The
Spartanburg Amateur Radio Club will participate in this year's Boy
Scout "Jamboree on the Air" which will take place on Saturday, October
20, at Morningside Baptist Church, 897 S.Pine Street, in Spartanburg.
The event begins at 8:30 AM and runs until noon. All members are
encouraged to support both the club and the Boy Scouts in this
activity. Here's how you can help:
1.
Attend the event. You don't have to stay the whole time, but your
presence will demonstrate to the Scouts that ham radio is alive and well
in Spartanburg. (Wear your call sign badge!) There will be plenty of
opportunity for you to be involved in the activities! Also, we will be
setting up the day before - Friday, October 19, at 4:00 PM - and your
help would be appreciated.
2.
Loan your surplus gear for the static equipment display. Any
interesting piece of radio paraphernalia would be appreciated: radios,
microphones, Morse keys, etc. It doesn't have to be pretty and it
doesn't have to be functional - it's for display only. We'd especially
like to have some home brew equipment. If you can't attend the event
but have gear you'd like to contribute, contact me - I'll pick it up and
return it to you (wa8ojr@arrl.net).
3. Monitor the K4JLA repeater (147.315) during the event and be prepared to answer our CQ's. We hope to have some Scouts ready to talk with you on the radio!
Many thanks for helping to make the 2018 JOTA a success!
73, Bruce WA8OJR
