RCARC sponsored a JOTA Station
October 15, 2011
10am-Noon
NW Corner of the Farmers Bank Parking Lot
1203 Memorial Blvd
Springfield, TN
We had a great turn
out of both Boy Scouts and Hams for our first JOTA station. See
below for a list of our contacts !!!
We'd like to thank the scouts from Troop 144 from Springfield for their involvement at our first ever JOTA event. They brought their trailer and set up a dining fly, tables and chairs and also assited our ham volunteers with setting up our HF wire antenna and ground radials. Lots of contacts made all over the globe from Austria to Japan and lots more. A few photos are shared below. More to come as they are sent to us.
RCARC JOTA 2011 Contacts
| Callsign |
Country |
State |
| OE5SXC | Austria |
|
| DJ6YX |
Germany |
|
| YT9A |
Serbia |
|
| 9J2A |
Zambia |
|
| K2K |
United States |
New Hampshire |
| AA8RP |
United States |
Michigan |
| W7XA |
United States |
Arizona |
| K7ULS |
United States |
Utah |
| J8OG |
Japan |
Photo by Bill N4LB
It all starts with an antenna. In this case a semi-vertical piece of 10-12 guage
electrical wire about 25 feet up in a tree with several ground radials
Photo by Bill N4LB
Setting up the table with plenty of extra help.
From L-R, Mike KK4EKH, Pat KF5KCE, Shiela Edwards, Robert N1LPE, Rick W4AKT, Paul N4ANN,
Eugene KE4APG, Sandy WB4SRX (partially hidden) and an unknown scout
Photo by Bill N4LB
Eugene KE4APG giving direction on the assembly of the scouts 10 x 20 dining fly
Photo by Bill N4LB
All together now!!!
Photo by Bill N4LB
Halfway up....that's teamwork....what the Scouts are all about
Photo by Bill N4LB
It looks like they have done this before!
Photo by Bill N4LB
Bill N4LB brought his Ten Tech HF Rig to use as a secondary station for monitoring CW and other voice traffic
Photo by Pat KF5KCE
Bill set up his rig on the main operating table but eventually moved it to another table for some separation and more operating room.
Photo by Bill N4LB
And then of course you have to have supervisors. Actually this 2m / 70cm J-pole was used as a receiving antenna for Bill's HF station.
L-R are Jake Barker, a former scout visiting from the Memphis area, Tommy KD4TJO and Tommy's brother-in-law
Tharen Haley visiting from Bolivar, TN.
Photo by Bill N4LB
And you can't get enough supervisors. Rick W4AKT and Sandy WB4SRX checking it out to make sure it's all ok.
(They might want to move away from that wire before the transmitting begins)
Photo by Pat KF5KCE
CQ JOTA....CQ JOTA...This is N4LB.....November Four Lima Bravo...calling CQ JOTA
Photo by Vince
Paul, N4AAN handles control operator duties while a scout makes a DX
contact and another waits his turn
Photo by Vince
Bill, N4LB (not in picture) set up this second station just for listening to some other contacts being made and a little CW to boot.
Bill also brought a great number of his QSL cards for the scouts to see.
Pictured above is Pat, KF5KCE (left) answering questions for a scout who has already shown an interest in gettng his license.
Photo by Vince
Thanks to The Farmer's Bank for the use of their side parking lot and trees for our station
Photo by Vince
Thanks also to Troop 144, both the scouts and their leaders for participating in the event.
Photo by Vince
Bill, N4LB (not in picture) set up this second station just for listening to some other contacts being made and a little CW to boot.
Bill also brought a great number of his QSL cards for the scouts to see.
Pictured above is Pat, KF5KCE (left) answering questions for a scout who has already shown an interest in gettng his license.
Photo by Vince
Thanks to The Farmer's Bank for the use of their side parking lot and trees for our station
Photo by Vince
Thanks also to Troop 144, both the scouts and their leaders for participating in the event.