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PA3FDQ > JOTA 08.10.95 19:41l 67 Lines 3195 Bytes #-11329 (0) @ WW
BID : 594-PA3FDQ
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Subj: JOTA Mobile Station calling you
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Sent: 951008/1217Z @:PI8NVP.#NH2.NLD.EU #:39026 {INTERNET-GATE} 594-PA3FDQ
From: PA3FDQ@PI8NVP.#NH2.NLD.EU
To : JOTA@WW
Dr. Scouts,
My name is Paul and I am a Radio Interested Scout (RIS#410) from Zoetermeer
in The Netherlands (Holland). My Grid Locator is JO22GB.
I am 38, have a lovely wife Monique, Daughter Sigrid (5) and Son Bauke (4).
I have been in the Royal Netherlands Navy for over 20 years, I am a life-member
of both Marine Radio Amateur Club (MARAC#005) and Royal Naval Amateur Radio
Society (RNARS#3302). I'm a Ham since 1979 and I have been a scout since 1964!
This JOTA weekend I am taking part as a JOTA Mobile Station. On behalf of the
national JOTA organisation a JOTA Mobile Station visits several /J stations,
to hand out the Participation Certificate to the JOTA stations.
A JOTA Mobile Station consists of a Scout and a Radioamateur, who travel by
car to the different /J stations. Scouts of these /J stations are supposed
to give directions as to how to get there, the Radioamateur in the JMS does
the radiocommunication and the Scout usually does the driving.
I have been doing this for some years now, and I like it very much. It is
great fun to visit the different /J stations and see how they have been set
up. Usually this is in the Scouts' Troophouse or in the local Hams' club
but other locations are present too. The antennas are quite often put up on
sometimes quite tall wooden towers made only from wooden poles and rope.
In the last several weeks I have collected many JOTA messages, passing by
on the Packet Network. I am sending this message to all originators of these
messages, hoping it will arrive in time for the JOTA weekend. I would like
this message to be given to the scouts of your group so they can make up a
return message to me, answering the questions listed at the end below.
(Ask a Radio amateur for help on questions you maybe don't quite understand)
Stations active for the 38th JOTA, noticed in my BBS so far, come from the
following countries: Australia, Brazil, England, Germany, Malta, USA, Italy,
Guernsey, Sweden, France, The Netherlands, South Africa, Switserland, Denmark,
Belgium and Spain.
Messages can be in English, Dutch, German or French. Unfortunately my German
and French are good enough to read but not to write. Messages in Afrikaans
won't be much of a problem to read, and I have some rudimentary knowledge of
Italin, Spanish and Portuguese. Try writing some in your own language and
if deemed usefull add the translation.
1. What is your name, (call if any,) Group name, QTH (town or city) and
Country, and what is your Grid(QTH)-locator?
2. What kind of group do you belong to? (cubs, scouts, guides, etc.)
3. What kind of JOTA activities do you do?
4. Did you make any direct radiocontacts with other JOTA stations?
5. Are there JOTA Mobile Stations visiting you in your country?
6. Anything else you might like to tell me about.
7. If you like a personal reply after the JOTA, to what call and BBS do
you want it sent?
8. If you like a QSL card, give the call it should be sent to through the
bureau. (100%, your card is welcome too, send to PA3FDQ R18)
Have a good Jamboree on the air, good hunting and a firm left hand from
Paul PA3FDQ@PI8NVP.#NH2.NLD.EU
/ack
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