For this year’s Jamboree on the Air (JOTAJOTI) Simon, G4SGI, provided an HF receive station and a 40m transceive station at 1st Hatherley scouts. Doug, G4IGN, kindly provided him 40m portable vertical antenna.
This was some of the hardest work of the year, but also the most rewarding because of the enthusiasm from the scouts, their energy and interest in what was going on. At 1st Hatherley (@1stHatherley) almost every scout who wanted to talk on the radio did so, and we had several expressions of interest from both scouts and parents on how to get licensed.
The transatlantic rowing team (@OceanRowing2013) were also there and had a lot of custom from the scouts. Watch this space for further developments regarding their ambition to include HF amateur radio on their trip.
