Leading Signaler

Leading Signaler Senior Scout Badge 1964 to 1967

To earn this badge a scout must do the following * 

(1) Send and receive a message of not less than 150 letters at rate 9 in Semaphore (45 letters per minute).

(2) Send and receive a similar message in Morse On buzzer at rate 8 (40 letters per 5 minute). On lamp at rate 6 (30 letters per minute). 

(3) Demonstrate that he knows a recognised procedure when sending and receiving a message.

(4) Improvise at least two methods of sending a message (one Morse and one Semaphore) at least half a mile at or over rate 4  (20 letters a minute).

Note. 90 per cent. Accuracy to be required in all tests.  Outdoor sending and receiving stations to be a minimum of 200 yards apart. Buzzer stations to be an separate rooms.       

.*The Requirements for each badge varied through issues of POR