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Packet radio version of the first JOTA circular, issued by the
World Scout Bureau in Geneva June 1998
41st Jamboree-On-The-Air, 17 - 18 October 1998.
In this circular please find the first announcement and the
information for the largest annual WOSM event, the
Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA). The JOTA will be held this year for
the 41st time during the weekend of 17 and 18 October 1998.
Please forward the details to your interested scout groups.
What is the Jamboree-On-The-Air ?
The JOTA is an annual event in which about 500,000 Scouts and Guides
all over the world make contact with each other by means of
amateur radio. It is a real Jamboree during which Scouting
experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared, thus
contributing to the world brotherhood of Scouting. The JOTA is
a world-wide event. Units may operate for 48 hours or any part
thereof, from Saturday 00.00 h until Sunday 24.00 h local time.
Members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
(WAGGGS) are kindly invited to take part in the JOTA and enjoy
this international event together with the Scouts. A leaflet
describing the JOTA participation in detail can be ordered in
English, French, Spanish or Russian from the World Scout Bureau,
ref. nr 1311.
How to take part ?
To take part in the JOTA: requires the
help of a licenced amateur radio operator. Such a person can
easily be found via the national amateur radio organisation in
your country. Every country where Scouting exists, has such an
organisation. Radio amateurs throughout the world are very keen
on helping scouts to take part in the JOTA.
How to proceed?
a) visit an amateur radio station with your scout group or invite a
radio amateur to install his station in your scout building;
b) call "CQ Jamboree" or answer scout stations calling to establish
a contact;
c) all radio stations must strictly observe the
national amateur radio regulations;
d) any authorised frequency
may be used. It is recommended that stations use the agreed
World Scout Frequencies or frequencies close by to find each
other.
All participating groups are asked to send a report of
their activities to their National JOTA Organizer (NJO) after
the event. It is of particular importance to make good (colour)
photographs that can be used in the World Report of the event.
Ask the help of a scout photographer at your station. NJO's are
requested to send a National JOTA Report to the World Scout
Bureau, for inclusion in the World Report of the JOTA. Report
forms will be enclosed with the next JOTA circular in August.
HB9S will operate from Geneva.
The radio station of the World
Scout Bureau, HB9S, will be on the air from the World Scout
Bureau in Geneva, Switserland. The operator team will consist of
station manager Yves Margot, HB9AOF, Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR,
other World Bureau staff members and an international team of
scout radio amateurs. Experienced scout radio amateurs who
would like to assist the operator team are welcome to contact
the station manager and ask him for a place on the team.
Prerequisites are: experience in operating a busy amateur radio
station, holding a licence for short-wave amateur radio, a
working knowledge of the english or french language, willing to
travel to Geneva. Accomodation and meals will be provided. Yves
Margot can be contacted by packet HB9AOF@HB9IAP or by mail: 7
Rte A. Ferrand, CH-1233 Lully, Suisse.
More information.
A second JOTA circular will be send to all Scout Associations and
National JOTA Organizers late August with the latest details and
information.
Additional JOTA information which you may want to acquire from the World
Scout Bureau: JOTA, how to take part in this annual activity; in
English, French, Spanish or Russian. WSB ref.nr 1311. The JOTA
story, a history of the first 35 years, by Len Jarrett, in
English. The radio scouting badge. The World JOTA Report (ref.
nr 1310) of the 40th JOTA which contains statistical information
on the JOTA participation, activity reports from more than 50
countries, a selection of newspaper articles and new programme
ideas. The report is in English with French and Spanish
summaries.
Summer camp activities.
The following radio stations, operating from scout summer camps,
were known at the time of print. Note that in particular the
first weeks of August are "radio active":
01 - 02 June OZ1RDP Radio-scouting weekend,Bremer Funkergilde,
RØmØ Island, Denmark.
15 - 25 July LX8LGS Discovery 98, 800 participants, Beckerich,
Luxemburg.
21 - 31 July GB2SHQ 26th International Patrol Jamborette, Blair
Atholl,UK.
29 Jul - 05 Aug GB98CH Chamboree '98, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
30 Jul - 09 Aug DF0CP National camp VCP, 6000 participants,
Rheinsberg, Germany.
01 - 08 August GB98RH Sherwood '98, Walesby Forest Scout Centre,
Nottinghamshire, UK.
02 - 09 August BV20APJ 20th Asia-Pacific Jamboree, 15000
participants, Ping-Tung, Taiwan.
03 - 07 August 8J7BSJ 12th Nippon Jamboree, 25000 participants,
Mt Moriyoshi Akita, Japan.
05 - 15 August 5Z4KSA 4th African Scout Jamboree, Rowallan Scout
Camp, Nairobi, Kenya.
08 -15 August VA2JAM Jam sans frontieres, 7000 participants,
Parc Maisonneuve Montreal, Canada.
09 - 16 August GB4CCC Camjam '98, 2000 participants, Peterborough,
United Kingdom.
27 Dec - 6 Jan XR3J 19th World Scout Jamboree, 25000
participants, Picarquin, Chile.
28 Dec - 8 Jan 15th New Zealand Jamboree, 10000 part., Greytown,
Wairarapa, New Zealand.
European Summer Camp sked: on 7.090 MHz at 07.00 GMT and on
14.290 MHz at 07.30 GMT To easily find these stations, listen
around the scout frequencies. Scout stations in the European
Region are asked to call CQ SCOUT daily during July and August
for the "summer camp sked". You may also find additional
information in the "SCOUTS" directory on packet-radio networks.
World Jamboree Chile 1998
Several national contingents for the
upcoming 19th World Scout Jamboree in Chile in 1998 / 1999 have
been formed already. During the JOTA you can allready try to
find your future Jamboree partners by radio. Jamboree nets can
be organised nationally. Preparations for radio scouting
activities and an amateur radio station at the Jamboree are in
full swing. The World Jamboree will be on the air with the
amateur radio station XR3J. Detail;s have been published in the
World JOTA Report. The August JOTA circular will give you the
latest information on how to contact the World Jamboree by radio
for a live (and lively) conversation with one or more of its
participants.
Finally.
Radio-Scouting and the JOTA in
particular is an excellent opportunity to meet Scouts, Guides
and others from many countries. I wish you all success with the
preparation for this 41st edition of the Jamboree On The Air.
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Gone home.
It is with great sadness that we had to learn this
spring of the sudden loss of two scout radio amateurs who meant
a lot to the JOTA and to Scouting. On March 16 Eyvind Saksvik,
LA6CV passed away after a short period in hospital. Evind
sufferd from heart problems during the past few years. He was
very much involved in international scouting, using his radio
and by personal visits. He kept in touch with many scout friends
around the world and brought comfort and hope for friends in
difficult positions. In particular scouts in Poland at a time
that Scouting was not allowed there. I admired the energy with
with he encouraged them both in Scouting and in their personal
lives. He served on many camps and international gatherings, on
the radio or in other functions. Eyvind made a diference.
On April 19 Milos Nadeje, OK1NV suddenly died of a heart attack.
The morning of that very same day I had a long radio contact
with him on the European Scout Net. Never could I have known
that it was to be our last. Milos enthusiastically reported on
the activities he had organised for the scouts during a national
activity, in his capacity as National JOTA Organizer of the
Czech Republic. Milos Nadeje was a devoted scout leader.
Despite the difficult circumstances in the Czech Republik during
and just after the political changes, he always welcomed
visitors from abroad. Many scouts have enjoyed his hospitality
and have camped with his local scout group. Milos believed in
international exchange as a way to foster mutual understanding
between people. He devoted a lot of his energy to scouting, in
particular to radio scouting. I vividly remember his joy when
the Czech Scout Association re-entered into the WOSM as a
recognized Association. Now he was one of us. I was fortunate
to meet him in person on a couple of occasions and speak to him
almost weekly by radio. Milos inspired many of us with his will
power to get things done in favour of the young scouts.
On behalf of their scout radio friends and the WOSM I have send
our condolances to their families. I trust that they find
comfort in the long period that Eyvind and Milos were with them.
Richard, PA3BAR.
World JOTA Team
Geneva
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