The Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) is assisting the Athens Amateur Radio Club (AARC) in this year’s Boy Scouts Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA). In this event, Boy Scouts will be trying to earn their ham radio merit badge by participating in an amateur radio event. The scouts have to be on the air for at least 10 minutes to earn their merit badge.
This event will be held at the First United Methodist Church at 225 Lovers Lane in Athens on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend as they please. There will be demonstrations for both short range (2-meter, Athens to Cedar Creek) communications as well as long range (40-meter & 80-meter, with other scouts in other states).
The CCARC members will be wearing their noticeable red club shirts.