The Amateur Radio Station of the National Boy Scouts of America, K2BSA, has a permanent home at Camp Wisdom in Dallas, Texas. The station's trustee is Ray Moyer, WD8JKV, and the station manager is Frank Krizan, KR1ZAN.

K2BSA's equipment consists of two HF operating positions, a VHF/UHF satellite position, VHF/UHF voice and packet position and amateur TV (ATV) operating position. The station will soon have APRS capability.

The station is operated during Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and several other weekends of the year. Maintenance is done by Crew 73 members and Advisors of Richardson, TX.

Beginning in September, 2000, K2BSA will be operating and open certain Saturdays of each month for visiting Scout groups to tour and talk with other Hams and, perhaps, other Scouts around town, around the country and, often, the world. Watch the K2BSA web site  for details or call the Circle Ten Council reservations desk 214-902-6764 (beginning in July 2000) to schedule a visit.

If you're a registered Scouter and would like to help with operation, expansion or maintenance of K2BSA, please contact Frank Krizan at kr1zan@arrl.net.

Wondering about those K2BSA/0, /1 ... /9 calls you hear during JOTA and other times? The K2BSA portable call is available for use by groups at Scouting functions. You must QSL directly to the group using the portable call. For more information regarding use of a portable call, contact WD8JKV at rmoyer@netbsa.org.
 
 

For more information, including directions to Camp Wisdom, contact K2BSA via email at k2bsa@qsl.net.

Updated 4/6/00