[SFDXA] Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Looking Forward to Successful 2018 Event

[Bill]

Scouting�s Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Looking Forward to Successful 2018 
Event
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10/12/2018

Some 450 sites in the US are among nearly 3,000 locations around the 
world that will host Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) or Jamboree on the 
Internet (JOTI) stations over the October 19 � 21 weekend.

�It looks [like it will] exceed last year�s registration number by next 
weekend,� JOTA Coordinator Jim Wilson, K5ND, said.

One site that will be activated for JOTA is the *Voice of America (VOA) 
Museum* <http://www.voamuseum.org/> in West Chester, Ohio, which hosts 
the West Chester Amateur Radio Association�s club station *WC8VOA* 
<http://www.wc8voa.org/>. WCARA member Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX, grew up 
in Canada, where, as a 12-year-old, he took part in a JOTA event, making 
a friend in France and becoming pen pals. Years later, he became a Scout 
leader and a radio amateur. The station in the VOA station has been 
hosting JOTA for the past 5 years and allows anyone in Scouting to 
participate from the museum.

�For JOTA last year, we had over 100 Scouts stop by and get on the air,� 
he recounted. �They could also explore the VOA Museum.� Brault said that 
at one point, stations in five states conducted an on-the-air 
roundtable, sharing stories and experiences. �That was a great way to do 
it, it made it much more fun for the Scouts and for�us as well. I�m 
looking forward�to repeating the experience again this year,� he said.

Wilson urged JOTA station coordinators to review the *best practices* 
<https://k2bsa.net/jota-station-reports-best-practices/> and to try 
taking some *video* <https://k2bsa.net/tell-your-jota-story-with-video/> 
of JOTA-JOTI activity.

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