JOTA 2008

October 16th and 17th in Hooper Park.

JAMBOREE ON THE AIR is a yearly event that is organized by the Boy Scouts of America and the ARRL as an International event to provide experience to Scouts on how radio waves work and give them the experience of talking to scouts across the world. The Davis County Amateur Radio Club has been involved in public service from the inception of the club. This event has been of interest for the "ham" community in Davis county to help the scout program and to expose youth to the magic of radio. The members feel amateur radio has great educational and recreational values, contributing to international goodwill and a lifetime of enjoyment and learning.

Jamboree on the Air is taking place the 16^th and 17^th of October at Hooper Park. Which is located at 5500 South 6000 West Hooper, Utah. Camp set-up starts at 4:00 p.m. and the program starts at 6:00 p.m. The event is planned to extend to about 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Use this form to sign-up.

If scouts follow the outlined program they will earn the Radio merit badge. Each troop will be required to have for each scout the requirement sheets (7 pages) and a blue card filled out with the essential information. Merit badge councillors will sign them during the service project as they inspect each scouts requirement sheets. There is no fee charged from Hooper city and the adjacent church which has been generous enough to provide these facilities for free. In lieu of this fee we will do a service project for the city by cleaning up the park and the restroom we use. For scouts to receive the merit badge and complete all requirements, troops will be expected to arrive on time and stay for the entire event, including the short service project. Because of the way the event is organized your troop can't fulfill all requirements and it is impossible for blue cards to be signed because some feel a need to leave early. If you cannot stay for the entire event (expected to last until 3:00 p. m. ), please don't expect your scouts to be given a blue card. Partial requirements achievement will be the result of leaving early.

To learn more about JOTA, read the ARRL's excellent JOTA description. Read about the annual JOTA Camp-out.

Scouts all over the nation (and if propagation permits) all over the world will be being tutored by hams about amateur radio next Friday and Saturday. The Clubs JOTA chairman, John Moyer requests from you all to get on these frequencies to help get as many young people on the air and experience the thrill of radio. Our club will especially be active from 7:00 p.m. Friday evening the 16^th to 10:00 p.m.

DCARC's JOTA Specialist

	Matt Zundel, KD7HHW DCARC JOTA Chairman Telephone: 731-8939 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

JOTA is held the third weekend in October. JOTA always begins Saturday at 0001 hours local time to Sunday 2359 hours local time, though some activity continues over from Friday to Monday to take advantage of long distance (DX) time differences.

JOTA:  Jamboree On The Air CAMPOUT and RADIO MERIT BADGE CAMP October 16th and 17th 2008   Presented by: The Trapper Trails Council & The Davis County Amateur Radio Club

What is JOTA?

When Scouts want to meet young people from another country, they think ofattending a World Jamboree. But few people realize that each year more than400,000 Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for theannual Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA). JOTA offers Scouts the exciting opportunityto make friends in other countries without leaving home.

JOTA allows Boy and Girl Scouts and Guides from all over the world to speakto each other via Amateur (ham) Radio. Scouting experiences are exchanged andideas are shared via radio waves. Many contacts made during JOTA have resultedin pen pals and links between Scout troops that have lasted many years.

The Davis County Amateur Radio Club sponsors an annual camp-outat Hooper City Park (see directions below) to allow Scouts to experience JOTA and work on theRadio Merit Badge.  (If your Scouts are not interested in working on theRadio Merit Badge, they are still very welcome to attend the camp.)  Thereis no cost for your Troop to participate, but pre-registration isrequired.  Send the indicated pre-registration materials to the CouncilService Center.

Schedule of Events:

FRIDAY EVENING

• Check-in starts at 4:00 pm on Friday evening.  Please bring a roster of the Leaders and Scouts in your group.  You will be asked to present this at "check-in".
• Campfire program starts Friday evening at 8:00 pm.

SATURDAY

• Opening Ceremony 8:30 am.
• Radio Merit Badge Class Begins Saturday at 9:00 am to as late at 3:00 pm.
• Radios will be available with Amateur Radio Operators standing by to assist the Scouts in making contact with other Scouts around the world!

IMPORTANT NOTES

• This is a City Park camping experience.  No Campfires will be allowed.
• Please stay within your own campsite.  Plan to control your Scouts and campsite at all times.
• This is a learning experience for your scouts.  Adults will need to help.  Scouts not interested in the Merit Badge class, or radios, should be taken home.
• Please instruct Scouts on Behavior and how to keep busy.
• The classes can hold the 300 Scouts.  First come, first serve.  Sign-up ASAP.