K2GXT helps Boy Scouts earn badges

Members of K2GXT, RIT’s amateur radio station, supported the local Boy Scout District’s 15th Annual Merit Badge University on Feb. 9. The group provided a half-day radio merit badge class in the club’s station. While most of the merit badge requirements cover radio theory, regulation of the airwaves, and propagation, the hands-on portion made use of the club’s HF and VHF radios to meet the final requirement of the badge.