Otschodela Council Amateur Radio Group (OCARG) is dedicated to the enhancement of the Scouting
program through amateur radio and to the advancement of amateur radio in Scouting. Membership is
open to any and all Scouters, amateur radio operators, Scouting and ham clubs and organizations,
and all individuals, each with an interest in the Boy Scouts of America, World Of Scouting Movement,
Girl Scouts of the USA, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and other youth
organizations as they relate to amateur radio. While originally intended for Otschodela Council,
Oneonta, New York, OCARG has expanded into a worldwide organization with members in more than 28
states and provinces, and eight nations. There are no membership dues, no officers, no constitution,
no newsletter charges, no commercial advertisements, and no organized meetings. All communications
are via email or ham radio. All that is required to join is an interest in ham-Scouting and an email
to k2frd@ocarg.org requesting membership. OCARG is an FCC-licensed Amateur Radio Club Station with
the callsign KZ2BSA. The OCARG EAGLE, newsletter of the Otschodela Council Amateur Radio Group is published
by Fred Stevens K2FRD, VO2FS. The EAGLE in PDF format is best read with the latest version of Adobe Reader
v.7 (activates hyperlinks) available at: Free
Adobe Reader
EFFECTIVE with the June 2007 edition, the OCARG EAGLE will cease publication due to the Editor-Publisher's
two cancers and non-availability of a replacement editor.
HISTORY The Otschodela Council Amateur Radio Group had its humble beginnings following a Council
Camporee in May 2000 in which the 90th Anniversary of Troop 1, Unadilla, NY was celebrated with a 15-operator
Special Event Station, sponsored by the Chenango Valley Amateur Radio Association (Chenango Co, NY) using the Boy Scouts
of America callsign K2BSA. Troop 1 is the oldest documented
continuously chartered Boy Scout Troop in the United States, so a lot of attention was drawn to the activity.
The Special Event was an overwhelming success and those of us who participated, all Scouters with ham radio
licenses decided we had a good thing going, so organized as a Council-recognized radio club using the callsign
KZ2BSA. Keeping tabs on one another was a problem due to distance and topography (couldn't reach all of us on
a single repeater or HF frequency), so an online newsletter came into being. The word about this newsletter
quickly spread, subscription requests flowed in from well beyond the original Council boundaries, and the OCARG
EAGLE became an international ham-Scouting publication. We claim it is the only regularly published newsletter dedicated
to ham radio in Scouting and Scouting in ham radio. Nobody has ever successfully challenged this claim and we continue
to grow in readership with each issue.
CURRENT AND ARCHIVED OCARG
EAGLES. Note: Effective June 2004, all EAGLES are sent to subscribers in PDF format. Also, EAGLEs from 2000 through 2002
are now uploaded in PDF from their original Rich or Styled Text email format, albeit most with images missing. Most 2003 EAGLE editions are in html
and may be missing images. Earlier EAGLEs will have URLs (hyperlinks, website addresses) which no longer are valid. We will print out a specific edition to mail via USPS upon request, presuming we have the copy in the archive.
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October JOTA Supplement 2005
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EAGLE copies from November 2003 to May 2004 are missing. If anyone has copies, please send them to the Editor-Publisher K2FRD.
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OCARG Links. Please contact Editor to have your link included:
Contact/Subscribe
To The OCARG EAGLE (No spam, no ads, no cost, no strings)
Chenango
Valley Amateur Radio Association
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HERE FOR MORE LINKS TO AMATEUR RADIO AND SCOUTING This page needs to be updated.
K2FRD
Home Page
Otschodela
Council, Oneonta, NY Home Page
Brief
Description of Otschodela Council
Links to local Amateur
Radio Clubs with ties to Boy Scouting. These links need to be updated.
Oneonta
Amateur Radio Club
Margaretville
Amateur Radio Club
Walton
Radio Association
Otsego
County Amateur Radio Association
NEWS UPDATES:
UPCOMING OTSCHODELA COUNCIL AND OTHER SCOUTING EVENTS INVOLVING AMATEUR RADIO:
28 APRIL 2007 LINCOLN TRAIL HIKE, ILLINOIS.
18-20 MAY 2007 DAYTON HAMVENTION, DAYTON, OHIO
2007 JAMBOREE ON THE AIR 19-21 OCTOBER 2007.
FOOTHILLS DISTRICT, OTSCHODELA COUNCIL FALL CAMPOREE AND JOTA 19-21 OCTOBER 2007
Page Last Updated 14 April 2007 by K2FRD