Ham Radio Operators Have A Busy Day

By MAGGIE MCMURRAY

Moapa Valley Progress

Local Cub Scout, Grant Conger, age 9, tries out operating a HAM radio at the Jamboree Of The Air event. The MV Amateur Radio Club had a booth for the event at the Logandale Fall Festival. PHOTO BY MAGGIE MCMURRAY/Moapa Valley Progress.

It was a great day for local Ham Radio enthusiasts, with plenty to do, plenty of people to share their craft with, and plenty of time on the air talking with people around the world.

For the 60th year in a row, Ham Radio operators around the world were joined by Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts in the 60th anniversary of Jamboree on the Air.

Locally, the event happened in conjunction with the Logandale Fall Festival. Members of the Moapa Valley Amateur Radio club set up their own equipment and a booth on the lawn at the fairgrounds. They invited scouts and others to join them in talking to other Scouts around the world.

The Scouts worked in partnership with a licensed operator who taught them what to say and a little bit about amateur radio.

Cub Scout Grant Conger, 9, came to the Fall Festival with his dad specifically to participate in JOTA. He didn’t find another Scout on the air, but he found a gentleman in Indiana that proved just how small the world is.

Grant was assisted by licensed operator Don DeCaria who ran into a friend on the air that he had lost track of several years ago who he discovered was now living in Indiana. DeCaria was able to chat and catch up with him and his friend took time to visit with Grant while they were on the air.

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