Like just about every other human activity taking place this year, the 63rd Scouts and Guides Jamboree on the Air (JOTA63) and the 24th Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI24) were influenced by this pesky coronavirus.
As far as VK2MB was concerned, because the clubhouse has been shut down due to physical distancing limitations, we couldn’t have out usual hordes of potential Radio Amateurs in for a visit, so radio operations were out.
The other regular JOTA activity is past years has been to build a simple electronics project that the kids could take home. This year’s project was an electronic fidget spinner, constructed in the basement of the Frenchs Forest Scout Hall:
The kids had an hour and a half to assemble the kit and get it working. Most accomplished this in about an hour, with a little guidance and occasional debugging from the club’s “instructors”:
- Dave Mack
- Michael Friolsson
- VK2BDF Phil Angilley
- VK2BT Tim Jensen
- VK2CLF Clifford Heath
- VK2JNA Dom Bragge
- VK2SKY Richard Murnane
- VK2THT Sean Gannon
- VK2TMF Malcolm Faed
We look forward to hearing stories of exasperated teachers telling our builders to put the spinners away!
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