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JOTAJOTA, Jamboree On The Air:
 
Both as Scout and as HAM I've participated in several JOTA's. I've done this first only visiting them as a scout.
Later on I was one of the HAM's or even had a station using my own callsign. Two JOTA's were extra special.
One where we were active as OK/PA3FUX/J form Czechoslovakia, visiting a Scoutinggoup in Beroun. The other was with PA3HGQ/J. It was the first time scouts were allowed to talk with ISS directly.
 
Below a picture taken in 2002 during the JOTA at the Ascanen in Lelystad. Here is also a link to the video I've recorded during the ISS contact. The video was taken with an old webcam only capable of 320x240p.
ISS Jota contact
JOTA in  Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately I have no translation of the article, click to enlarge.
QSL card used during this eventNewspaper article