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World Scouting Centenary opens Down Under
Celebrations of the Scouting Movement's founding 100 years ago will
first happen via amateur radio at Scouts Australia's Jamboree 2-13 January
with the special event call sign VI3JAM being
activated.
The Scout Radio & Electronics Service Unit
(SRESU) of Victoria has rostered a team of volunteers and secured sponsorship
for this special event.
ICOM Australia has supplied ham radio equipment and Amateur Radio Victoria
is contributing funding and other high level support, while the national
WIA is providing promotional pamphlets, posters, call books and some
foundation licence manuals.
The Australian Jamboree is held every three years with organisers expecting
13,000 to attend AJ2007 - the 21st Australian Jamboree - at Elmore in
northern VK3.
Also throughout the centenary year, at specially planned celebration days,
the Scout Radio and Electronics Service Unit will be activating VI3SAA.
These will include massive displays in Melbourne's Treasury Gardens and
breakfasts hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria at Government
House, Melbourne.
Two commemorative QSLs will be issued VI3SAA reflecting the Scouting Centenary
theme 'One World One Promise', and VI3JAM in celebration of the 21st Australian
Jamboree.
Jim Linton VK3PC
More detail on that amateur radio activity will be posted on the website
vi3jam.com
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