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WEBELOS Woods 2007
QUIVIRA COUNCIL
October 20, 2007


White Buffalo District, Quivira Council held their Fall WEBELOS Woods during the Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) weekend and invited the Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society (BEARS) to participate. The JOTA event became one of the positions in the WEBELOS Woods rotation. Every scout had the opportunity to get an overview of Amateur Radio and talk on HF or 2 meter radios. The event made 51 contacts and had 297 Cub Scouts talk on the radio.

WEBELOS Woods was setup up for seven 50 minutes sessions with about 40 Cubs each. The event operated under the BEARS club call, kc0ahn. The area was setup with 5 stations; overview discussion, 40 Meter HF radio on a DX-LB Plus antenna, 20 Meter HF radio on a 20M half-square antenna, 2 Meter VHF radio on a Ringo Ranger antenna, 2 Meter VHF on a Yagi to reach a repeater with IRLP capabilities. Each session started out in front of Professor James for an overview of Amateur Radio. During the overview, groups of 5 were pulled off and sent to the radio stations. Every Cub who wished to talk on the radio had the opportunity to make a contact on at least one radio.

The station setup began at 1:00 PM on Friday, October 19, 2007. All antennas were up and tested by 7:00 PM. WEBELOS Woods started at 9:00 AM October 20, 2007 and ended at 6:00 PM. All the antennas came down and were packed in vehicles by 7:00 PM. The rest of the equipment was packed up and we left by 8:35 PM.

The following stations were operated:

> HF-1: ICOM 706 feeding a 20m half square at 30 ft.

> HF-2: Ten-Tec Omni-D feeding a DX-LB Plus at 30 ft.

> VHF-1: Yaesu FT-857 feeding a 2m Ringo Ranger at 30 ft.

> VHF-2: Yaesu FT-100 feeding a 4 element 2m vertical beam at 30 ft.

Amateur Radio Participants

> ac0eg Harvey event facilitator and photographer

> n5gui James (professor) lead the overview discussions with the Cubs

> kc0ifq Dennis HF-1 station captain
wa0gnc George HF-2 station captain

> kz0p Jay HF-2 station co-captain and recorder

> kg0bb Tom VHF-1 station captain

> kc0yji Ben VHF-1 station co-captain and recorder

> n0ld Randy VHF-1 station captain

> kc0mtm Samantha VHF-2 station recorder

> Scout Jon from Troop 736 station recorder

> Scout Dan from Troop 736 station recorder

> Scout Matt from Troop 736 station recorder

Thanks to the local repeaters that supported the VHF event:

> Newton Amateur Radio Club, Newton KS - 146.61

> Wichita Amateur Radio Club, Wichita KS - 146.82

> Air Capital Tec-Ni-Chat Amateur Radio Club, Wichita KS 146.94

Below are some pictures from the event.

Harvey Jones
ac0eg -- AC0EG