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11/03/2008 | WG9L
Intended to only make a few hundred Q's but ended up with over 450. It's always a goal to sweep but for the last 10+ years it's been too hard to devote enough time to make it happen. This year it looked like no sweep again on Saturday, but on Sunday,... Read More
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11/03/2008 | WA3FAE
I worked my first ever SSCW. It was almost as much fun as Field Day. In fact, it's a good warmup, as it involved only ARRL Sections.
I used an AP8A vertical elevated with 8 elevated radials, 4 for 20M and 4 for 40M. Not the best setup, but it was re... Read More -
11/03/2008 | N2EY
This year I did things a little differently. My first SS was 1968, when I made 81 QSOs.
This year I had the loan of a Kenwood TS-940SAT (quite a change from my 1968 DX-20/VF-1, thank you, W3RV), so I built a keying interface, pulled a Win98 PC off the... Read More -
11/03/2008 | K9WIS
A great contest. The first time I've had the rig on 2 years...Its just like riding a bike. You never forget how. Couldn't quite get the 75 sections,only 69 but had no problem gettng the QRP signal thru for over 200 QSO's. First time daylight savings ch... Read More
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11/02/2008 | N4S
The Scout's Jamboree On The Air was a great success and we had a large turnout. The youngest ham in the state of North Carolina, KJ4EDF Cameron Hasson, came all the way from Gastonia to be with us. Cameron is 7 years old. KJ4EDF Cameron will appear on ... Read More
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10/31/2008 | W4AAZ
Cal, W4GMH, and Bob, KI4MEU organized the best Boy Scout Jamboree On The Air for our club! We had three transmitters, two HF and one VHF, EchoLink, and two Internet Relay Chat stations. This was the 51st Scout JOTA and the 12th JOTI, Jamboree On The... Read More
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10/31/2008 | N6FC
I, along with four members of Girl Scout Cadetts Troup 2160 and two of the scout leaders, gave JOTA a short but informative try. We set up a remote location station in an urban neighborhood. The girls set up the antenna, a long wire connected to an AH... Read More
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10/31/2008 | K7LY
National Report
Jamboree-On the Air
10/18/2008
The Jamboree on the air was held on 10/18/2008, in beautiful Lake Havasu City, Az. The London Bridge Amateur Radio Club President Jerry France and LBAR member Garry Fisher helped Cub master of Pack ... Read More