K2BSA Amateur Radio Association

K2BSA/5 - Jamboree On The Air - Tulsa, OK
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19 | NC
At our Jamboree on the Air event near Tulsa, Oklahoma, We share the hobby of Amateur Ham Radio with Scouts/Scouters of All ages! We have several local radio clubs help support the event with ham station operators and their radio equipment. We introduce VHF/UHF/HF and CW modes as well as digital. It offers a chance to try for the “Morse Code” interpreter strip. Other activities include the “Radio” Merit badge class, a Fox Hunt using a directional antenna and hand held 5-watt HT receiver and the opportunity to take the FCC’s 35 question Technician license test while there. We are very blessed to have a generous private donor who also rewards Youth Scouts a new HT radio for passing! 73 Dave W5PPA

K2BSA/4 - Jamboree On The Air - Jupiter, FL
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
Last Year we were K2BSA /4. We had a Scout earn that their FCC license at our JOTA Camporee 2024. This scout was presented with the BSA Amateur Radio Operator Strip at the council fire and a flyer on how to get a free HT Radio. We had 197 participants at GSC JOTA Camporee 2024.
Gulf Stream Council is hosting a Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Camporee. This international jamboree is held annually on the 3rd weekend of October and uses communication technology to connect Scouts from around the world. Be a part of the world’s largest amateur radio scouting event that promotes friendship and global citizenship. Attending JOTA will satisfy requirement 7E of the Citizenship in The World Merit Badge. Activities include learning and using amateur radios (ham radios), lashing together a radio antenna tower, radio fox hunt (find the hidden transmitter), contests, council fire, meet members from local amateur radio clubs, learn about how to become a license amateur radio operator, see demonstration of technology, get help programming your radio, take the FFC licensing exam, and more. Enjoy a great weekend of camping.
Scouts can sign up for only ONE Merit Badges class. The MB class will be 4 hours block either in the morning or afternoon. Classes are limited to ten scouts. Some merit badge will have prerequisites. Scouts wanting to take and pass the FCC exam should get the Gordon West 2022-2026 Technician Class Book and start studying now. There are many free study resources, Ask WS4BSA for details. When not in merit badge class scouts should get on the radios and make contact around the world. See the JOTA Camporee 2025 Leaders guide for details.
The registration fee includes a full weekend of camping, meals, activities, and a JOTA patch. Meals will be served out of the dining hall on Saturday and Sunday breakfast. There will be NO day campers for scouts. There will be NO provisional campers so sign up and attend as unit. If units are hungry on Friday night visit the NYLT fundraisers Grill for dinner.

K2BSA/7 - Jamboree On The Air - Olympia, WA
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
Our goal for the Fall Cub-O-Ree is to provide a safe, adventurous outdoor camping experience centered around world citizenship through conservation and international communication. We are dedicated to pursuing the prestigious JOTA/JOTI, SCOTA, and International Spirit Award, emphasizing global awareness, cultural understanding, and environmental stewardship.
The event will feature activities designed to foster international camaraderie and environmental responsibility among our scouts. We are thrilled that councils such as Chief Seattle, Cascade Pacific, and Scout Canada have expressed high interest in participating, promising a rich and diverse experience that will broaden the horizons of our young participants and cultivate meaningful cross-border connections.
We believe this Cub-O-Ree will be an unforgettable experience, instilling valuable lessons in our scouts and reinforcing the values of global citizenship.
Activities will include:
Camping
Flag Ceremony
Range & Target Sports
o Slingshot
o Archery
o BB Gun
Fishing
JOTA/JOTI
o HF Radio
o VHF Radio
o UHF Radio
o DMR Radio
o Echolink
Dutch Radio Scouting Award (possible)
International Spirit Award
Leave No Trace
Outdoor Ethics Award
Messenger Of Peace
World Scouting Movement
Interfaith Service (Optional)
Cultural Games
o Gaga Ball – Israel
o Jenga – Ghana
Champions of Nature Adventure
Campfire Program
And more….

K2BSA/8 - Jamboree On The Air - Wheeling, WV
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
Provide scouts the opportunity to talk with other scouts around the world

K2BSA/6 - Jamboree on the Air / Dutch Oven Cookoff - Camptonville, CA
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
We are having our 2nd Annual Dutch Oven Cookoff and JOTA event sponsored by the Amangi Nacha Lodge Histum Yani Chapter of the Order of the Arrow. We have Operators from the local ARES organization come and assist scouts with contacts on 2m/70cm/10m/30m/40m/80m for the Radio Merit Badge. After the day’s events we have our Dutch Oven Cookoff.

K2BSA/0 - Jamboree on the Air - Des Moines, IA
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
Jamboree on the Air is coming! The third weekend in October is designated for the largest annual gathering of scouting world wide. This event takes place over radio and Internet – connecting local scouts to their peers around the country and the world. This year, a group of volunteers is organizing an opportunity for scouts in central Iowa to participate. We will be conducting our event at the Maytag Scout Center on Saturday, October 18, 2025, beginning at 8am for the Merit Badge and 10am for the open stations.
Radio Merit Badge:
For our Scouts BSA attendees, we will work towards the Radio Merit Badge. You will learn what radio is and get hands on learning through the various types of radio stations and modes (limited to the first 30 scouts to register).
Open Stations:
If the Radio Merit Badge slots are full, Scouts BSA can still “Get on the Air” from 10am to 2pm. All Scouts andCub Scouts (with adult partners) can have fun with our hands-on technical and educational stations from 10am to 2pm.

K2BSA/KL7 - Jamboree On The Air - Chugiak, AK
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
The Club KL7JFU members will set up go kits and portable ops and operate Saturday and tear down Saturday evening around 1600. We need about a dozen folks or more to support this, excellent training opportunity. We will operate DMR and HF, 2 meter and Valley Packet Bring your equipment, coordinate with Scott/KL7SLM & Don/KL7JFT, setup and tear down crews, coordinate with Don/KL7JFT folks to interface and training folks We’ll testing prior to the operation and assist the Cubs operate. Make sure the kids log books get signed and attendance list get completed. Possibly coordinate with Kathy/KL7KO to run packet, if it will work from the site.

K2BSA/5 - Council Camporee - On the Air - Damascus, AR
2025-10-24 - 2025-10-26
We’re doing a STEM based camporee. 3D printing, Amateur Radio, Rocketry, etc.

K2BSA/4 - Troop 374(boys)/375(girls) Radio Merit Badge Class #4 QSO - Annex Building, TN
2025-10-25
Originally applied to use K2BSA on 6/16/2025, but class #3 ran too long, and not enough time for the 10min QSO for each scout – need to finish up this requirement and complete their Radio Merit Badge.
