Scouts


	My son’s Scout Group (2nd Bracknell) had their annual summer camp at the Gloucestershire County Scouting Centre, Cranham, from Saturday August 7th to Saturday August 14th.


	As some of the other Scout leaders are also licensed (David 2E0XDF, Justin M3XJF and Nathaniel M3XNF), I decided to join them for the week, and to take along my TS140S HF transceiver and 20/40m trapped dipole.


	My home for the week! The portable mast supported the 20/40m trapped dipole, a colinear for 2m/70cm and, courtesy of the Venture Scouts, the Jolly Roger flag!

Operating position when it was raining (most of the time)....

... and when it wasn’t raining. Mike (G4KFK) on the left, David (2E0XDF) on the right).

The site location was 51º 49’ 19” North, 0º 8’ 52” West. QRA IO81WT

Unfortunately both the site and the weather were not on our side! The site was surrounded on all sides by hills and very tall pine trees. We could work three repeaters on 2m. 70cm was completely dead. On HF, we heard USA, Canada, South Africa and Australia, though we only worked stations in Europe. Here’s the logbook:

Date	Start	End	Callsign	MHz	Mode	RST out	RST in	Name	QTH
8/8/04	08:21	08:29	SM3CUA	14	SSB	59	53	Jen	Sveg 61ºN
9/8/04	17:20	17:31	F4ECJ	14	SSB	59	58	Eric	Bordeaux
10/8/04	12:30	12:35	T94DO	14	SSB	59	59	Dal	Sarajevo
10/8/04	16:25	16:26	J42004E	14	SSB	59			Athens
10/8/04	16:26	16:30	4N4BB	14	SSB	59	59	Igor	Pancevo
10/8/04	16:32	16:34	EW1ZM	14	SSB	59		Roma	Minsk
10/8/04	17:18	17:21	YU7RA	14	SSB	59	57	Ljube	Belgrade
10/8/04	17:40	17:47	LZ2CJ	14	SSB	59	59	Wally	Breznik
11/8/04	15:25	15:26	IZ7FLP/P	14	SSB	59	59
11/8/04	16:44	16:47	9A1BOP	21	SSB	59	59	Katarina	Osijek
11/8/04	16:54	16:59	OE6ODD	21	SSB	59	53	Heimo	Kindberg
11/8/04	17:00	17:03	9A4KF	21	SSB	59	59	Milan	Hvar Island
11/8/04	18:06	18:09	SV1UT	21	SSB	59	57	Bill	Athens
11/8/04	18:11	18:12	SX2A/2	21	SSB	59	59	Savas	Salonika
12/8/04	11:40	11:50	PA3GGW	7	SSB	59	59	Marcel	Nijmegen
12/8/04	13:10	13:13	UA1UAV/QRP	14	SSB	55	55	Vlad	Near Ivangorod
12/8/04	15:46	15:47	SP5/SV5MXZ	14	SSB	59	59		Athens




	Of course, it wasn’t all radio. Above, the results of the quiz night. Below, Alan and I judge the Cubs’ Banquet Night. Bottom: Group photograph.