From KA6KBC
7/22/2008 6:49:32 PM (0 comments) 
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Back in the Day - I was very invovled in Scouting (Eagle Scout 1979 - Troop 512 Fontana, Ca) and Ham Radio - This was a fun event. Check it out.
73's - Bill - KA6KBC
WHAT IS JAMBOREE-ON-THE-AIR
The Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, is an annual Scouting and amateur radio event sponsored by the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Thousands of amateur radio stations around the world participate. If the conditions are right, it is common to contact a hundred Scouting countries during the weekend.
In the United States, Cub Scout dens and Boy Scout patrols visit a local amateur's ham shack during JOTA. Many districts and councils hold events that coincide with JOTA, where amateurs set up stations giving Scouts and leaders a chance to exchange greetings with Scouts from other areas.
WHEN
JOTA always falls on the third full weekend in October.
JOTA will begin on Friday, October 19, 2007, at 22:00 hours local time, and end on Sunday, October 21, 2007, at 23:59 hours local time.
http://www.scouting.org/International/Highlights/22-218.aspx
