[BCVHFA] ARRL requesting JOTA activity registration

[K8CM]

Scouting's annual Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) takes place Saturday October 
19 through Sunday October 20 (local time and always the third weekend of 
October). For the first time, ARRL is requesting that any club or 
individual planning to be active during the 2002 JOTA activity register on 
the "Youth Skeds" page on the ARRL Web site. (Set the expiration for the 
day after JOTA, October 21.) The idea is to provide a database of scheduled 
JOTA activity in advance of the event to help more scouting groups to 
participate in JOTA 2002. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies and Venture 
Scouts soon will take to the airwaves in an effort to communicate with each 
other via Amateur Radio. As many as 400,000 Scouts, scouters and other 
youth have participated in JOTA in the past, and it's become the world's 
largest scouting event! JOTA provides another way to expose youth to 
Amateur Radio by showing them a great time as well as helping them to meet 
new friends, share stories of past scout experiences, and, ultimately, to 
light the spark that inspires them to pursue their own Amateur Radio 
licenses. For more information, visit the JOTA page on the ARRL Web site.