| Scouts Participate In Jamboree on the Air | |||
| Published Oct. 21, 2009
The Moapa Valley Radio Club hosted “Jamboree on the Air” for local Scouts on Saturday, October 17. The event was held at Logandale Fire Station 73. This annual worldwide event gives Scouts an opportunity to experience various aspects of the Amateur Radio hobby, and to talk with Scouts around the world via radio. Local Hams set up three radio stations that allowed interested Scouts to talk with other Scouts, to hear communications from the International Space Station, and to see the transmission of text and pictures over radio. |
 Boy scout Tanner Maughan talks to scouts in British Columbia over the radio with amateur radio operator, Don DeCaria watching. |
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| During the event contact was made with Scouts in British Columbia and Pennsylvania, and other contacts were made to Wyoming, Illinois and England.
Club members explained the wide ranging facets of the radio hobby and emphasized that Amateur Radio exists to serve the public during times of emergencies and disaster, where other means of communication may fail. Scouts were also treated to a barbecue lunch during the event, and were offered a tour of the fire station facilities from radio club members who are also part of Station 73. The Moapa Valley Radio Club hopes to hold a similar event next year. The club wishes to thank its members who set up for the event, and the gracious assistance of Fire Station 73 in offering the facility for their use. |
