[FARC] JOTA Volunteers?

[Devilbiss Jim]

As far as I know I will be in town and would be very glad
to help. Jim WA3FUJ


On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:40 -0400 (EDT)
 "David Kindred" <david at retroscape.com> wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I want to do something very modest. The JOTA is
> officially scheduled for
> the third weekend in October (18th and 19th). It
> apparently starts 12 AM
> Saturday and extends 'til 11:59 PM Sunday.
> 
> I haven't nailed this down yet, but was thinking we could
> do it for 4
> hours on the Saturday. That would give a fairly wide
> window for the kids
> to come, and not exhaust volunteers too much (I hope).
> I'd, of course,
> make sure we had snack items around. I'm always motivated
> by the presence
> of food, at least. :-D
> 
> I just really want the kids to see that there are
> communications methods
> available outside of the Internet, that there's a
> community of GREAT
> people involved in it, that there are service
> opportunities available
> within the hobby, and, most importantly, that ham radio
> is FUN!
> 
> 73,
> 
> --David, KB3NAI
> 
> On Wed, September 17, 2008 10:53 am, Bob Moroney wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > What date(s) and time(s) do you have in mind?
> >
> > 73, Bob K9CMR
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > David Kindred wrote:
> >> Howdy, all.
> >>
> >> My son has volunteered us to organize his boy Scout
> troop's Jamoboree on
> >> the Internet (JOTI) this year. It appears to be an
> Internet equivalent
> >> to
> >> the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) that has been around
> for 80 years. I'm
> >> just
> >> coming up to speed on these two jamborees, never
> having attended an
> >> example of either in the past. I was hoping to combine
> the JOTA and JOTI
> >> in one session, since they occur on the same day. So,
> this is a one day,
> >> multi-hour event.
> >>
> >> The purpose of JOTI is to introduce scouts (boy and
> girl) to various
> >> forms
> >> of Internet communication, including e-Mail, Internet
> messaging,
> >> Internet
> >> Relay Chat, videoconferencing, and the like. JOTA is
> similar in hoping
> >> to
> >> introduce children to all forms of ham radio (SSB, CW,
> digital modes,
> >> APRS, fox hunts, etc.). JOTI information can be found
> at www.joti.org.
> >>
> >> So, I definitely will have to do something for JOTI,
> but wondered if
> >> anyone here might be willing to volunteer time and/or
> equipment to have
> >> simultaneous JOTA activities? I thought the kids would
> like to see APRS
> >> in
> >> action, use PSK31 and see it as IM equivalent, try
> their hand at SSB or
> >> CW
> >> communication and thought they really might get a kick
> out of a fox
> >> hunt.
> >> I think there's potential for showing a number of kids
> how much fun ham
> >> radio can be.
> >>
> >> My intention is to invite Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and
> Girl Scouts. I'd
> >> hope
> >> that FARC folks would send folks over, as well. I
> don't know what kind
> >> of
> >> turnout we'd get, but I thought anything we could do
> to introduce ham
> >> radio to younger folks could be beneficial.
> >>
> >> Would anyone have an interest in helping with JOTA
> activities? I'm going
> >> to hold the event at our house, because we already
> have a number of
> >> computers we can use for the JOTI functions.
> >>
> >> I don't yet have details, because this was just kind
> of sprung on me.
> >> Being a dad can have its unexpected events!
> >>
> >> 73 to all,
> >>
> >> --David, KB3NAI
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 
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