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World Scout Jamboree Gearing Up for Significant Amateur Radio Presence

04/30/2019

Amateur Radio will play a role in this summer's 24th World Scout Jamboree in 
West Virginia, the first World Jamboree held in North America. The Jamboree 
has chosen the theme "Unlock a New World." Thousands of Scouts and Scout 
leaders from some 200 countries are expected to attend. The Jamboree's Amateur 
Radio Exhibit will use the call sign NA1WJ -- North America's 1st World 
Jamboree. It will be on the air during the event, July 22 until August 2, at 
the Summit Bechtel Reserve, hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the US. Amateur 
Radio testing is expected to begin as early as July 14. Operating frequencies 
will be posted in real time via Facebook and Twitter or via an NA1WJ email 
group.

"The goals of the Amateur Radio station at the World Scout Jamboree are to 
introduce Amateur Radio to Scouts and Scout leaders through hands-on 
participation in two-way communication with other stations across the globe. 
This activity will also serve as the Amateur Radio voice of the Jamboree," the 
World Scout Jamboree Amateur Radio Exhibit Operational Vision document states. 
Other facets of Amateur Radio at the Jamboree will include Amateur Radio 
direction finding (ARDF), Amateur Radio satellite contacts, and a scheduled 
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with an ISS 
crew member.

"We also expect to launch one or two balloons with Amateur Radio payloads and 
track them as they cross the Atlantic," the vision document continues.

Organizers are encouraging radio amateurs around the globe to get on the air 
during the World Jamboree to help NA1WJ demonstrate Amateur Radio for Jamboree 
visitors.

The 2019 World Scout Jamboree operation at the Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve 
will take advantage of lessons learned by the K2BSA Amateur Radio operation 
during the 2013 and 2017 USA National Jamborees. It will also take advantage 
of the existing infrastructure, which includes three VHF/UHF repeaters 
installed by Icom America, as well as the utility poles for installing 
antennas. K2BSA ham gear stored in West Virginia includes antennas, rotators, 
and cables.

Evening operation from NA1WJ will involve at least two operators using the 
buddy system. VHF-UHF repeaters will offer full coverage of the Jamboree area 
via handheld transceivers, facilitating networking as well as emergency 
communication. The exhibit will include an Amateur Radio station with the 
special event call sign W8J.

The Demonstration Station will include multiple operating positions offering a 
variety of modes. These include six stations with 100 W HF transceivers, 
computer logging software, and large screen computer displays; two VHF-UHF 
stations for demonstrations and repeater monitoring, and two satellite 
communication systems. The antenna farm will include two HF directional 
antennas, three HF dipoles, three HF vertical antennas, VHF/UHF verticals and 
satellite antennas with azimuth and elevation control, a trailer-based 
crank-up tower, a five-band Yagi, a 40-meter rotatable dipole, and a 6-meter 
Yagi.

Each station will be able to accommodate four participants at a time, plus one 
control operator. The goal is to give each participant up to about 10 minutes 
of operating time

The K2BSA Amateur Radio Association will host a "Radio Scouting" booth at 
Hamvention« (Booth 2205 in Building 2).

Later,
Sean

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