JOTA Interest Finder... Scouts, Scouter, Hams...consider you're invited!

Countywide JOTA-OC
Oct 21, 2000
9am - 4pm
Rancho Alamitos High School
11351 Dale, Garden Grove, CA

(download flyer for detailed map)

Scouts

  • Earn international patch
  • Talk with Scouts around the world
  • Learn how to become a ham
  • Many Merit badge requirements offered
  • See radio technology
  • Fun
  • See yourself on amateur TV
  • 15 Exhibits & Radio Stations

See flyer below for all of the details....

Countywide JOTA-OC
Oct 21, 2000
9am - 4pm
Rancho Alamitos High School
11351 Dale, Garden Grove, CA

(download flyer for detailed map)

Scouter

  • Your Scouts will see the latest California Govenors Office of Emergency Services Satallite Station.
JOTA-OC 2000

JOTA-OC promises to be the best Orange County Jamboree on the Air field event. This marks the first time that our local JOTA is sponsored by the Orange County Council's 50,000 Scouts/Leaders. Open FREE to all Scouts from Ventura County to San Diego County. A Field Event JOTA offers the advantage to Scouts attending to talking on HF Worldwide radio and have fun with amateur tv, digital, aprs (global positioning GPS), morse code, t-hunting (orienteering with radio) and almost every other mode of radio.

While JOTA has historically been dedicated to ham radio, this year we will also have the computer lab available to us at Rancho Alamitos High School to connect with Scouts using the internet.

WHY ATTEND JOTA-OC 2000?
  • Happening at this scale only every 5 years... don't miss it!
  • JOTA is fun hands on Scouting friendship event put on by the amateur radio community of Orange County
  • Allows your Scouts to talk to other Scout
  • Special Guest California Govenors Office of Emergency Services Communication Equipment (OASIS satellite unit & New communication vehicle)
  • Cubs through Eagles... Boys & Girls
  • Earn the prized International Event Patch
  • Part of the historical K2BSA, National Radio Callsign, used at International and National BSA Scout Jamborees.
  • Learn about Scouts in other lands by talking to them.
  • Earn merit badges (BSA)
  • Flexible event time (attend for 1 hour or the whole day)
  • Career pathways in electronics, radio technology, aerospace
  • Ham radio as a tool for your Scout on hikes & backpacks
  • Zillion more plusJOTA-OC is FREE!
  • Register your unit today!
  • See flyer below.Since this is a Countywide event with over 50,000 Scouts & Scouters in Orange County, we will need to save your unit a space. Download and please pass the word

Help pass the word (This is a free event, grassroots passing the word is our advertising. Each year we do this we always hear from Scouts & Scouter who missed the event because they didn't know about it.

Countywide JOTA-OC
Oct 21, 2000
9am - 4pm
Rancho Alamitos High School
11351 Dale, Garden Grove, CA

(download flyer for detailed map)

Hams

Why you should not miss this ham event of the year.All hams interested in seeing everything ham radio has to offer. Contact [email protected]

Details for hams...

...who's doing what & why you should attend this OC ham community event.

16 Stations...all modes!

Radio Mode

  • OASIS Satalite Station & Communication Vehicle Emergency Communication Demonstrations
  • HF 10m:
  • HF 15m
  • HF 20m
  • HF 40m
  • HF DIGITAL PSK31
  • California Disaster Team
  • VHF/UHF
  • FRS
  • ATV
  • ATV
    SSTV-VHF
  • Packet
  • Foxhunting
  • CW Awards
  • FREE Scout Ham Class Info
  • APRS
  • Communication Vehicle
  • Communication Vehicle
  • Communication Vehicle
  • Communication Vehicle
  • Amateur Radio License Testing for Kids & Scouts

Ham Groups providing stations

  • California Gov Office of Emerg Serv (public service)
  • Huntington Beach RACES **
  • Fountain Valley RACES
  • Hospital Disaster Group (vhf/uhf) 220
  • 78s ARC
  • MESAC (Costa Mesa RACES)
  • Orange County RACES
  • American Red Cross & All others w/sstv
  • Joe Moel K0OV Internationally known author
  • West Coast ARC
  • Gordo West WB6NOA, Internationally known author
  • Amateur Radio School
  • Kenwood

Countywide JOTA-OC
Oct 21, 2000
9am - 4pm
Rancho Alamitos High School
11351 Dale, Garden Grove, CA

(download flyer for detailed map)

Download high quality version of flyer to print & distribute (300k- 1min download)

Talk-in Freq: 144.330 simplex (K2BSA/6)

WORLD SCOUT FREQS plus or minus QRM/QRN.
10M- 28.350
20M- 14.290
40M- 7.290

Radio/Ham Contact: [email protected]