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April QST Coverage

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Check out the great Radio Scouting stories in the April Issue of QST Magazine.

Amateur Radio Service to Scouting Award. A new Scouting square knot award administered under the BSA’s Community Organization Award Program. Operated by ARRL, the final details of the program are still under development. See page 76 in the Board of Directors meeting report.

Amateur Radio Operator Rating Strip. Great write up on this new rating strip on page 80.

Radio Scouting is in the national amateur radio news. Is it in the news for your local ham radio club? Here’s two items that are ready made to share with your fellow club members.

 

JOTA 2013 Patch

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Check out the new 2013 Jamboree on the Air Patch.

Jamboree on the Air 2013 Patch
Jamboree on the Air 2013 Patch

Eagle Project Ideas

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We had a Life Scout ask for recommendations for Eagle Scout projects that involve amateur radio. So we fired off a message on the K2BSA Facebook Page and on a couple of email lists. You can see the results in the document titled Eagle Project Ideas involving Amateur Radio

Jamboree Staff Webinar

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The K2BSA 2013 Jamboree Chairman, Jim, K5ND, conducted a webinar for staff members on February 2. You can find the slide deck here.