[ILQSO] Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air 2013 Coming October 19-20

[Brian McDaniel]

 From the ARRL...

The 2013 running of Scouting’sJamboree on the Air (*JOTA* 
<http://www.arrl.org/jamboree-on-the-air-jota>) is just weeks away. The 
56th JOTA will take place the weekend of October 19-20, from 0000 local 
time Saturday to 2400 local time Sunday. JOTA gives members of the*Boy 
Scouts of America* <http://www.scouting.org/>a chance to experience 
Amateur Radio firsthand, perhaps planting the seed for a lifetime of 
hamming.

The world’s largest Scouting event, JOTA attracts nearly 750,000 Scouts 
participating from 6000 stations in 150 countries. Not a contest, JOTA’s 
goal is to foster Scout-to-Scout communication across borders.

“The idea is to contact other Scout stations and allow as many Scouts as 
possible to talk to other Scouts and learn about who they are and what 
they are doing,” the BSA says in its*JOTA guidelines* 
<http://www.scouting.org/jota/operators_guides.aspx>, which offer 
suggested frequencies. Licensed mentors often open their stations to 
Scouts on JOTA weekend, serving as control operators. Radio operation 
will be on 80 through 6 meters and 2 meters and 70 centimeters FM 
simplex, all modes.

Through its Radio Scouting sponsorship,*Icom America* 
<http://www.icomamerica.com/>is providing stations for JOTA and other 
Scouting events, including the loan of five stations that will be on the 
air for JOTA 2013.

Last year more than 18,500 US Scouts took part in JOTA from more than 
200 stations -- up by nearly 500 percent from a year earlier.

P.S. Rainbow Council BSA (Morris, IL) will operate as K9RSR from the 
Rainbow Scout Reservation.  Hope to work you.

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73,

Brian
KC4LMD