeks as well as 00:43:54.329 --> 00:43:59.110 the Joda and Jodi. So that is a wrap for this 00:43:59.110 --> 00:44:02.409 week's edition of HamTalk Live. Thanks to Jim 00:44:02.409 --> 00:44:06.070 Wilson, K5ND, and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:44:06.070 --> 00:44:10.210 for listening and invite you back next Thursday 00:44:10.210 --> 00:44:14.309 night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. And if you want 00:44:14.309 --> 00:44:16.630 to know who's coming up on the show, you can 00:44:16.630 --> 00:44:20.050 go to HamTalkLive .com. There's a link there 00:44:20.050 --> 00:44:23.530 that says... schedule and you click on that and 00:44:23.530 --> 00:44:26.710 it will give you the latest schedule of upcoming 00:44:26.710 --> 00:44:30.369 guests. Again, HamTalkLive .com and click on 00:44:30.369 --> 00:44:34.250 the show schedule link. So for now, this is Neil 00:44:34.250 --> 00:44:40.829 Rapp, WB9VPG saying 7375 and may the good DX 00:44:40.829 --> 00:44:58.179 be yours. Thanks for watching!