Radio Merit Badge
Explore radio safety, signals, hardware, regulations, cell phones, and specialized radio activities while preparing for counselor discussion.
What this badge covers
Scouts work through the course requirements in order, review key ideas, and prepare to explain what they learned with real examples during counselor review.
Badge summary
Radio Merit Badge helps Scouts understand how radio waves carry information, how radio equipment and services work, and how people use radio safely in everyday life, emergencies, hobbies, and careers. Scouts explore the spectrum, radio hardware, regulation, cell phones, and one of several hands-on radio paths while building practical communication knowledge.
What Scouts should be ready to do
- Learn how the badge topic affects everyday life and modern technology.
- Practice safe, responsible, and ethical use of digital tools and information.
- Work through guided activities in sequence and save your progress by course.
- Prepare to discuss your work with a merit badge counselor.
Ready to begin?
Start the guided merit badge path and work through each requirement in order.