2018 JOTA

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From text edition for SEP 30 2018 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2018-09-30.mp3



Jamboree On The Air - October 2018

 With just a month to go before JOTA 2018 planning should be well underway for your Jamboree On The Air radio station. As Australia will be one of the first countries to start the JOTA weekend, making contacts with other JOTA radio stations within Australia would give guide and scout youth members a great start to their JOTA weekend experience.

 To assist radio operators in making contact with other JOTA Radio stations The St George Amateur Radio Society has setup a database where you can register details of your JOTA radio station such as callsign, location, bands and frequencies, operating times and contact details. The information collected on the database will only be shared with other users.

 Please consider registering your JOTA station at www.jota.sgars.org and follow the menu link.

 For more information email jota@sgars.org
 (Paul VK2GX, JOTA coordinator for The St George Amateur Radio Society)

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From text edition for Oct 14  2018 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2018-10-14.mp3



Hello Everyone, my name is Brett Nicholas VK2BNN and I am the Scouts Australia National Coordinator JOTA/JOTI. A reminder that next weekend 20th & 21st is Jamboree On the Air.
 
It is anticipated there will be more than 8000 Scouts and Girl Guides participating in Australia and more than 1 million world-wide.

Please check with the organisers of your station that you are registered on the official world scout registration system at http://www.jotajoti.info. You can register your station under the sign up menu. A list of registered stations is available on this website as well as a lot of other information.

If you are looking for JOTA contacts there is a JOTA Cluster run by the Radio Amateurs Zoetermeer. It can be accessed on https://www.pi4raz.nl/

The opening address will be broadcast by the WIA at 1pm local time on Saturday 20th October.


On behalf of the Scouts and Girl Guides of Australia I would like to thank the amateur radio community for their support of this great event.  Have a great JOTA/JOTI

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Jamboree on the Air looms large

 One million young people from around the world are expected to take part in this years Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet.

 These take place from the 19th to the 21st of October and are the worlds biggest Scouting event. Some 20,000 licensed amateur radio operators put 12,000 radio stations on the air. This offers an excellent opportunity for radio amateurs both young and old, to inspire Scouts with the charms of radio techniques. During JOTA- JOTI, Scouts and Guides will encounter numerous different languages and cultures in a worldwide learning experience that lasts all day and well into the night.

 From Far North Queensland, JOTA with the Tablelands Radio Group planning is well underway.  Mike/VK4MIK (Yes the same Mike that for years has brought to the world the AM - CW for ANZAC Day event) well Mike and the Tablelands Radio Group will be operating for Jamboree on the Air from the Northern Beaches Scout Den in Cairns using VK 4 GHL callsign.

 Mike hopes that they are able to contact lots of other JOTA Groups during the weekend of October 20 and 21.

 At present 100 Australian groups are registered as participating in JOTA. Australian scouts have a high participation rate of around 11.5%. This puts us in the top 10 participating countries.

 ( RSGB, theTARCinc, Brett Nicholas National Coordinator JOTA/JOTI )


From text edition for Oct 14  2018 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2018-10-14.mp3

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Scoutings Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Looking Forward to Successful 2018 Event

Some 450 sites in the USA are among nearly 3,000 locations around the world that are hosting Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) or Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) stations over this weekend, October 19  21.

The United States JOTA Coordinator, Jim Wilson, K5ND, said "One site that will be activated for JOTA is the Voice of America (VOA) Museum in Ohio, which hosts the West Chester Amateur Radio Associations club station WC 8 VOA. Member Jocelyn Brault, KD 8 VRX, grew up in Canada, where, as a 12-year-old, he took part in a JOTA event, making a friend in France and becoming pen pals. Years later, he became a Scout leader and a radio amateur."

The ham station in the VOA station has been hosting JOTA for the past 5 years and allows anyone in Scouting to participate from the museum. Wilson urged JOTA station coordinators to review the best practices and to try taking some video of JOTA-JOTI activity.

One million young people from around the world are expected to take part in this years Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet.

These take place from the 19th to the 21st of October and are the worlds biggest Scouting event. Some 20,000 licensed amateur radio operators put 12,000 radio stations on the air. This offers an excellent opportunity for radio amateurs both young and old, to inspire Scouts with the charms of radio techniques. During JOTA- JOTI, Scouts and Guides will encounter numerous different languages and cultures in a worldwide learning experience that lasts all day and well into the night.

From Far North Queensland, JOTA with the Tablelands Radio Group planning is well underway. Mike/VK4MIK (Yes the same Mike that for years has brought to the world the AM - CW for ANZAC Day event) well Mike and the Tablelands Radio Group will be operating for Jamboree on the Air from the Northern Beaches Scout Den in Cairns using VK 4 GHL callsign.
Mike hopes that they are able to contact lots of other JOTA Groups during the weekend of October 20 and 21.

Other Scouters at the top end of Australia are on air right now,
theTARCinc with Flinders Guides VK4AAH or VK4YWG at Bluewater Training Centre
theTARCinc with Loam Island, Alice River and Kirwan Scouts VK4SPP at Alice River Scout Den
VK2SBP 1st Chinderah Scout Group will be on air. Their Scout Hall is located at Chinderah, just before Tweed Heads.
They are lucky in that they have  ALL the Amateur Radio equipment, including antennas already permanently set up and apart from the usual HF bands, attending radio operators have access to the 147.225 and 438.100 repeaters on the Gold Coast, and the 438.675 repeater at Mount Nardi. They will also have world-wide access to IRLP and EchoLink Nodes via a local 2m RF Node. Operators also have access to local and international DMR Talk Groups.  Overseas:-
The Sandringham Scout Group, ZS 6 SSG will be among the 24 stations registered from South Africa to take part in this JOTA.

3rd Limerick Scout Troop on-the-air for 61st Jamboree-On-The-Air
Excitement is here asn the 3rd Limerick Scout Group from IO 52 NO, in which the Curraghchase Scout Centre in County Limerick, Ireland is located, are wireless camping in this woodland location.  The Expeditionary Radio Team from the Kerry Amateur Radio Group are again assisting the Scout Group. The group are registered on the JOTA website as participating so will be easy to track down. The callsign E I 1K will be used for the Jamboree.
The 3rd Limerick Scout Group are looking forward to meeting both fellow Scouts and amateur radio operators from around the world.  A short promotional you tube video on the 3 rd Limerick Scout Troop participation can be found at the link in the text edtion of this WIA news on  https://youtu.be/4N02U6Ze3nU
(SouthGate, RSGB & theTARCinc)


From text edition for Oct 21 2018 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2018-10-21.mp3