Jamboree on the Air radio station WB5BSA will be active for JOTA at John Nichols Scout Ranch Saturday 15 October from 9:00 am throughout the day.
JOTA is an amateur radio event connecting youth via HAM radio through volunteer amateur radio operators. JOTI connects via the internet with a chat room style of interaction.
These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting. Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.
Two additional JOTA stations will be located at Slippery Falls Scout Ranch and in Shawnee.
Explore Advanced Technology
Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.
Fox-Hunt
Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear. Find our electronic fox – a 21st century electronic hunt.
Radiosurgery
Discover how radiosurgery uses radio waves to remove tumors in medicine. Practice using an advanced radiosurgical unit to practice removing the warts off a pickle.
Saturday evening offers a special VISUAL opportunity for a window to open to contact the International Space Station in an overflight! The International Space Station will appear just after 7:45 pm on Saturday evening during a visible flyover for just 5 minutes. We will attempt a radio contact with it’s built-in packet radio via a very low power 5 watt radio and a home-built satellite antenna!
Attendance is free. A limited supply of JOTA patches are available on site for $4.00 each. Contact Doug Cook (KD5PDN), Radio Scouters Group, International Committee for questions.
Station WX5BSA will be a Dripping Springs Scout Camp in western Oklahoma operated by Venturing Crew 144, Gary Woodrow – Advisor (KA5BSA)
Station K5O will be at Slippery Falls Scout Ranch operated by Randy Patterson (KF5FBI) and Brad Snyder (KF5EWZ)
Station K5I will be operated by Gary Way (AE5OF) at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 302 E Independence, Shawnee, OK
Download our event JOTA 2011 Brochure (brochure change: ISS contacts now throughout the day and changing to 7:45 not 7:58 pm for Saturday)
JOTA BSA website: http://www.scouting.org/jota
2011 JOTA Fact Sheet for Leaders
2011 JOTA Fact Sheet for Amateur Radio Operators
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1 gary // Oct 6, 2011 at 9:21 am
WX5BSA will be active from Dripping Springs Camp… 73’s & good luck!
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