JotA 2014 wrapped up about 10 AM today after a very successful weekend of camping and ham radio activity.  NCRC setup VHF and HF stations at Glen Park, and held the Radio Merit Badge class again.  The scouts seemed even more interested in ham radio this year, perhaps due to the band openings that were providing excellent DX opportunities, and the ability to chat with other scouts in Mass using the VHF gear.

Rob White, KB1ZZU, did an excellent job pulling together the team, and will be presenting the results during next month’s meeting.  Dave Brown was also there so we can look forward to more of his excellent photos.

Willy and Rob launch the HF antenna over the trees

Rich and Chuck get the VHF Station on the air

Willy helping Josh work DX on 17 meters

Scouts relaxing by the fire after a long day of rag chewing

(Photo Credit to John King and Bob Beatty)

W1SYE will be on the air this weekend, starting at 8:30 AM Saturday morning, as the Jamboree on the Air station for the Boy Scouts.  Each scout will need to make 10 minutes worth of QSOs as part of their merit badge requirements.  We will be staffing a HF station and a VHF station, and would very much like to have club members standing by to help a scout with a QSO.

If you can help us out, please go to this link

W1SYE is running a special event ILLW station from Beavertail Lighthouse.

if you would like to contact us please try 20m around 14.260 MHz