Amateur Radio is seen by many as the hobby of gray haired old men listening to scratchy noises. There is so much more to the hobby. WSPR is one of…
Try Something Exotic!
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SDR – Try it out
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Have you ever wanted to listen to Short Wave Radio but you don’t have the equipment? Tecsun, an Australian company in NSW have made available a Software Defined Radio (SDR) on the…
HF and Shortwave bands can be full of strange voices and noises. Some good fun can be had by experimenting with radio and PC , Mac or Android devices to try to…
Just a reminder to everyone studying for the VHF Marine Radio (SROCP) Assessment… Practical Component From 1 August 2017 a practical component will be included in the examination process. Applicants…
With warmer weather many scouts and their families are heading out on the water in boats. Marine safety in Victorian coastal waters has received a major boost with the launch…
Post JOTA / JOTI Reporting
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Reporting Just a reminder that we need to collect information over the weekend to compile your reports. Can you remind your JOTA JOTI stations to capture numbers over the weekend?…
JOTA / JOTI 2017
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Welcome to the JOTA / JOTI 2017 Blog Post. Firstly, some international links that you may find valuable.Useful links: An introduction to JOTA-JOTIPurchase JOTA-JOTI merchandiseScoutlink, for Internet Relay Chat (IRC),…
USA Scouts are Radio-active this season, there are many national Scout camps on the air this summer. One of those is K2BSA from the USA National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia.…
SPOT Tracker has returned
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SPOT has returned from Central Australia and spent a day exploring Adelaide. 1st Highton Scouts – Sent their last SPOT Message before returning to Victoria.
SPOT goes for a walk
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Scouts from 1st Highton will take SPOT for a walk to Central Australia in July 2017. This will be SPOTs first adventure out side of Victoria. We wish 1st Highton…