All Set for JotA

JOTA2013

JOTA is the Boy Scout’s “Jamboree-on-the-Air”.  This is a HUGE scouting event, which involved over 700,000 participants last year with 13,500 stations on the air.  It can be combined with a camp-over (a “Camporee”), or could be run out of a volunteer’s home.

The objective is to expose Cub and Boy Scouts to Amateur Radio by allowing them to make contacts on-the-air (under the watchful eye of control operators).  It just takes a moment to understand that these boys and young men are the life-blood for sustaining our hobby.

My club, Newport County Radio Club, has obtained a permit for Glen Park (our Field Day location), we are sponsoring the event, and we expect scouts from multiple troops to attend.  A large percentage of them will be working toward their Radio Merit Badge.  To that end, I had to apply to become a Merit Badge Counselor for our area.  My credentials arrived yesterday.

BSA Merit Badge 2

 

 

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