[ARRL-OK] JOTA - 20 October

[AE5MH]

Several amatuers have asked me how to get a JOTA station together and how to advertise.
First thing is to contact your local BSA council office (they are in the phone book) for without scouts JOTA is not near as much fun!

I would like to ask for all JOTA stations to contact me.  I would love to be able collect info on number of stations, number of troops, and to say that we have a JOTA station in every BSA District in OK.


Here is some more info.

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>>>>>>Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to connect Scouts around the world, across the nation, and in your community.  More than 500,000 Scouts in 100 countries participate in JOTA each year - its Scouting's largest worldwide event.
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>>>>>>The event is free and open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and leaders during the weekend of October 20.
>>>>>>These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting.  Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.
>>>>>>Explore Advanced Technology
>>>>>>Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.
>>>>>>Council Station Locations
>>>>>>Station K5C will be operated at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 302 E Independence, Shawnee, OK  Contact Gary Way  (AE5OF) at kf5cky at yahoo.com for information, time and date(s).
>>>>>>	*  Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
>>>>>>	* Other Activities
>>>>>>Station WB5BSA will be at Liberty Lake in southern Logan County in between Guthrie and Edmond.  Contact John Dronberger  (N5YZA) at N5YZA1 at gmail.comfor information, time and date(s).
>>>>>>	* Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
>>>>>>	* Fox-Hunt  Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear.  Find our electronic fox - a 21st century electronic Easter egg hunt.
>>>>>>	* Radiosurgery  Discover how radiosurgery uses radio waves to remove tumors in medicine.  Practice using an advanced radiosurgical unit to practice removing the warts off a pickle.
>>>>>>	* Satellite communications  BSA station K2BSA down in Dallas will attempt a schedule communication this year with astronauts on board the International Space Station.  We were successful last year in talking with an astronaut "on the fly" using a handheld radio and an antenna made of barbed wire.  Can we do it again?
>>>>>>	* Patches - A limited supply of JOTA patches are available at this site for $4.00 each.
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>>>>>>Other registered stations around the USA are listed here: http://www.scouting.org/jota/registered_stations.aspx
>>>>>>For more information go to:
>>>>>>JOTA BSA website:  http://www.scouting.org/jota
>>>>>>Fact Sheets for Scout Leaders and Amateur Radio Operators:  http://www.scouting.org/jota/facts.aspx
>>>>>>WOSM JOTA information:  http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/jota

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