LFC Venturing News

Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to connect Scouts around the world, across the nation, and in your community. More than 753,000 Scouts and Guides from over in 150 countries and 12,436 stations participated in JOTA last year – its Scouting’s largest worldwide event.

The event is free and open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and leaders during the weekend of October 18 – 19 2014.  No registration is required – it is a come and go event.

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.

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Council Station Locations

Station WB5BSA will be at John Nichols Scout Ranch.

• Amateur Radio – Talk with scouts around the world.
• Fox-Hunt – Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear. Find our electronic fox – a 21st century electronic Easter egg 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.
• Satellite – communications if satellites are available and working
• Patches – A limited supply of JOTA patches are available at this site for $4.00 each.  Preorder by October 1 to guarantee your patches.

Contact Doug Cook (KX5DC1 at gmail.com) for questions.

Station AE5OF will be operated at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 302 E Independence, Shawnee, OK  Contact Gary Way  (AE5OF) at kf5cky@yahoo.com for information, time and date(s).

• Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
• Skype See who you are talking too during your contact.  A limited number of stations will have Skype connections for video and possibly other TV technologies for transmission.

Other registered stations around the USA are listed here: http://www.scouting.org/jota/registered_stations.aspx

For Amateur Radio operators desiring to register their station:

Register your station with the BSA here: http://www.scouting.org/jota/station_registration.aspx
Register your station with the WOSM here: http://jotajoti.info/sign-up-for-jota-joti/

Also send an email to Doug Cook (KX5DC1 at gmail.com) to get your station listed on this post as well.

For More Information

JOTA BSA website: http://www.scouting.org/jota
JOTA WOSM website: http://jotajoti.info/
Scout Leader help in getting ready for JOTA: http://www.scouting.org/jota/leaders_guides.aspx