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Amateur Radio Ideas for Cub Scout Advancement
by Larry Wolfgang. WR1B 5/03

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Rank Requirement Amateur Radio ideas

Tiger Cubs

4G

Visit an Amateur Radio station. Learn how people communicate by radio. Talk to an Amateur Radio operator at another station by Amateur Radio

Wolf

6a, b

Learn about an Amateur Radio operator's collection of QSL cards. Postcards received from other Amateur Radio operators after an over-the-radio conversation.

Wolf

10e

With Akela, visit an Amateur Radio station and listen to some Amateur Radio operators talking with each other. Listen to several short-wave broadcast stations during your visit.

Bear

8b

Visit an Amateur Radio station. With the operator, talk to other Amateur Radio operators and ask them if they were ever in Cub Scouts. Ask them what it was like to be a Cub Scout then.

Bear

17c

Visit an Amateur Radio station and listen to the operators talking about world news events. During "hurricane season" listen to the Hurricane Watch net. Or listen to a "traffic net" passing messages between Amateurs. Talk with the operator at your station about how Amateur Radio operators can help with emergency communications.

Webelos

Communicator 4

At an Amateur Radio station, learn about at least 6 different ways that Amateur Radio operators communicate with other stations. Ask the operator to demonstrate single sideband voice, FM voice, Morse code, radioteletype, packet radio, slow scan TV and any other methods they would like to show you.

Webelos

Communicator 5

With the help of an Amateur Radio operator, learn to send messages to your friends using Morse code.

Webelos

Communicator 7

Visit an Amateur Radio station and learn how Amateur Radio operators send and receive messages to other Amateurs.

Webelos

Communicator 10

Ask an Amateur Radio operator to show you how they can send and receive messages with other Amateurs using computers and packet radio or other methods.

Webelos

Communicator 11

Under adult supervision, search the Internet for information about Amateur Radio. Learn about some of the ways Amateurs use the Internet to exchange information and share ideas.

Webelos

Family Member 8

Talk with your family about the ways you could use radio communication to keep in contact with each other on family trips and outings. Compare low power Family Radio Service radios with Amateur Radio.



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