Tanworth Scouts on the Air!
Talking on-air to a Danish amateur was one of the highlights when Wythall Radio Club hosted 1st 
Tanworth-in-Arden Scouts.
Operating from Sjaelland Island, Denmark, Frank OV1CDX very generously exchanged greetings messages with all eight Scouts on 40m SSB, even though he was being called by many stations.
Thank you, Frank! You gave the Scouts a real buzz!!
Here’s Pete, M5DUO, in QSO with Frank.
They developed their skill in copying SSB for the first time, and on the noisy 40m band, as a result of a practice session with David, G0HVN, on the Club’s much quieter 2 meter FM channel earlier in the evening.
The eight Tanworth Scouts spent the evening with us training for their Communicator Badge. The Scouts used QSL cards to identify country prefixes, learnt about propagation using WebSDR and moon-bounce, and started logging amateur stations – they need 25 for their badge.
We also talked about JOTA and introduced the opportunity to study on-line with the Club for a Foundation licence.
We wish ’73s’ to Caitlin, Alex, Sean, Thomas, Izzie, Daisy, Erin and Olivia, and Scout Leader Karl! And we look forward to hosting the second group of Tanworth Scouts next month!
