2007 Statistics and feedback
Attendance
There are 245 at the camp,
Scouts and Explorers 160
Leaders 41
Staff 34 plus 10 service crew
16 groups / units attended
Badges passed
A total of 121 badges were gained over the w/e.
IT stage 1 = 57
IT stage 2 = 20
IT stage 3 =
IT stage 4 =
IT stage 5 = 2
Electronics = 12
Communicator = 30
Electronic construction
148 units of this years project, an electronic dice were constructed.
A further 12 automatic night light project, were constructed by those taking
their electronics badge.
The electronic construction projects couldn't take place without the generosity of our sponsors:
Farady printed circuits, JPR electronics and KitroniK
Radio Orienteering
31 teams took part over the two days.
Some good times this year even with the transmitters placed so they were more
difficult to find.
There were two winning team who found both transmitters in 5 minutes, there
were also teams with 7 minutes and 8 minutes.
Joint winners in 5 Minutes: Wacky Racers from 6th Cheadle Hulme & Explorers Ben Bowen And Rosemary Philip
Joint second place in 7 minutes: Heather & Liana from 88th & Evil Penguins from 217th
Third place in 8 minutes Mafeking from
Media Skills
Webpages;16 personal webpages were produced.
Digital photograph; There were 311 digital photos taken.
Sound studio; Had 23 sessions and all sesstions produced a mix.
Radio (JOTA)
A total of 285 stations were worked of which 50 were scout stations.
Scout stations were worked in 10 different countries and a total of 44 countries
were worked which includes Scotland Wales etc.
HF1 (20m - 10m) 133 worked, 6 JOTA
HF2 (80m & 40m) 97 worked, 38 JOTA
VHF/UHF 55 worked, 6 JOTA
Interesting contacts included C52C in Gambia, VK2IF a JOTA station in Australia, the Liberia DX'pedition group 5L2MS, Oman, Japan, Barbados and GB2GP Uk scout HQ was worked 3 times over the weekend. HB50S (Scout HQ in Geneva) was heard on 40m however we didn't manage to make contact this year as they were extremely busy and the pile up was to great to break through. 2 JOTA stations, one in Kazakhstan the other in Italy (UN8LF and IR050J) were worked using CW.
Flight simulator
Over 40 scouts had a go at this, it was a very popular new addition. Some 15 managed to land successfuly with a little help. One scout even managed to land on the aircraft carrier as he was so good on the runway.
Big screen
As it was the world Rugby cup final we departed from the usual film in the evening and showed the Rugby.
Well over half the camp crammed into the building to watch up get robbed.