- Rover Scout
- Explorer Scout
- Emergency Service
Fig. 1: AS-23-Front
- Size: 64 mm x 17 mm
- Shape: Rectangle
- Material: Twill
- Border: Cut-edge red
- Background: Red
- Lettering Color:
- Design: Black ziz zag inside white circle + left wing
Fig. 2: AS-23-Reverse
- Back: Gauze reinforced starched
Item Name: Air Scout Communication - Craftsman
Item ID: AS-23
Collector Rating: 0
Requirements (1947-49)
1. Explain the difference between direct and alternating current; give at least three advantages for each, and demonstrate a method of determining which kind flows in a given circuit. Make a simple electric magnet, and explain its use in a radio, buzzer, and telephone.
2. Demonstrate how to rescue a person in contact with a live electric wire, and a knowledge of the methods of resuscitation of a person unconscious from shock.
3. Alternately send and receive by radio or buzzer messages for a consecutive period of at least ten minutes, averaging 40 characters per minute.
4. Draw a wiring diagram of a simple receiving set for use on short wave with vacuum tube detector and one stage ampliflier. Use correct symbols and show all essential apparatus, including antenna and telephones. Describe each detail of apparatus and explain briefly the use of each. Using the above diagram, explain how this receiving set could be made to operate also as a transmitter.
5. Construct a working receiving set and demonstrate its operation by receiving signals from at least three different stations.
6. Alternately send and receive message by either Morse Code or Semaphore Code with flags for a consecutive period of at least 10 averaging 35 characters per minute.