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1st JOTA Circular 1999.
Adapted for packet-radio transmission.
World Scout Bureau, Geneva, June 1999.
42nd Jamboree-On-The-Air, 16 - 17 October 1999.
Dear colleagues,
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 42nd time during the weekend of 16 and 17 October 1999. It
is the last large WOSM activity of this millenium!
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. Units may operate for 48 hours or any part
thereof, from Saturday 00.00 h until Sunday 24.00 h local time.
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 nearby 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.
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 by the World Scout Bureau. Yves Margot
can be contacted by packet HB9AOF@HB9IAP, email margoty@capp.ch
or by mail: 7 Rte A. Ferrand, CH-1233 Lully, Suisse.
New !!
Note that we have a new World Scout Frequency on the 10 m band.
As of this year the official frequency is: 28.390 MHz. Please
change your JOTA information. This change was requested by many
Associations, since the lower part of the 10 m band is more
active and the old frequency was in a very quiet part of the
band.
Kit-contest
Constructing small electronic circuits has become a
popular side activity during the JOTA. We know many countries
are designing scout electronic kits for this. If you are among
those, here's a challenge....: The 42nd JOTA willl have a
kitbuilding contest. You can compete for the best designed kit.
The winner will be published in the World JOTA Report and its
designer will receive a prize. Send your design on paper
together with your national JOTA report to the World Scout
Bureau in Geneva. The rules are simple:
the design must include a printed-circuit lay-out, a component
oveview, the circuit diagram.
each kit may contain up to 20 components, maximum.
building instructions may be 1 page maximum, in english.
scouts form 10 years of age onwards must be able to build it
themselves in about 1 hour.
it operates from a standard 9 V battery.
the design must be free of copy rights; it cannot be copied out
of some electronics magazine.
mark the name, scout group and address of the designer on the
papers.
your entry must be received in Geneva this millenium,
i.e before 31 December 1999.
An independent jury will judge the entries and decide on the winner.
JOTA communication game: millenium mission.
An exciting game has been prepared by your
world JOTA team for this last JOTA of the millenium. You will
find the game description on a separate appendix to this
circular, so you can easily photocopy it and distribute it to
your participating groups.
Summer camp activities.
The following radio stations, operating from scout summer camps,
were known at the time of print.
26 Jun - 3 Jul LA2RR Follo 99 Rett, flott og vett, Norway.
03 - 04 July GX4PSG Cub camp,Chiltern Noth District, Bucksh. UK.
08 - 17 July SK6SS Future Venture 1999, Lysekill, Sweden.
July 6V1S Jokkoo '99,4000 participants, Mboro, Senegal.
24 - 25 July GB60ENI, Enigma celebration, Polish scouts, Bletchley Park, UK
24 - 31 July GB0WGC World Guide Camp, Foxlease, United Kingdom.
24 Jul - 06 Aug PA6HJ Haarlem Jamborette, Halfweg, Netherlands.
31 Jul - 08 Aug 7S5T Trerixoset, 6000 participants, Sweden.
26 Jul - 06 Aug 9A1ACD Scout Marine Watch, Pula, Croatia.
01 - 08 August LA1SS Halnes district camp, Hxland, Norway.
05 - 09 August JA1YSS 8th Nippon Agoonoree, Ehime, Japan.
14 - 15 August VR2EA Communicator Training Camp, Hong Kong.
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.
Roma 2000
From 11 till 14 May of the year 2000, the 5th european radio-scouting
seminar will take place in Rome, Italy. It will concentrate on
communication means available to scouts and how these can best
be used in the scout programme. Notably the use of digital
communications as packet-radio networks and internet will be
discussed. Presentations will be given by professional
organisations. An excursion to Rome and Vatican Radio is planned
as well. The organisation is in the hands of the Italian NJO,
Valerio Berti. He can be contacted by email at: radio@agesci.org
or vberti@tin.it. The seminar is aimed at those leaders
responsable at a national level for radio-scouting, internet and
communication policies.
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. The text of these JOTA
circulars is also downloaded to packet radio mailboxes at
regular times. Check the "Scouts@ww" section in your local
mailbox. Latest details can always be found on our web server:
www.scout.org/jota.
The World JOTA Report (ref. nr 1310) of the 41st JOTA
which contains statistical information on the JOTA
participation, activity reports from more than 40 countries, a
selection of newspaper articles and new programme ideas. The
report is in English with French and Spanish summaries.
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 42nd edition of the Jamboree On The Air.
Sincerely,
Richard Middelkoop
PA3BAR
World JOTA Team
THE MILLENIUM ADVENTURE OF JOHN BONT
Note: for this game you will need the map picture which is not
included in this packet-radio version of the circular. Ask your
national scout HQ for a copy of the game description.
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