The world-wide Jamboree-On-The-Air and Internet is organised to coincide with the third full weekend of October each year.
The event starts at 00.00 hours local time on the Saturday and concludes 48 hours later at 24.00 hours local time on the Sunday.

When Scouts want to meet young people from another country, they usually think of attending a World Jamboree. But few people realise that each year more than 400,000 Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA). Modern technology offers Scouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries without leaving home.

JOTA is an annual event in which Boy and Girl Scouts and Guides from all over the world speak to each other by means of Amateur (ham) Radio. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared via radio waves. Since 1958 when the first Jamboree-on-the-Air was held, millions of Scouts have met each other through this event. Many contacts made during JOTA have resulted in pen pals and links between Scout troops that have lasted many years.

With no restrictions on age or on the number of participants, and at little or no expense, JOTA allows Scouts to contact each other by ham radio. The radio stations are operated by licensed ham radio operators. Many Scouts and leaders hold licenses and have their own stations, but the majority participate in JOTA through stations operated by local radio clubs and individual radio amateurs. Some operators use television or computer-linked communications others use a Morse key.

QTH    Netherlands
            Hengelo Twente
            QTH locator JO32KG
            district/rayon R40 F

E-mail    pc1mh@amsat.org

Transceivers   Icom IC-706MK II , Kenwood TS-520

Antennas    HF allband Inverted V symetric wireantenne fed with open wire, about 2 * 30 metres long with the top at 25 metres. And a vertical ground plane antenna 6 metres long with the top at 31 metres.
We use a MFJ-969 for tuning.