[W2CRA] 50th anniversary of JOTA is coming up October 20-21!!!!

[Walter O'Brien WO2U]

The 50th anniversary of JOTA is coming up October 20-21. The theme of  
JOTA 2007 is "Around the world in 50 hours". This year JOTA is being  
held on 20-21 October with the operating window extended to 50 hours  
for this anniversary event from Friday (19 October) 22:00 local to  
Sunday 24:00 local.

JOTA is a golden opportunity for PR as it has the elements of a good  
story - Kids and Scouts. The ARRL urges all amateur/ham radio clubs  
to contact their local Boy Scout council to see if they have a local  
JOTA station listed, or more importantly, WOULD THEY LIKE ONE.

Ironically, the local scout office may know of a ham that normally  
doesn’t go through club or PIO channels who’s spearheading the JOTA  
effort. Or, better yet, volunteer to promote JOTA.

To find your nearest local Boy Scout council, go to http:// 
www.scouting.org/ and type in your zip code, or go to the national  
Girl Scout website at http://www.girlscouts.org/councilfinder/ and  
find the nearest council.

Remember: JOTA is not only the largest official scouting event in the  
world with an expected 500,000 participants (ten times larger than  
the Boy Scout National Jamboree), but it’s also open to both Boy and  
Girl Scouts, making one of the few joint events between the two scout  
organizations, and one of the few internationally sponsored events.

Another great resource for JOTA is the ScoutRadio group inside Yahoo  
Groups.



Information on JOTA can be found at:

http://www.arrl.org/scouts/jota/

http://www.arrl.org/scouts/jota-resources/jota2007september.pdf

Some other good information on youth activities, scouting and Ham  
Radio:http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2007/06/01/3/?nc=1