Yolo Jamboree On The Air
 Yolo District Boy Scouts and the Yolo Amateur Radio Society are sponsoring Jamboree On The Air W6Y, a special event station. The Boy Scouts of Yolo County, Calif., are invited to visit to learn about amateur radio and contact Scouts around the world. The event is at Nelson's Grove, 1 mile north of Woodland on Highway 113 (East Avenue)10 AM to 3 PM on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. Phone Bill Ragsdale at 530-867-6241 for more information or mailto:K6KN@billragsdale.cc Boy Scouts may stay overnight.
Graphic QSL cards are available from Bill Ragsdale, K6KN, PO Box 1500 Woodland, CA 95776.
W6Y will be operating on Oct. 20, 10 AM to 3 PM PDT (1700 UTC to 2200 UTC), on frequencies 14.290 & 7.190 SSB and 7.070 & 14.070 digital plus local repeaters on 147.00. Our Echolink node is 303846 and IRLP 3895.
The Jamboree-on-the-Air is an annual, international Scouting and amateur radio event sponsored by the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. About 1,200 amateur radio stations around the world participate giving over 500,000 Scouts a ham radio experience. This is the 49th year for JOTA.
For the event flyer and registration form click here.
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