[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] JOTA 2024 photos

[Gary Sessums]

Thanks to all the club members who attend the annual Boy Scouts of 
America Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) radio operating event held on 
Saturday, October 19, 2024, at Lady Bird Johnson Park / Columbia 
Island Marina along the Potomac River adjacent to the Pentagon.

Jamboree on the Air, the largest Scouting event in the world, takes 
place annually during the third weekend of October to mentor Boy 
Scouts of all ages in the art and skill of amateur radio.

This annual global operating event allows Boy Scouts to use amateur 
radio to connect with hams around the world.

Club members set up portable operating gear, erected wire antennas in 
trees, and made HF radio contacts with JOTA stations located around 
the United States in addition to sending and receiving email messages 
over radio via Winlink.

Voice and digital amateur radio operations were conducted from picnic 
tables set up along the water's edge under the shade trees of the 
Potomac River, a class covering the basics of radio technology was 
held to assist Boy Scouts with radio merit badge requirements, and a 
free amateur radio exam session was offered.

Photos of the event are posted on-line at:
http://www.w4wvp.org/Jamboree%20on%20the%20Air%202024.html

Please join us again next year in 2025 for the annual Boy Scouts of 
America Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) radio operating event.

73,

Gary Sessums
KC5QCN