[SEDXC] Boy Scouts reinstate Signaling Merit Badge for anniversary year 2010

[James Olson]

For a limited time only:  Signaling Merit Badge is back!  In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, four Merit Badges
(Carpentry, Pathfinding, Tracking, and Signaling) are being made
available during the year 2010.  These badges were retired over the
years, but have been brought back to help the boys connect to their
Scouting heritage as they look to the future.

As mentioned on a Scouting website:

"If this is a program you want to bring to your troop, the BSA suggests you track 
down merit badge counselors soon. For Carpentry, contact a local cabinet-making 
business. A nearby Homeland Security office could help you with Pathfinding. 
Signaling would benefit from the help of a local amateur ham radio group.  And 
for Tracking, try your state’s department of natural resources. Those are merely 
suggestions. Be creative!"

Work on the badges is not to commence prior to January 1, 2010 and is to be 
finished no later than December 31, 2010. 

Requirements:
Make an electric buzzer outfit, wireless, blinker, or other signaling 
device. Send and receive in the International Morse Code, by buzzer or other 
sound device, a complete message of not less than 35 words, at a rate of not 
less than 35 letters per minute.Demonstrate an ability to send and receive a message in the International 
Morse Code by wigwag and by blinker or other light signaling device at a rate of 
not less than 20 letters per minute.Send and receive by Semaphore Code at the rate of not less than 30 letters 
per minute.Know the proper application of the International Morse Code and Semaphore 
Codes; when, where, and how they can be used to best advantage.Discuss briefly various other codes and methods of signaling which are in 
common use.
As a special recognition, the badges will have a gold thread around the border of the emblem.  


http://usscouts.org/mb/signaling.asp
 
http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2010/01/historical-merit-badges-help-boy-scouts-celebrate-scoutings-past.html

Regards,



James Olson, W4JO

Regards,



James Olson