[amsat-bb] Jamboree on the Air this weekend.

tjschuessler at verizon.net tjschuessler at verizon.net
Fri Oct 18 03:52:50 UTC 2019


This weekend is the annual World Scouting "Jamboree on the Air" operating
event.  It is the largest annual Scouting activity worldwide.  There will be
hundreds of JOTA activations in North America alone, some, like me, will be
helping Scouts make satellite contacts.  

If you hear stations on the birds this weekend that are working JOTA, do
make it a point to work them and give them space to work as well.  Scouts
find our activities making satellite contacts fascinating and some have
gotten hooked on the hobby through demos and activations like JOTA.  

I will be operating with N5EOC (NE Tarrant County ARC club call), at the
Longhorn Council HQ facility in Hurst Texas during the day Saturday the
19th.  I am sure besides Scouts coming to visit the event, there will be HQ
staff as well and our operation, including Amateur Satellites, may be the
first exposure to the hobby for some.  Same goes for the other JOTA
activations worldwide.

Hope to hear you on the satellites this Saturday for Jamboree on the Air.
Give us a shout.

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms





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