ARRL East Bay Section

Announcing Northern California JOTA April 16 - 18, 2010

Posted by af6aq on April 2nd, 2010

Join Boy Scouts of America in celebrating 100 years

In 1910 the United States Congress officially chartered the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). During 2010 BSA will be celebrating its 100th year anniversary as an organization. They San Francisco Bay Area Council of BSA is hosting a centennial anniversary celebration jamboree at the Alameda County Fairgrounds April 16-18, 2010. Part of the celebration includes two “Jamboree on the Air” stations were amateur radio will demonstrated to youth and adults Scouts from across the Northern California Area. The public is invited to come and visit the Scouting Jamboree. Information is available at: http://www.100thanniversaryjamboree.org

The station will be demonstrating HF voice and code operations, VHF/UHF voice repeater operations, satellite communication, radio direction finding, and, CW practice stations.

The station (WZ6BSA) will be on the air April 16 noon to 5 M, April 17 from 9 AM to 5 PM, and April 18 from 9 AM to 12 noon (all times given are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC - 7 hours)):

            HF:
                        40 M    7.190  SSB     7.030 CW
                        20 M    14.290 SSB     14.060 CW

            VHF
                        147.540 FM Simplex

            IRLP
                        W6CX IRLP: 3057
                        N6LDJ IRLP: 7712

Satellite AO-51 (when in view of Pleasanton, CA)
145.880 FM uplink
435.150 FM downlink
no PL tone required

This station is sponsored by the Twin Valley District, of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, of the BSA, LARK members, and enthusiastic volunteers. We can always use help in operating the station during the times listed above. We are looking for great operators and if you can help out, please contact Mike Allison (kn6zt@arrl.net) and let him know when you can help. If you can’t make it to the fair grounds, please get on the air and talk to Scouts for their 100th anniversary.

Regards,Tom NS6T