10-20-2001, 12:06 AM
N2BNE (N2BNE@Yahoo.com) writes " I have heard a far amount of people complaining about how the numbers of younger people entering Amateur Radio seems to be way down from what it once was. I for one think that if the people that did the complaining, volunteered one weekend (this weekend). If they just went to their local Boy or Girl Scout office and told their local Scout Council that they are willing to help participate in this year's (and next years) JOTA we would get a larger number of youths joining the world of Ham Radio.
I was first bitten by the HAM Bug (no, I don't mean the old keyer) in '66 when I got to talk on the radio to a US Arm-Forces Base over-seas curtsey of some of local MARS Hams running mobile operations during a Boy Scout Camporee . I see JOTA as a way to "pay back" amateur radio.
Rochester, NY is lucky in that it has a great radio service club called RARA. Some of the hams from RARA will be there this weekend.
This year JOTA begins at 0001 hours local time on Saturday, October 20, 2001, and ends at 2359 hours local time on Sunday, October 21, 2001. Ok so it is a little late to plan for this year , just remember JOTA always falls on the third full weekend in October. So go ahead and plan for next year
The ARRL has a webpage that tells a lot more about JOTA that you
can go and actually run a a JOTA event. Just go and read about JOTA at:
http://www.arrl.org/ead/jota.html
The International Division of the Boy Scouts of America also has a webpage that tells more about JOTA that you can go and read more about JOTA at:
http://www.scouting.org/internation al/jota.html (http://www.scouting.org/international/jota.html)
I hope to See (SSTV) or hear you on this JOTA weekend.
--... Best Wishes ...--
John Van Griethuysen, N2BNE, NE-V-126, ASM of Troop 173
http://bsa173.org/troop/mbcvan.htm#jota "
I was first bitten by the HAM Bug (no, I don't mean the old keyer) in '66 when I got to talk on the radio to a US Arm-Forces Base over-seas curtsey of some of local MARS Hams running mobile operations during a Boy Scout Camporee . I see JOTA as a way to "pay back" amateur radio.
Rochester, NY is lucky in that it has a great radio service club called RARA. Some of the hams from RARA will be there this weekend.
This year JOTA begins at 0001 hours local time on Saturday, October 20, 2001, and ends at 2359 hours local time on Sunday, October 21, 2001. Ok so it is a little late to plan for this year , just remember JOTA always falls on the third full weekend in October. So go ahead and plan for next year
The ARRL has a webpage that tells a lot more about JOTA that you
can go and actually run a a JOTA event. Just go and read about JOTA at:
http://www.arrl.org/ead/jota.html
The International Division of the Boy Scouts of America also has a webpage that tells more about JOTA that you can go and read more about JOTA at:
http://www.scouting.org/internation al/jota.html (http://www.scouting.org/international/jota.html)
I hope to See (SSTV) or hear you on this JOTA weekend.
--... Best Wishes ...--
John Van Griethuysen, N2BNE, NE-V-126, ASM of Troop 173
http://bsa173.org/troop/mbcvan.htm#jota "