Monthly Archive: June 2016

Jun 19

Shared Amateur Radio with Boy Scout Troop 148

Late entry from June 14, 2016

My son is a member of Troop 148 of the Grand Teton Council here in Southeast Idaho.  His troop has an activity  every Tuesday evening and frequent overnight camp-outs as well.  On this past Tuesday afternoon I received a phone call from our Scout Master asking if I would talk to the boys about Amateur Radio.

After accepting the invitation I hung up the phone and paused to think about what I’d just done.  Great Scott!  I didn’t have anything prepared in advance.  I was at work and the meeting time was shortly after … -continue reading