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

[Jeff Johns]

We will be listening for them Tom. Thanks for helping to develop these youth. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Oct 17, 2019, at 10:54 PM, Tom Schuessler, N5HYP via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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