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Watch this page for updates on the operations of GB100J
August 12, 2007:
It is over.... The Jamboree is over and most GB100J ops are home now. We will update the site with photos and stories over the next weeks.
Thanks to all and see you in Sweden in 2011!
links:
22nd World Scout Jamboree
August 4, 2007:
ARISS Live Video Stream:
We will have live video streaming from the link up at:
http://www.streamingwizard.com/clients/howard.asx
The streaming will start 5 minutes before the link-up (21:10 UTC) and will close 5
minutes after the contact. There are only 200 slots available so be on time!
July 29, 2007:
We are having some challenges here at the Jamboree……
Despite the fact that the weather is bad in most of the UK we have had only a few severe rainstorms.
The main challenge is electricity. We have not jet received our own generator so we are running low power (>50 Watt) and we don’t have all stations on the air.
The (limited) electricity was connected yesterday so we are about 2 days behind schedule building the station.
Please be patient and watch the clusters for our low power operation.
July 20th 2007:
We have gotten word from Gaston ON4WF that the scheduled ARISS contact will be on Saturday August 4th, 2007 at 21:10 UTC. This will be 22:10 Jamboree time.
The time slot we got is towards the end of Crew Presleep, but the NASA BME/Surgeons approved the interruption of the Crew's regular schedule.
If you are within the footprint of the ISS listen to 145.800 Mhz for the downlink or listen to EchoLink for full coverage of the ARISS contact.
July 19th 2007:
CQ100 - Subject to having a suitable Internet connection besides being QRV on EchoLink we will also be QRV on CQ100.
On CQ100 call us on 14.200MHz for the calling frequency and then we will QSY to 14.290MHz.
links:
EchoLink
QsoNet - CQ100
July 18th 2007:
Licensed Radio Scouts attending the WSJ:
If you are from a CEPT country or a country with a reciprocal agreement with the UK (Ofcom) you are allowed to bring a HT to the WSJ provided that:
1 – You bring a copy of your license
2 – Abide by the UK bandplan and licensing restrictions
3 – Don’t interfere with the operation of GB100J
The European Radio Scout calling frequency is 145.525 MHz. The UK 2M band is from 144.000 MHz to 145.9875 MHz with 12.5KHz step. Repeaters in the UK can be found from 145.600 to 145.7875 with 600KHz down shift.
If you are NOT from a CEPT country or a country with a reciprocal agreement with the UK DO NOT bring any equipment to the UK and Jamboree site. Bring a copy of your license (preferably with an English translation) and we might allow you to operate GB100J under supervision.
Links:
Ofcom
CEPT
UK Repeaters
Other Special Event Scout Radio Stations:
HB100JAM/J - July 27th to August 8th from the Kandersteg International Scout Centre at the KanderJam.
PA100SHJ/J - July 28th to August 7th from the Haarlem Jamborette in the Netherlands. They even have a webcam page so you can see them live.
VK6SAA - July 29 to August 3rd from Perth Australia. They will be on IRLP node 6772 and EchoLink 317406 or 57081. Besides SSB on HF they will also use PSK31 and SSTV.
Various - August 1st. There will be many Special Event Scout Stations participating in the Sunrise Netwok.
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