JOTI/JOTA 2004
RADIO

During the JOTA weekend all members of all Sections of Scouting and Guiding all over the World are invited to contact one another using radio communication. The most common means of communication during JOTA is that provided by the Amateur Service.

Amateur Radio Operators, or hams, communicate as their hobby, they cannot be paid but are required by law to display a professional standard. They have access to a wide range of communications equipment and are permitted to experiment and modify their equipment.

JOTA CALLING Frequencies

JOTA / JOTI 2004 Opening Address
JOTA Radio Scouting Opening Address in MP3 audio link available in the week before JOTA/JOTI

An Address by the Chief Scout, the Patron of Guides Australia, and Chief Commissioners of Scouts Australia and Guides Australia will be broadcast on Amateur Radio and the Internet. It will be broadcast on Saturday 18th of October 2003 for approximately 10 minutes from various broadcasters and repeaters throughout Australia who may commence broadcasts at this or at a later time. Your Amateur Operator will be able to obtain details of local broadcasts.
The time of the broadcast is 0300 UTC, which is 1300 hrs Australian Eastern Standard Time. Test transmissions will commence 10 minutes prior to the broadcast.

The TEST WARMUP which is played on air at 0250utc concluding by 0254utc Saturday Oct. 17. [MP3]

The address which is started on air at 0258utc concluding 0310utc Saturday Oct. 17. [MP3]

THE QSL CARD
The QSL card is a card exchanged with another Amateur Radio Operator as confimation of the contact on the Amateur bands.

Licensing of Amateurs Associated with Jamborees of the Air
Jamborees of the Air (JOTA), are annual activities where Amateurs assist Guides Australia and Scout Associations to use Amateur radiocommunications devices to make contact with similar organisations throughout the world.

In line with normal licensing arrangements, all stations must be licensed under the appropriate Amateur licensing option. Appropriately qualified Amateurs must be in control of the stations. ACA Offices may, in writing, grant permission to merely change the callsign of an existing Amateur station for the short period it is to be used for JOTA. If an Amateur wishes to change callsign for a JOTA, the callsign would usually come from the block reserved for Guides Australia (VK$GGA-GGZ) and Scout Associations (VK$SAA-SDZ). Amateurs wishing to participate in JOTA should contact their local Guides Australia or Scout Association.

Australian Communications Authority
http://www.aca.gov.au/publications/info/amateur.htm

REFERENCES

http://www.scoutlink.org.au/

http://jota.scouting.net.au/

Victorian Radio Scouting Unit
http://www.qsl.net/sresu/

South Australian Scout Radio Activities Group
http://www.scoutnet.net.au/srag/