Amateur Radio Event Helps Youths Connect to Others Around the World:

PALM COAST -- Herschel King Sr. Park was abuzz with activity as members of the Flagler Amateur Radio Emergency Service Organization and Flagler Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club joined in Sunday for the American Radio Relay League's national Children's Day event. Before the event officially began, there was plenty to do as members of both clubs readied a number of radio set-ups. With the help of members of Palm Coast Boy Scout Troop 402 various antennas were deployed in the trees in preparation for a day of contacting amateur radio enthusiasts around the continent. The dozen Boy Scouts, along with parents and Scout leaders, bicycled 10 miles to the site as one of the requirements for their cycling merit badge. Eight of the Scouts are working toward their radio merit badges and for some, this outing would complete the requirements for the badge.
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