K2BSA youth staff acted as operators for the Scouts talking to the space station - above, Brian N5ZGT helps a Scout.
Not really Martian fauna, but strange nonetheless...
Left, Shelley K2BS
Right, Chris NK8V
The Jamboree was, as usual, a huge undertaking. With the largest participation at a single Jamboree since the 1960's, the resources were strained to the limit, but nearly everyone coped with an attitude of "get the job done". A few particular memories:
Meeting many friends and acquaintances from my 27 years of Scouting, including some I hadn't seen for years, and others I only knew from overseas events.
The mess hall staff member warning us not to eat the mystery meat at dinner...
Having a staff member lose a loaned piece of equipment at an arena show, and while we were searching for it, learning that a Scout had turned it in to lost-and-found. Visiting his troop, and having them refuse our offer of a pizza party as a reward. Scouting does work!
One of our other staff members having a lost digital camera returned from lost and found with a new picture added, reading "You're Welcome! The transportation staff..."
Loaning my spare HT to our newest ham Scout, and hearing it on the repeater continuously for the next three days.
An inch of standing water under my bunk... for three days...
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One of the more interesting modes at this Jamboree was SSTV. For the first time, we were able to really demonstrate it, thanks to the SSTV speaker-mic from Kenwood, and software for the PC to decode the pictures (at right). | |
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I was able to send pictures around the K2BSA area, and quite a bit further, using the Kenwood mike on a handie talkie. At far left, Billie WB8TRK at the Mosby Road Staff Mess Hall, in a first test of the system, when I was able to send pictures of the night's meal to salivating staffers back at K2BSA. |
| This year's "super contact" was with the International Space Station. Seventeen Scouts got to talk to astronaut Susan Helms. For a complete writeup, with an audio recording of the contact, see the ARRL website. | K2BSA youth staff acted as operators for the Scouts talking to the space station - above, Brian N5ZGT helps a Scout. |
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The K2BSA "Mars Rover" Amateur TV demonstration was back again, with a twist. The Scouts were set the problem of steering a radio-control truck around a course set up outside the tent, as in 1997. This time, though they were looking for "Martian fauna" (stuffed animals). When an animal was found, it had to be identified in a "field guide" and checked off on a list. |
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Left, Shelley K2BS Right, Chris NK8V |
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