2009 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)

The annual Boy Scout Jamboree of the Air (JOTA) weekend was held this year on October 17 & 18, 2009.  See http://www.scout.org/jota.  

On Sunday, 18 Oct, To support the activity, Bud, W4KSN, set up an HF station and this enabled scouts to make amateur radio contacts with other scouts or individuals and let the local scouts be on the air and communicate with their fellow scouts around the USA or the World!

Bud, W4KSN, emailed:
"All went well.  Not a lot of contacts but everyone had there time on the radio.  Worked hard for the first contact probably took 30 minutes of calling CQ.  It was funny a W4 answered with a weak signal...  He turned out to be only 4.5 miles away in Herndon and less than a mile from my home."


Bud, W4KSN, and a scout, making a contact.
Bud, W4KSN, and a scout, making a contact.

Bruce, KJ4MFF, making his first HF contact and a new General License holder!




Made on 29 Oct 09