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K2BSA/9 – Troop 920 Ingersoll Summer Camp – London Mills, IL
June 11, 2023 - June 17, 2023
Troop 920 of Bloomington, IL will be attending Ingersoll Scout Reservation in London Mills, IL the week of June 11th through June 17th. Among summer camp activities, the troop will be operating an amateur radio station operating SSB, FT8 and other digital modes in the evenings and as time allows. This is the second year Troop 920 has activated an amateur radio station while at camp.
Ingersoll Scout Reservation (ISR) is the primary resident camp of the W.D. Boyce Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Located just west of London Mills, Illinois, the reservation encompasses almost 1000 acres of woodland and prairie between Fulton and Knox Counties.
Assistant Scout Master Andrew Blessing (KW9D) will be setting up and activating a Elecraft KX3, Yaesu FT-817 (maybe), and G5RV Jr, Inverted-V 40m dipole station during the weekend campout.
Afterwards, custom Troop 920 QSL cards designed by the scouts will be mailed out.
