Woorld Jota-Joti Report

WORLD JOTA-JOTI REPORT WORLD

REPORT

55TH JAMBOREE ON THE AIIR 20 - 21 OCTOBER 2012

Each year in the third full weekend of October hun- dred-thousands of Scouts and Guides all over the world exchange greetings, learn about each other’s country and culture, swap programme ideas and make new friends. The contacts between them are established by amateur radio stations. This Jambo- ree-On-The-Air (JOTA) is the largest annual event for Scouts.

Chaque année durant le troisième week-end d'octobre, des centaines de milliers de Scouts et Guides dans le monde entier échangent des saluta- tions, apprennent la culture des autres pays, se transmettent ddes idées de programme et se font des nouveaux amis, tout cela par contacts entre stations de radioamateurs. Ce Jamboree Sur Les Ondes (JSLO) est la plus grande manifestation an- nuelle du Scoutisme.

Cada año, durante el tercer fin de semana de octu- ma y establecen nuevas amistades. Estos jóvenes bre, cientos de miles de Scouts y Guías de todo el toman contacto mediante estaciones de radioaficio- mundo se envían saludos, aprenden acerca de otros nados. El Jamboree en el aire (JOTA) es el aconte- países y culturas, comparten ideas para el progra cimiento Scout anual más grande del mundo.

Ежегодно в третьи выходные октября сотни тысяч скаутов и гайдов во всем мире обмениваются приветствиями,рассказывают друг другу о себе и культуре своих стран,обменниваются волнующими их идеями и находят новых друзей. Связь между ними устанавливается с помощью любительских радиостанций. Эта встреча в эфире (JOTA ) является крупнейшим ежегодным событием для скаутов.

CONTENTS:

1. FROM YOUR EDITOR ...... 4 2. RÉSUMÉ FRANÇAIS ...... 6 3. RÉSUMEN ESPAÑOL ...... 7 5. HOW MUCH AND HOW MANY ? ...... 10 6. LOOKING BACK…...... 13

THE 5TH JOTA, 20 – 21 OCTOBER 1962 ...... 13 THE 30TH JOTA, 17 – 18 OCTOBER 1987 ...... 13 THE 45TH JOTA, 19 – 20 OCTOBER 2002 ...... 14 ….AND FORWARD...... 14 7. JOTA IM-PRESS-ION ...... 15 8. THE 55TH JOTA AROUND THE WORLD ...... 18 Austria (OE) ...... 18 Brazil (PY) ...... 18 Bulgaria (LZ) ...... 18 Canada (VE)...... 18 Chile (CE) ...... 19 China Republic (BV) ...... 19 Cyprus (5B4) ...... 20 Estonia (ES) ...... 20 France (F) ...... 20 French Polynesia (FO) ...... 21 Germany (DL) ...... 21 Greece (SV) ...... 21 Iceland (TF) ...... 22 India (VU2) ...... 22 Japan (JA) ...... 22 Madagascar (5R8) ...... 22 Netherlands Antilles (PJ) ...... 22 Netherlands (PA) ...... 23 Norway (LA) ...... 23 Oman (A4) ...... 23 Philippines (DU) ...... 26 Portugal (CT) ...... 26 South Africa (ZS) ...... 26 Spain (EA) ...... 27 Turkey (TA) ...... 27 United Kingdom (G) ...... 27 United States (W) ...... 27 Venezuela (YV) ...... 28 World Scout Bureau (HB9S) ...... 28

2 9. THE 16TH JAMBOREE-ON-THE-INTERNET ...... 30 10. THE 16TH JOTI AROUND THE WORLD ...... 35 Austria (.at) ...... 35 Brazil (.br) ...... 35 Croatia (.hr) ...... 35 Cyprus (.cy) ...... 35 Egypt (.eg) ...... 35 Finland (.fi)i) ...... 35 French Polynesia (.pf) ...... 36 Germany (.de) ...... 36 Great Britain (.gb/.uk) ...... 36 Greece (.gr) ...... 36 India (.in) ...... 36 Iceland (.is) ...... 36 Japan (.jp) ...... 36 Madagascar (.mg) ...... 36 Malta (.mt) ...... 37 Netherlands (.nl) ...... 37 Netherlands Antilles (.an) ...... 37 Norway (.no) ...... 37 Oman (.om) ...... 37 Philippines (.ph) ...... 37 Pakistan (.pk)...... 37 Poland (.pl)l) ...... 38 Portugal (.pt) ...... 38 Tunisia (.tn) ...... 38 Turkey (.tr) ...... 38 United States of America (.us) ...... 38 Venezuela (.ve) ...... 38 World JOTI Station (.int) ...... 38 11. FORTHCOMING EVENTS ...... 39 12. NATIONAL JOTA ORGANIZERS ...... 40 13. NATIONAL JOTI COORDINATORS ...... 43

Colofon:

French translation: Yves Margot, HB9AOF Spanish translation: Isabel Carreño Arellano, CE3TLE JOTI report editing and lay-out: Holger Sickenberg JOTA report editing, lay-out and publication: Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR

A big THANKS to all National JOTA Organizers and National JOTI Coordinators for youur contributions ! © Geneva, January 2013.

3 1. FROM YOUR EDITOR

National JOTA Organizers (NJO) in many countries collected, compiled, prepared and sent their JOTA Story to the World Scout Bureau. Of course, the participating Scout groups all over the world provided the basic ingredients. Many thanks to all who sent us information on their JOTA programme and adventures. Before you now is the worldwide impression of the 55th Jamboree-On-The-Air

NJO’s also sent us additional audio-visual materials that cannot be printed in a report like this. However, we have made links available to on-line JOTA pictures, video’s, additional stories and complete idea booklets even. If you scan the QR picture that you see on this and some of the other pages with your smartphone or tablet, it will take you directly to those on- line resources. You can even scan the QR codes from a printed version of this report, so if you are reading this on paper or off-line somewhere, it will also work. Try and enjoy, but note that the on-line material is not maintained by or the responsibility of the World Scout Bureau.

Some stations were actively involved in this year’s theme activity “How big is your world?” Although not nearly as much as we had hoped for. The theme material was available from April onwards with gave plenty of time to prepare the activities. More details were added closer to the JOTA weekend.

Especially for Scout stations, the DX cluster was put on line again by the amateur radio club in Zoetermeer, Neth- erlands. The cluster provides live info on which JOTA station is transmitting on which frequency, so you can very easily find them.

Another novelty was the use of the on-line radio logbook provided by Ham Radio Deluxe. The HRD software plots your contact map and displays it live on the internet, together with your actual operating frequency. Used by several groups and to be repeated on a larger scale next year.

The World Scout Bureau operated HB9S from the Satigny Scout centre. The Scout Centre is just outside the city of Geneva and only a few kilometres from the office building. Radio conditions were excellent this year and we could use Günters special antenna system on 40 and 80 m to its full capability. Many great contacts were made.

A glimpse of the 55th JOTA from around the world:

Brazil: a campaign named “Um radioamador em cada Grupo Escoteiro” (one radio amateur in each Scout group) was helpful to get sufficient radio amateurs for the Scouts. Canada: stations combined with outdoor camping were tied together with emergency preparedness and how communications can be used to support emergency work; amateur radio is essential in the event of disasters. China: “it was cool to use ham radio for the first time.” Estonia: a group of cubs and Scouts had an excursion to the Estonian student satellite ESTCube project. ES5JOTA was based at the home station of the ESTCube.

4 France: "Vis Tes Rêves" (live your dreams) Jamboree in July. The Radio Scouting stand was very popular,600 participants took part in "fox hunt" (a search for a radio transmitter hidden in the forest using a receiver), assembly of electronic kits, discover morse code, locating QSL cards on a world map and an introduction to using radio. Informal meetings with the radio-scouting team and officials boosted the JOTA participation. French Polynesia: the bamboo mast broke during the hoisting. So it had to be taken down again, all 12 meters, fix it and hoist- ed again. Germany: on the HAM Radio fair in Friedrichshafen, the Scouts were represented with a booth for the first time. Greece: popular activities, creating a meteorological map using all the JOTA contacts, using VHF, building home-made antennas and small electronic devices or devices to communicate with Morse code, and building a simple electromagnet. Madagascar: Some fifty Catholic Scouts of the 12th Saint Michel in Amparibe had great success to make DX contacts with several foreign countries such as V51YJ in Namibia. Netherlands: Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers opened the JOTA-JOTI. He was active during his mission in the International Space Centre with amateur radio as PI9ISS. Oman: A radio station was set up in Al Balid City, the most important ancient port on the Arabian Sea whose history dates back to before 2000 BC. South Africa: when we got to the Scout hall, we discovered that they did not have had electricity for several months and so the Scouts organised a feed from a house across the road using a very long extension lead across the road (with all the traffic driving across it all day!!) United Kingdom: one group of Explorer Scouts set up their station on Winter Hill, a site of a TV transmitter. Their efforts were rewarded by some excellent long distances contacts and an SSTV contact with Australia. United States: introduced the Morse Code Interpreter Strip to recognize those members with Morse Code proficiency. Max Stiles, BSA Unit Commissioner wrote: “I do not think I can precisely express in words the wonderful experience for all our Scouts. These young individuals had in about 30 hours combined lessons that will last a lifetime. They learned about geography, physics, math, languages, world citizenship, science, friendship, team work and so many other skills that most kids their age are never able to experience. These kids' minds have been stamped forever with the experience of communicating with other human beings around the corner and across the world.”

These are just a few of the highlights of the JOTA. The complete overview is in front of you now. Enjoy the next pages !

Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR. Editor. 5 January 2013.

5 ES5JOTA opérait depuis la base du projet ESTCube. France: 2. RÉSUMÉ FRANÇAIS Jamboree "Vis Tes Rêves" en juillet. Le stand radio- Les organisateurs JOTA nationaux (NJO) de nombreux scoutisme a été visité par plus de 600 participants pays ont collecté, compilé, préparé et envoyé leur rappoort avec chasse au renard (rrecherche, à l’aide d’un récep- au Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme. Les groupes scouts teur, d’un émetteur caché dans la forêt), assemblage ayant participé à travers le monde ont bien sûr fourni les de kits électroniques, découverte du code morse, loca- principaux ingrédients. Merci à tous ceux qui ont envoyé lisation de cartes QSL sur la carte du monde, et intro- des informations sur leurs activités pendant le JOTA pour duction à la radio. vous donner une image générale de ce que fut le 55e Polynésie Française: Jamboree-sur-les-Ondes. Le mât de bambou s’est cassé lors du hissage. Il a fal- lu le redescendre, d’une hauteur de 12 mètres, le ré- Les NJOs ont aussi envoyé des do- parer et le hisser à nouveau. cuments audio-visuels que l’on ne Allemagne: peut pas imprimer dans ce rapport. Les scouts ont tenu un stand à la foire HAM Radio de Néanmoins, nous avons mis en Friedrichshafen au mois de juin afin de promouvoir le ligne et prévu des liens sur des JOTA. photos, vidéos, autres histoires et Grèce: livrets complets d’idées. Si vous Activités appréciées : réalisation d’une carte météo pouvez lire avec votre smartphone avec tous les contacts JOTA, liaisons VHF, construction ou tablette les QR codes que vous trouverez sur certaines d’antennes, de kits élecctroniques, de montages pour pages, ils vous amèneront directement sur ces docu- communiquer en morsse, ou d’un simple électro- ments. Vous pouvez aussi scanner les QR codes d’une aimant. version de ce rapport imprimée sur papier, cela devrait Madagascar: aussi jouer. Essayez et appréciez, mais en prenant note Quelques 50 scouts cathholiques du 12e Saint-Michel à que ces documents mis à disposition ne sont pas publiés Amparibe ont eu beaucoup de succès dans leurs con- sous la responsabilité du Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme. tacts DX avec plusieurs pays étrangers, dont V51YJ en Namibie. Quelques stations se sont engagées dans le thème de Pays-Bas: cette année, « de quelle taille est ton monde ? », cepen- L’astronaute hollandais André Kuipers a ouvert le dant pas aussi nombreuses que nous aurions souhaité. Le JOTA-JOTI. Il fut actiff pendant sa mission dans matériel sur ce thème était disponible depuis avril, ce qui l’International Space Centre (ISS) avec l’indicatif radio donnait bien assez de temps pour préparer les activités. PI9ISS. Plus d’informations furent données peu avant le week-end Oman: JOTA. Une station radio a été installée à Al Balid City, le plus Le DX cluster a de nouveau été mis en service, spéciaale- important port historique sur la mer d’Arabie dont ment pour les stations scoutes, par des radioamateurs l’histoire remonte à plus de 2000 ans avant Jésus- hollandais de Zoetermeer. Le cluster donne en direct des Christ. informations quant aux stations émettant, en indiquant Afrique du Sud: sur quelle fréquence, ce qui permet de les retrouver faci- En arrivant au local scout nous avons découvert qu’il lement. n’y avait plus d’électricité depuis des mois. Les scouts ont organisé un raccordeement depuis une maison de Une autre nouveauté fut l’utilisation du carnet de trafic en l’autre côté de la route, avec un très long câble traver- ligne fournit par « Ham Radio Deluxe ». Le logiciel HRRD sant la route, avec le ttrafic roulant dessus pendant marque vos contacts sur une carte et les affiche directte- toute la journée ! ment sur Internet en indiquant votre fréquence d’émission Angleterre: actuelle. Ce programme, utilisé par quelques groupes, de- Un groupe de scouts “explorer” a installé sa station sur vrait être utilisé à plus large échelle l’année prochaine. la “Winter Hill”, colline où se situe un émetteur de TV. Leurs efforts furent récompensés par d’excellents con- Le Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme opérait sa station HB9S tacts à longue distance et une liaison SSTV avec depuis le centre scout de Satigny, à la périphérie de Ge- l’Australie. nève, à seulement quelques kilomètres du Bureau. Les Etats Unis: conditions radio furent excellentes cette année et nous Introduction d’un test “interprète de code morse” pour avons vraiment profité du système d’antennes 40m et évaluer la compétence de chacun dans la connaissance 80m de Günter. De très beaux contacts ont été réalisés. du morse. Max Stiles, BSA “Unit Commissioner” a écrit: « Je ne Un coup d’œil sur le 55e JOTA autour du monde : pense pas pouvoir exprimer avec des mots cette expé- rience merveilleuse pour les scouts. En près de 30 Brésil: heures ces jeunes ont appris des leçons qui leur reste- Une campagne nommée “Um radioamador em cada ront pour la vie. Ils ont aappris de la géographie, de la Grupo Escoteiro” (un radioamateur avec chaque physique, des maths, des langues, leur appartenance groupe scout) a contribué à trouver assez de radioa- au monde, des sciences, l’amitié, le travail d’équipe et mateurs pour les scouts. des tas d’autres choses qque la plupart des garçons de Canada: leur âge n’’auront jamaiis l’occasion de découvrir. La Des stations dans des camps en plein air, préparées à mémoire de ces jeunes a été marquée pour toujours communiquer en situation d’urgence, peuvent parfai- par l’expériience de la ccommunication avec d’autres tement être utilisées pour aider les secours; les rré- humains, qu’ils soient ttrès proches ou à travers le seaux radioamateurs sont essentiels en cas de dé- monde ». sastres. Chine: Ce ne sont que quelques notes concernant le JOTA. Un Témoignage : “ce fut cool d’utiliser la radio d’amateur aperçu plus complet vous attend dans les pages sui- pour la première fois.” vantes, appréciez-les ! Estonie: Un groupe de scouts est allé visiter le projet de satel- Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR. lite ESTCubbe mené par des étudiants estoniens. Rédacteur en chef. 5 Janvier 2013.

6 del ESTCube. Francia: 3. RÉSUMEN ESPAÑOL En "Vis Tes Rêves" (vivirr tus sueños) el Jamboree rea- Los organizadores nacionales JOTA (NJO) en muchos paí- lizado en julio, el stand del Radio Scouting fue muy ses recogieron, recopilaron, prepararon y enviaron su in- popular, 600 personas paarticiparon en la "caza del zo- forme a la Oficina Scout Mundial. Por supuesto, los grupos rro" (la búsqueda de un transmisor de radio oculto en participantes de todo el mundo proporcionaron los ingrre- el bosque utilizando un receptor), montaje de kits dientes básicos para ello. Muchas gracias a todos los que electrónicos, descubrir el código Morse, la localización nos han enviado información sobre su programa y actiivi- de las tarjetas QSL en un mapa del mundo y la intro- dades para el JOTA. Lo que entrega una previa impresión ducción al uso de la radio. acerca de la versión 55 ª del Jamboree-On-The-Air en tto- Las reuniones informales con el equipo de radio- do el mundo. scouting y visitantes deel stand fueron impulsando la Los NJO también nos han enviado participación en el JOTA. otros materiales audiovisuales que Polinesia francesa: no se pueden imprimir en un infor- Construyeron un mástil dde bambú que se rompió du- me como este, sin embargo, hemos rante la instalación, por lo que tuvieron que reparar y hecho enlaces disponibles on line a alzarlo de nuevo 12 metrros. fotos , vídeos, historias adicionales Alemania: y folletos . Si escaneas la imagen En la feria de Radioaffición en Friedrichshafen, los QR que aparece en esta y algunas Scouts estuvieron presentes con una cabina. de las otras páginas con un Grecia: smartphone o tablet, te llevará directamente a los recur- Las actividades más populares fueron la creación de un sos en línea; incluso puedes escanear los códigos QR des- mapa meteorológico uttilizando todos los contactos de una versión impresa de este informe, por lo que si es- JOTA realizados en VHF, la construcción casera de an- tás leyendo esto en papel o fuera de línea, también va a tenas, pequeños aparatos electrónicos o dispositivos funcionar. Disfrútalo, pero ten en cuenta que el material que se comunican usando el código Morse, y la cons- on line no es mantenido por la Oficina Scout Mundial. trucción de un electroimán simple. Madagascar: Algunas estaciones participaron activamente en la actiivi- Medio centenar de Scouuts Católicos de la 12 ª Saint dad propuesta ccuyo tema fue "¿Qué tan grande es tu Michel en Amparibe tuvvieron un gran éxito al hacer mundo?", aunque no fueron tantas como habíamos es- contactos DX con varios ppaíses extranjeros. perado. El material estuvo disponible a partir de abril lo Holanda: que dio bastante tiempo para preparar las actividades. El astronauta holandés Andre Kuipers abrió el JOTA- Más detalles se añadieron cerca del fin de semana del JOTI. Él estuvo activo en radioafición durante su mi- JOTA. sión en el Centro Espaciaal Internacional como PI9ISS. Especialmente para las estaciones de Scouts, el DX clustter Omán: fue puesto en línea una vez más por el club de radioaafi- Una estación de radio fue instalada en la ciudad de Al cionados en Zoeetermeer, Holanda. El sistema ofrece in- Balid, el antiguo puertoo más importante del Mar de formación en directo sobre la estación JOTA que está Arabia, cuya historia se remonta 2000 años antes de transmitiendo y en qué frecuencia está, por lo que es Cristo. muy fácil encontrarlos. Sudáfrica: Cuando llegamos a la ssala Scout, descubrimos que Otra novedad fue el uso de la bitácora de radio en línea ellos no habían tenido ellectricidad durante varios me- proporcionada por Ham Radio Deluxe. El software HRRD ses, por lo que los Scouts obtuvieron la alimentación ubica tu contacto en el mapa y lo muestra en vivo por In- eléctrica desde una casa al otro lado de la carretera ternet, junto coon tu frecuencia de operación en ese mo- con un cable de extensiión larguísimo a través de la mento. Esto fue usado por varios grupos y cada año es autopista. más requerido. Reino Unido: Un grupo de Explorer Scouts, establecieron su esta- La Oficina Scout Mundial operó la HB9S desde el Centtro ción en Winter Hill, un sitio donde está un transmisor Scout Satigny, este centro está en las afueras de la ciudad de TV, sus esfuerzos se vieron recompensados por de Ginebra, a sólo unos pocos kilómetros del edificio de unos excelentes contacttos a largas distancias y un nuestras oficinas. Las condiciones de propagación fueron contacto en SSTV con Auustralia. excelentes este año y se pudo utilizar el sistema de antte- Estados Unidos: na especial Guntters en 40 y 80 metros a su plena capaci- Introdujo la Franja de Inttérprete de Código Morse para dad, de modo tal que se realizaron grandes contactos. realizar un reconocimiento a aquellos miembros con habilidades en esta área. A continuación, un vistazo del 55 JOTA en todo el mundo: Max Stiles, Unit Commissioner de BSA, escribió: "No creo que precisamente se pueda expresar con palabras Brasil: la maravillosa experiencia para todos nuestros Scouts. Se realizó una campaña denominada "Um radioamador Estos muchachos tuvieron, en alrededor de 30 horas em Cada Grupo Escoteiro" (un radioaficionado en cada de curso combinado, lecciones que van a durar toda la grupo Scout) lo que fue muy útil para obtener suficien- vida. Aprendieron sobre la geografía, la física, las ma- tes radioaficionados operando para los Scouts. temáticas, los idiomas, la ciudadanía mundial, la cien- Canadá: cia, la amistad, el trabajjo en equipo y las habilidades Se instalaron estaciones en campamento las que trra- que la mayoría de niños de su edad no tienen la posi- bajaron las comunicaciones en situaciones de emer- bilidad de experimentar. Las mentes de estos niños gencia y como la radioafición resulta ser un real apoyo han sido impregnadas para siempre con la experiencia en caso de catástrofes. de la comunicación con otros seres humanos alrededor China: de todo el mundo. " "Fue genial utilizar la radioafición por primera vez." Estonia: Estos son sólo algunos de los aspectos más destacados Un grupo de lobatos y Scouts tuvieron una excursión del JOTA. La descripción completa se encuentra en frente al proyecto estudiantil del satélite estonio ESTCube. La de ti. Disfruta de las páginas siguientes! estación ES5JOTA se instaló en el lugar de residencia Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR.

Editor. 7 5 de enero 2013. 4. From the Web….. The WOSM web site Scout.org/jota contained a lot of support material for this year’s JJOTA with the theme:

How big is your world?

"How big is your world?" Well, here's how to find out:

To visualize how big the amateur-radio world is, an on-line logging tool offers help. It logs all you radio contacts and dispplays them on a map. Plus gives you direct access to details of the contacts that you made. The HRD amateur-radio software suite offers many intteresting features for the Scouts to play with. It can be downloaded here. The software suite is free of charge.

On-line-, but also off-line logging is available with HRD (you can upload logs later if no internet connection is available at your JOTA station). The on-line tool gives you the possibility to display your contacts on an electronic plot map.This shows how far your contacts have reached and, indeed, how big your radio world is. The logbook also gives you the distance and further details of each contact that you enter. Thhe Scouts that serve as your station's "logbook operator" will be able to directly present the overview. Have a look at the on-line tool here.

If you are using more than one radio station simultaneously, you will need some extra software to enable all stations to use the same logbook. The complete SW package that you need to install,, including step-by-step instructions for JOTA users can be downloaded here.

Want to quickly find a Scout station on the radio? There is a DX cluster set up specially for JOTA stations and you can integrate it into the HRD logbook as well. How? Have a look here.

If you add the web link of your logbook to your JOTA report that you send to your National JOTA Organizer after the weekend, we can include it in the world-wiide overview that will be compiled affter the event.

Listen in to the world: on several places around tthe globe, amateur-radio receivers aree connected to the internet. With your computer, you can simply connect to them and listen. Find out which stations you can here at the place where the receiver is located. Or, even more exciting, listen if you can hear the radio signal of your own Scout station !

An idea for your JOTA preparation? Ask your Scoutt to listen with their computer via a nearby receiver. Ask your radio amateur to transmit a message for them with his home station. See which Scout is first to get the message.

One of the biggest stations that you van listen with is the radio telescope of Dwingelo in the Netherlands. It even allows you to listen to amateur raddio signals bounced of the moon. Really? YYes, this antenna is big enough for that. So you see, your (radio) world is bigger than may you think....

A good starting point to listen to amateur radio signals with your computer: click here.

Want to find more radio's or try the big telescope? Have a look here.

Have fun !

Even more on-line radio transceivers are avaiilable to you for remote operation. With the "remotehams" system, youu can remotely control the stations yourself, directly over the internet. Everyone can receive with them; to transmit your need a valid amateur radio liceense. How to use this for JOTA? Well, e.g. you want to contact that far-away Scout station, but you only have a small transmitter available. Log on to the remotehams system, check in to a radio that is closer to the station you want to talk to, and remotely transmit and receive from there. Also, it is an excellent way to check if the signals you transmit can be received elsewhere in the world. Just tune the remote receiver to your transmit frequency. Can you hear your own signal and how does it sound at the other side of the globe? Download the remote-control software here. The software package and the use oof the system are free of charge.

Each Scout can have its own radio station...... and have some JOTA practice beforee the weekend. To train radio amateurs, there is a fully on-line amateur "radio" environment, running on a server connected to the internet. Together with software on your computer, you can have your own "radio". It behaves exactly as a short-wave amateur-radio ttransceiver: you can make live contacts with other users anywhere in the world, experience the same types of radio garble and interference, play with different transmission modes and many more. Without the need for an amateur radio license (since you are not transmitting on airwaves). An excellent practice for Scouts to get acquainted with amateur radio and prepare themselves for JOTA. The software, called Hamsphere, can be used free of charge for a trial peri- od. Just enough to be prepared for your JOTA experience...! You can find detailed info and download the sooft- ware here.

QRZ?.....QR-what.....? Radio-Amateurs often use the Q-code, a set of abbreviations to make radio contacts shorter and more clear. Sometimes this sounds like a sort of secret language. Recenttly, a new version of the Q- code popped up; a digitalized form called QR code. So if you see one on a product or object around you, think of the amateurr-radio Q-code. For the 55th JOTA we have developed a Q-code game with these digital QR codes. You will need a smartphone or computer to read the codes, find different places on earth, look up country prefixes, think hard to recognize places and many more. A fun activity with your Sccout to discover how big the world really is.

Download the game instructions here.

Wondering about the solution of the game? Find it here at the end of the JOTA weekend. Until then...... QRZ?

(If the links on this page do not work on your electronic or printed copy of this report, just scan the QR code with your phone or tablet and it will take you to the jota web site)

9 5. HOW MUCH AND HOW MANY ?

How many Scouts were part of the 55th Jamboree-On-The-Air? Does it really matter? Some would say “no”, for as long as a couple of Scouts have fun with their radio contacts, it iis all worthwhile. Others will say “yes”, because we have to convince our supporters that this Jamboree is not just an occasional activity, but something that reallyy offers a world-wide coverage with many, many Scouts and therefore a must to be a part of. In fact, what the numbers on the next pages will show you, the JOTA is the largest annual youth activity in existence…….

For the 55th JOTA, Scout radio stations operated from:

* National report received and quoted in this World JOTA Report. country underlined non-licensed Scouts are allowed to speak themselves by radio. number the number of other countries that was contacted.

To arrive at a reliable estimate of the total number of participation has been added to the Scout numbers, except ticipants, some statistics are needed, since not all the where the Association in the reporting country is a countries have sent a JOTA report. These statistics are SAGNO. In the latter case the Guide participation is calcu- based on the average participation numbers of the coun- lated using the registered membership figures from tries that did sent us a report, on the membership number WAGGGS. Add it all up and you get the total participation of each Scout Association as registered at the World Scout numbers. Bureau and on the list of countries that were reported as being active in the event (in the table above). Guide par-

10 The electronic report form was sent with 90% of all rre- consequently this World JOTA Report is available a lot ceived national reports. An electronic enhancement was sooner in January. available this year in the form that did all the calculations Too note from the address liist in the back of this report, for you and also would allow electronic processing. Time that all National JOTA Organizers have an email address was (too) short to produce it and extensive testing was themselves too. This certainlly helps the ease and speed of not done. It worked fine in the latest Office software, but information exchange. other software users were less fortunate. Room for improvement next year. A printed version of the report form Of all the JOTA stations, 80 % are in countries that do al- was also available and all were distributed via the NJO low Scouts to speak themsselves directly over the radio,

Percentage of all Scouts in a given country that took part in the 55th JOOTA. (Note: logarithmic scale !)

web site. We will try to make a fully on-line version avail- which varies somewhat overr the past few years. But this able for next year, as suggested by some NJO’s. But a pa- is mainly due to the detailed info we receive in reports per version will always be available for those without in- and not to changes in the actual situation. In general, ternet access. once “on-air” privileges have been granted to the Scouts, they are not withdrawn laterr on. This year for the first time, all info, no exceptions, was rre- ceived via electronic ways, which saves considerably on the postal delivery time. It has the added advantage that National radio-licensing Autthorities are more and more reports can be processed over the Christmas holidays and flexible in allowing this speccial facility to Scouts. If your

11 country does not have this facility yet, please contact the Thhe graph below gives you the number of participating World Scout Bureau so we can see how we can best assist Scouts and Guides as a perrcentage of the total member- you in discussion with your National radio-licensing au- ship in their country. thorities. Using a relative number makes it easier to compare the participation in different coountries. Please note that we On the JOTA web site, links were made available to a have used a logarithmic scale in this graph. That means Scout DX cluster and a JOTA sked book. Both were about that both small and large nuumbers can be displayed in the equally used by a third of the participating groups. The DX same picture. In comparingg them, please read the scale cluster, kindly made available by the radio amateurs in numbers. JOTA is not a competition and these figures Zoetermeer, Netherlands, provided an on line overview of merely indicate that there are differences in interest, organization and reporting in tthese countries. Local circum- stances can vary quite a bitt. Quite a few countries are in the 1 to 10 % range, with some clearly above that: Brazil, Cyprus and Oman are clearly strong players in JOTA.

where Scout stations were transmitting, thus making it a lot easier to find them on the radio waves. The sked book allowed to make appointments during the weekend where and when to meet with another Scout group on te air.

Speaking of web site, the national reports suggest that all participating NSO’s used the WOSM JOTA web site to get their JOTA information.

12 6. LOOKING BACK…... A complete overview of 50 years JOTA history has been written by Les Mitchell, the JOTA originator, Len Jarrett, the former World JOTA Organizer and Richard Middelkoop, the current World JOTA Organizer. The book: "CQ Jamboree, 50 years of Scouting's Jamboree-on-the-Air" has been published in February 2008 (ISBN 978-90-812601-1- 4) as a limited edition. In the meantime, this edition is completely sold out; possibilities for a reprint are being explored, probably with an update up to the 55th JOTA. This page takes you back in time 50, 25 and 10 years, to days of bulky equipment and pioneering radio. From CQ Jamboree, we read the following:

The 5th JOTA, 20 – 21 October 1962

A special JOTA Badge was produced from Les Mitchell's design and a leaflet, "Getting the Most from JOTA" was put together in English. It subsequently came out in many other languages. Sixty-three countries took part.

The Australian Scout Leader magazine of October 1962 head- lined: ”Any Scout can participate in this Jamboree !”

Anybody who has taken part once wants to do so again, said the World JOTA Report.

The 30th JOTA, 17 – 18 October 1987 HB9S operates again, with new equipment, from Satigny Scout Camp and this year Yves had with him two guest operators - Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR, and Duncan Wheelhouse, G8TRP, as well as local Swiss operators. I myself operated VE3MYF for a short time and logged about six JOTA stations in three countries.

The report shows that 85 countries participated and reports came in from 39 of them (46%), which must be quite a record. There was some good news from the UK too, for it appears that a form of Student License may be introduced there, and that Scouting would be represented on the Committee. In Dubai amateur radio is not permitted, but Alan G3WNS mounted a listening station with the 2nd Dubai cub pack.

The Scout Association in Barbados celebrated their 75th anniversary with 8P75BBS.

AX2SWJ operated from the World Jamboree in Australia at the start of 1988, with outstanding success.

Ericcos Lanitis, the Cyprus Na-

tional JOTA Organizer runs his

JOTA station 5B4CGJ from a

tent.

13 The 45th JOTA, 19 – 20 October 2002

“Share our world, share our airwaves”, could have been the JOTA variation to the World Scout Jamboree theme. Once you think you have seen it all, new ideas and possibilities enter the playing field. JOTA is no different to that. The 45th JOTA had things like Echolink and J-code to share our airwaves. Contacts with the International Space Station, initiated last year, were there again. And lots of “normal” radio contacts. With relatively good radio propagation throughout the weekend, many high- quality contacts were possible, even those over large distances.

e-QSO and Echolink are new technologies that seem to have found their way to JOTA. What is it? Basically a technique to transport radio signals to another place via the internet and re- transmit them at the destination. In the case of Echolink, one can make a direct contact with a computer to this virtual radio channel and participate in the communication. In fact, a large open network is the result, which has participants connected via radio and others via the internet directly. Isn’t that wonderful? JOTA and JOTI come together as one big Scout network. This would open up a whole new gamma of possibilities for the Scouts participating in JOTA and JOTI. Surely to be continued with new experiments in the coming years.

The J-code was another experiment this year. A simple code has been designed by Dave Gemmell of South Africa. It should help to over- come the ever-present language barrier during radio or internet contacts by offering simple codes for an elementary conversation. Much like the Q-code does for radio amateurs. The J-code has been trans- lated into many different languages. Reports show that some Scout Brazil: a JOTA camp site with a view…… groups used it enthusiastically, whilst others thought it was rather difficult. In any case, it is not easy to get used to it. But the Scouts who did use it commented: “better a difficult communication than no communication”. I can imagine the Morse code had a similar start…….

….AND FORWARD. The year 2013 will see many changes, as the structure of the World Scout Bureau will be re- organized. What impact that has on the organization of the JOTA event is still unclear at the time of printing this report. Tormod Nordeng LA8RU Discussions about a stronger focus on educational 24 October 1921 - 24 January 2012 values of the JOTA event and more facilities for on-line support are on-going and may result in Early March we were informed that our dear friend and radio-scouter further enhancement of your JOTA experience. Tormod Nordeng had become a Silent Key. Our sister event on internet, JOTI, is seeking to Tormod has been involved in Scouting since 1939. His first Jamboree improve its on-line systems in a project called “Vi- th was the 9 World Scout Jamboree in the United Kingdom in 1957, sion 2015”, and there may well be possibilities where he was as a Scout participant. that JOTA can benefit from those too. Tormod was an avid Radio Scout. His call sign was LA8RU with which Additionally, new technologies become available he made many contacts to his Scout friends around the world, from and are explored in the amateur radio field that his farm up North on Andøya in Norway, high above the Polar circle. could be well used for JOTA, notably in the field of Tormod was also frequently logged in on Echolink and Skype, as he digital radio transmissions and techniques used taught himself all about computers at high age. for emergency operations. He was part of the radio staff of the amateur radio stations at the More-over, amateur radio associations are eager World Scout Jamborees in Norway in 1975, in the Netherlands in to have youngsters join them and choose a tech- 1995, in the United Kingdom in 2007 and in Sweden in 2011, where nical education. Discussions with IARU are on- he entertained many Scouts with his enchanting radio stories and op- going how this can be structured better and how erating. radio amateurs can work closely together with th At the 50 birthday celebration of JOTA, in the UK in 2007, Tormod Scout groups. cut the birthday cake, together with the youngest radio amateur on So, in short, there’s more to explore in the won- the Jamboree camp site, a young guide. derful world of radio in the coming years. Tormod worked as a teacher in Bjørnskinn until 1985. He was an eager local historian with several books and charts published. Tormod received the Silver Wolf and the White Lily of the Norwegian Boy Scout Federation. He will be remembered by many.

14 7. JOTA IM-PRESS-ION

The JOTA is a major public-relations event for the Scout Movement as well. There is a large number of visitors that gets acquainted with JOTA and Scouting each year. The event also catches the attention of local and national authorities, as they are often asked to deliver the official national opening speech. Add all the media coverage of the JOTA to that and you have am- ple opportunity to promote Scouting.

17 8. THE 55TH JOTA AROUND THE WORLD

Note: Indicated per country you will find the numbers of participants, of JOTA radio stations and the number of different countries that were contacted. A question mark “?” indicates that the numbers were not available in the national report. The QR code leads you to web pages with additional material like photos and videos of the JOTA adventures in that country.

Austria (OE) Newly appointed NJO Georg Haber- participants: 236 fellner writes us: there were many stations: 13 different stations in Austria this countries: 26 year. Most activities took part on shortwave. There is a big group in Tyrol which participates every year and has a very good program for all ages.

Bulgaria (LZ) We were 12 people involved, says participants: 12 Dobromir Draev, it was very excit- stations: 1 ing for everybody. On countries: 2 Brazil (PY) our first time we make a Our JOTA weekend was amazing, lot of contacts in the World Jamboree On The participants:12657 says Ronon Reginatto. More sta- Air. Our most exciting contacts was from Shu- stations: 340 tions and an increase of partici- men,Bulgaria to Akita City, Japan. countries: 55 pants. The JOTA Programme was specially prepared by a group of Scout leader for each range of age. Of the total of 27 Brazilian States, 20 of them were “on the air”, taking part in JOTA contacts. A campaign named “Um radioamador em cada Grupo Es- coteiro”(one radio amateur in each Scout group) was helpful. The Brazilian NJO station worked in Brasília, the capital city of Brazil, as PT2CM. And we will repeat it in the forthcoming JOTA’s, changing the site of JOTA Organization, giving a chance to more people to coordinate the event. We honoured the first Brazilian Scout station PY1EDB of the 86th David Barros Scout group from Rio de Janeiro, and remembered a great Scout radio amateur PY2ZZ, Paulo Moraes, who lost his life after an accident. He used to be the Echolink net coordinator for Brazil. We also gave an interview to GLOBO Radio about JOTA, one of the most important broadcast radio stations of Brazil and it was on live. Amazing.

Canada (VE) Newly appointed NJO Andrew Dunn participants: 780 writes that “One of the most amaz- stations: 22 ing contacts that was made, with countries: 5 three Venturers and two Advisors listening, was with a special event station NB9QV that was operating from the decommissioned submarine USS Cobia in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The USS Cobia was a Gato-class diesel electric submarine that saw a lot of action in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. It now serves as a National Historic Landmark where tours are given daily.”

18 This year the focus for many seemed to be on operating China Republic (BV) stations combined with outdoor camping experiences. Changg, Wen-Shing wites that the participants:3000 These camps successfully tied together two important biggest event was held in Taipei stations: 9 contacts, emergency preparedness and how communica- City as usual. The Taipei City Scout tions can be used to support emergency work. countries: ? This is a great example of hoow Council had a amateur radio is es- jooint event with sential in the event of CTARL (Chinese disasters whether Taaipei Amateur natural or man- Radio League) to made, and allowed promote ham the Scouting and radio and legal Guiding youth to usage of radio think about how they during the JOTA might plan for emer- weekend, which gencies in the future. attracted more 1st Bolton Scout Group held thheir than 2000 par- first ever E.P.I.C. (which stands for Emergency Prepared- ticipants in this ness Initiative Camp) at Camp Goodyear just outside of gathering, just Caledon, Ontario. In addition to JOTA and JOTI in an ouut- for one day door setting, the Canadian Red Cross provided program event. activities including first aid, emergency preparedness and However, the BWØS JOTA Station was the most popular disaster management education for the more than 120 one during the JOTA weekend in Taiwan. BWØS was set participants. The Peel Amateur Radio Club (PARC) and up in Maio-Li Scout Camp in central Taiwan. There were Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) assisted in the about 200 participant attending this BWØS JOTA camp for operation of a successful JOTA event (station VE3XR) as 2 days, not only from local Scouts, but also from Tainan, they have for many years. This combination themed Taiichung and Taipei. It was or- camp will be repeated in the future. ganized by Mr. Pro Lin, White Pine Council held their annual JOTA camp at Mos- BX4AN, also a very kin port Park, near Bowmanville. Nearly 200 Scouts, Guides, scout leader. He as- volunteers and leaders enjoyed making contacts over sisted the World two operating HF stations. This event also tied in with Scout Jamboree ra- emergency preparedness, with the local fire depart- radio station both ment providing equipment demonstrations as well as in Thailand and the evacuation drills. Camp participants also tried their UK. hand at many teamwork challenges. Many scouts were At Rovent 2012, held at Camp Opemikon near Perth, able to communi- Ontario, Chris VE3CBK assisted 30 Venturer Scouts and cate with overseas Rover Scouts to make contact with 16 stations throughout scout stations, such as Canada, the United States and Germany. HL9BCS, JE7YSS, Riverton Area (New Brunswick Council) held their fiirst VK6SAA, 9M6CSB and JOTA event since 1994 with the assistance of the Frederic- VR2HKS. They were very happy to say hello to overseas ton Amateur Radio Club at their club station (VE39B), co- scouts. Some of them were very nervous when they spoke ordinated by Jon VE9JTD. 20 Scouts, Cub Scouts and Bea- to others. One scout said “it was cool to use ham radio ver Scouts made contacts throughout Canada. for the first time.” Another scout said it was not easy to talk in English and to memorize the Q-code. One experienced female scout said “she had participated in the BWØS JOTA camp for many times, she had the chance to chat with scouts from Amerrica and Canada and she will come back for the next JOTA event.”

Administratively, for the first time in a number of yeaars, Scouts Canada now has a national JOTA organizing structure, and although timelines were too short to improve event and reporting co-ordination in time for this year’s JOTA, a vastly improved information structure will be in place in time for the 56th JOTA and 17th JOTI in 2013. Chile (CE) participants: ? A log list received of CE3JAM but stations: ? no further details are known. countries: ?

19 Cyprus (5B4) Fraance (F) Christis participants: 439 participants:1950 Christodou- stations: 14 stations: 18 lou countries: 19 countries: 5 writes us that they managed to con- Thee 55th Jamboree on the Air is tact various countries mostly the result of the willingness of in Europe. The propagation some Scout OM's to revive activ- was not very good and we ities of "radioscoutisme" in had a lot of inteerference from France after several years of very Arabic speaking countries on limitted activities, writes Maurice 20m meters on Saturday af- le Peesant. ternoon. The installation of 14 stations in different rregions of France is our success and encouragement to pursue this project.

18093 Scouts and Guides came to Jambville from 27 to 31 July, for the "Vis Tes Rêvees" (live your dreams) Jambo- ree. Representing all regionns of France with international participants from Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain the United Kingdom and Canada. Organised around the three themes of "Dream", "Dare" and "Be proud" the Jamboree offered the Scouts more than 300 educational activities from which to choose; an excellent opportunity to rre-introduce Radio-Scouting in France. The Radio Scouting stand was also very popular as up to 600 parrticipants took part in its activities including the "fox hunt" (a seaarch for a radio transmitter hiddden in the forest using a frequency detector), assembly of electronic kits (which allowed parrticipants to discover morse codde), locating QSL cards re- Estonia (ES) ceived by the radio station on a The Estonian JOTA team, participants: 33 worrld map and, of course an in- stations: 2 in conjunction with the Tal- troduction to using amateur ra- countries: 21 linn Polytechnic School radio.. dio club ES1XQ members Contact was made with several started JOTA preparations early, writes Deivis Treier. stations in France and also with HB9S, the WOSM radio In the last week, club members and Scouts worked hard station, as well as with the Roverway amateur radio sta- on top of the roof to place antennas. tion in Finland. The good news is that a lot of radio club members came During the camp informal meetings were held with radio- from the last JOTA’s. So it’s good to mention that some scouting team members of all French Scout Associations, Scouts fond their hobby as radio amateurs. their In- For ES1JOTA the most exciting contact was with UK scout terna- station GB2GP. tional On the JOTA weekend a lot of cubs and Scouts visited stta- Commis- tions in Tallinn and Tartu. Beginners learned how to spell sioners, their names alpha the pres- phonetic and others ident of had opportunity to the make contacts with French each other on the Amateur 2m band. All Scouts Radio and cubs had a Organi- chance to speak on sation HF. At the end wwe REF, the had a super sweet World cake with the JOTA JOTA Or- logo on it. ganizer At Tartu, a group of and of cubs and Scouts also course the new French Natiional JOTA Organizer who or- had an excursion to the Estonian student satellite ganized the station and the activities with his team in a ESTCube project. ES5JOTA was based at the home station splendid way. of the ESTCube. This weekend was so super. During the following JOTA, young people have strongly appreciated being able to participate in the installation of

French Polynesia (FO) Paul Pouvreau tells us that this is a participants: 12 greatt day for the group MANU stations: 1 URA Paea. countries: 6 This group is reborn after a cessation of business for 2 years. Not yet quite ready, but with the help of their leaders and a lot of patience, young people made a few QSO's for JOTA. Propagation was a bitt limited on the radio. Regret- table for the young Scouts after several preparatory meetings in the room. The antenna was mountedd with the help of the Scouts and Guides. The bamboo mast, however, broke during the hoisting. So it had to be taken down again, all 12 meters, fix itl and hoist again. It was guyed and carried the G5RV antenna. Germany (DL) in GGermany the global registra- participants: 900 tion system was used by the stations: 80 Scouts. This year's JOTA-JOTI countries: 47 pattch was designed by a group from Hohenbaden on theirr Whitsun camp. The annual German-speaking JOTA-JJOTI Conference was hosted antennas. Some were able to speak to the mi- this time by the Swiss Sccout Association crophone underr the responsibility of an ama- There enthusiasts from Germany, Austria and the teur, but legislation does not allow it, this can Switzerland met for a weekend, to exchange ideas cause genuine frustration since foreign Scout and jointly prepare the JOTA-JOTI for the German- stations are allowed to do this. speaking countries. In addition to listening to the radio contacts, On the HAM Radio fair in Friedrichshafen, the Scouts youth were able to familiarize themselves with were represented with a booth for the first time. the use of license-free (PMR) radios, the ra- Scouts from Germany,, Netherlands and Austria pre- dio-tracking or looking for tags and experienc- sented during 3 days tthe visitors what JOTA and ra- ing morse code practice. Several young peo- dio Scouting is and whaat we do on the weekend with ple interested in this project have discovered the Scouts on the amaateur radio bands. The booth that some parents or even some chefs are was always well attended, and the team is very moti- amateurs. vated. Distant contacts fascinate, but contacts with other For the JOTA-JOTI weekeend the NJC´s of the ring met Scout groups and guides in France also interest the to jointly operate the German headquarter station. A big young people because they more easily plan to meet thank you goes to the DARRC local Association Amberg, again. who has offered us once agaain excellent facilities. What amateur radio operators have most ap- Of course, our prepared games were not missing this preciated is the good atmosphere in which year. The sked game arrivedd, which took place on Satur- the activity took place and the welcome that day during the German round. The control station called awaited them. the registered radio stations and they are briefly present- We cannot do anything about propagation, ed. The German-language Sked and the game were also but we should try to strengthen prior ap- transferred to Echolink. pointments (skeds), concludes Maurice. Thhe Scouts from Buxheim met in the Scouts home on Saturday morning to build the antenna for the JOTA. Then each of the Scouts under supervision of an amateur radio operator could run the radio. Every conversation was confirmed with a QSL that is made specifically for the weekend card. Greece (SV) The most exciting contact: Speak- participants: 850 ing with Scouts from Australia and stations: 55 realising the truly worldwide na- countries: 14 ture of this event, writes Fotios Sakalis. Most participating Scout Groups work in cooperation with local sections of the Nationall Radio Amateur Association of Greece. They set their activiities in different places, e.g. in their clubs or in the outdoors.

21 The Scouts of Greece set up their main radio station for Madagascar (5R8) the JOTA weekend at PY-VA Scout Center, near Athens, The most exciting contact was the participants: 55 for every Scout group that was not able to operate its own first moment when Nivo and Ar- stations: 3 station. That station was in operation from 09:00 to mand could contact the World countries: 31 17:00. Scout Bureau in their five years of trying, says Albert Solonjatovo. Early morning 20th October 2012,the 55th Jamboree On The Air event started up in Antananarivo Madagascar. The Scouts could hear weakly some stations working on the frequencies. They tried to call these stations but in spite of many attempts no none copied them..! Unfortunately the propagation was not favourable at this moment. Some hours later, they called on ten meters and suddenly many stations responded to our 5R8GZ/Jota call. Among these stations was the World Scout Bureau HB9S radio station with Yves as operator. Some fifty Catholic Scouts of the 12th Saint Michel in Am- paribe, led by their Chief Ranaivoson Solofonirina Louis had great success thanks to make DX contacts with several foreign countries such as V51YJ in Namibia.

Activities that were popular this year included creating a meteorological map, using all the JOTA contacts, using VHF, building home-made antennas and small electronic devices or devices to communicate with Morse code, and building a simple electromagnet. Fotios suggestions: plan and properly advertise global activities like Global Challenge. Adapt this activity more for radio communications Iceland (TF) It was a good weekend and we got participants: 42 plenty of Scouts around us and I stations: 1 think we got at least 4 new mem- countries: 6 bers in our group, says the short report of Þór Þórisson. India (VU2) In Toliary, the southern part of Madagascar, Dera Mampi- onona Razafimbolatiana (Akitra Miranty) and his team participants:5109 The JOTA was organised throughout the country at different levels, composed of some ten boy Scouts and Guides were pre- stations: 68 sent as always each year. countries: 8 writes Geeta Rawat. JOTA stations were established in the National Head- I invited each Malagasy Scout leader to heighten their quarters, at the National training Centre, the National Youth com- young Scout’s awareness of JOTA-JOTI and I advised that plex and the National Camping Training Centre. Also on State, Dis- Radio Scouting will be included in the Malagasy Scouting trict and unit level were JOTA stations established. Activities in- educational programs, concludes Albert. cluded a drawing competition, essay writing and a quiz. Partici- pants interacted with their friends around the world through ama- Netherlands Antilles (PJ) teur radio and Echolink. It is amazing, JOTA-JOTI partici- participants: 227 Japan (JA) pants had a wonderful time says stations: 3 Rolando Manuel. Yoritake Matsudaira writes that the countries: 6 participants: 261 most exciting contact was made by a stations: 48 CS Scout (8 years old) of the 33rd Akita One station was located at the country house Landhuis countries: 21 Scout Group at JP7DIG, with 20 stations Pannekoek, a camp and training centre. Another one was in Japan and other countries. located at the meeting place of the Scouts of Peter Stuy- th During the 55 JOTA, the National Headquarter station of the vesant group. The Scouts of the Cariben group had their Scout Association of Japan, JA1YSS, contacted Saitama, Shizuoka station at their troop house. and Okinawa in Japan, as well as Indonesia and Australia under good radio conditions. The Scouts who camped at the Pannekoek country house started early by setting up their tents and trying to make as much contact as possible. They had workshops at the camping site. One of the impressive workshops was reusing plastic bottles and making the youth aware that recycling is very important in this changing world. It was a rainy weekend, with lots of rain and just imagine all the wet tents and all the accompanying techni- calities. It was really enchanting to see Scouts re-adjusting their tents, other Scouts participating in workshops, while others trying to communicate through the radio

22 and catching up with their Scout friends who they have Norway (LA) met at the last World Jamboree. JOTA-JOTI is organized locally. participants: 3400 Furthermore it is worth mentioning that the scouting Registration is done voluntarily at stations: 139 group called Nafasigroup, a group of mentally challenged jotajjoti.no, meaning there might countries: ? youngsters, also participated and did their utmost to be even more events that we’re speak via Echolink with Scouts in Holland: Scouting The not aware of. My best guess is that about 3400 Scouts Challenge group at PA3DZM with Eric. participated (based on sold badges), writes Are Shaw Waage. Please make JOTA-JOTI as easy as possible to take part in. If registration is not necessary, do not ask for registration. If information can be done more easily, please do so. Oman (A4) As we get more experience in participants: 6450 workking outside the main Scouts stations: 24 and Guides Headquarter in Mus- countries: 129 cat we continued operating JOTA -JOTI from the different regions in Oman, writes Hisham Badawi. Thhis year’s JOTA main station A43JOTA operated from Salalah in the Dohfar governorate in southern part of Oman. Dhofar Governorate is famous for its seasonal weather, locally known as monsoon or “Khareef”, its hills surrounded by white fog. Dhofar Governorate stretches over an area of one third off Oman and forms the Sultan- ate’s southern part. Dhofar includes a distinctive natural diversity where the coast bllends with the mountains and the desert. As Salalah is famous for its lights It is a real Jamboree during which Scouting experiences A radio station was set up iin Al Balid City, the most im- are exchanged aand ideas are shared, contributing to the portant ancient port on the Arabian Sea (part of the world brotherhood of Scouting. JOTA-JOTI is a world in it- Frankincense Trail) whose history dates back to before self. And it is imperative to keep this JOTA-JOTI event alive, concludes Rolando. Netherlands (PA) participants: 13621 Like every year, JOTA-JOTI in stations: 193 the Netherlands is opened by a countries: 20 national broadcast by PA6JAM. This year was special as the Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers opened the JOTA-JOTTI. Andre Kuipers was active during his mission in the Inter- national Space Centre amateur radio as PI9ISS. For his achievement in space, bringing the message of explorra- tion from the edge of the world, Andre Kuipers was rre- warded by the Dutch Scouts with the first official qualifiied radio amateur badge. The badge is introduced for Scouts and leaders who have successfully passed the exam for licensed radio amateur andd is available for Novice and Full licensed radio 2000 BC. Some archaeological research confirms that the amateurs, says Remko Welling. city's prosperity dates back tto the Iron Age. In a attempt to reach out to the other siide Continuously we will use a new communication way; we of the world Dutch JOTA stations were granted the use of worked on the SSTV mode through a satellite where we /J 10 hours in advance to enable them to make contact can send and receive contactts and send photos. with New Zealand and Australia. Although the initiatiive Thhis year the team was divided into many parts: the main was received with enthusiasm, propagation conditions team in Salalah and small teeams in regions: Al Wosta, Al ware poor and a small numbers of contacts have been Batinah, Musandam and Al Dakhelia. made. In order to complete the preparations for the event, a team of 25 qualified and experienced leaders have worked hard to ensure that everythinng was ready. Also with the cooperation with Royal Omani Amateur Ra- dio Society, TRA (Tel communication & Radio Association), Oman Local Telecommunica- tion Big Companies; Al Nawras Company & OmanTel Company. Thhe Ministry of Education has provided us with rooms and big halls to set up the different sub stations.

25 As usual we did an opening ceremony on Saturday 20th ing with Scouts from other countries who spoke the same October which was held in the Main Hall at the Educationnal language as them. Training Centre with the present of the General Director of Despite a slight de- the general directorate of Dhofar government. Approxi- crease in the num- mately 550 guests were present. A presentation of Oman ber of participating Scouts and Guides JOTA & JOTI participation history was stations (72) we shown. have an increase in There was a great coverage from the local media. Diffeer- the number of par- ent local TV, newspapers and magazines in Arabic and ticipants, this be- English published articles. cause, some groups decided to share Philippines (DU) the same station. The 55th Jamboree-On-The-Air Activities such as participants: 4729 was held in Calaca, Batangas fox hunting, kit stations: 31 hosted by Mayor Hon. Sofronnio building, and city games arre already an integral part of countries: 6 Nas C. Ona, Jr. DU1ON. The the JOTA-weekend. Opening Program with the theme: “How Big is your World” We regret any late informattion for JOTA preparation, be- started on 20 October 2012 at exactly 08:00h. The prayer cause many scout groups began their scout annual activities precisely on JOTA weekend. South Africa (ZS) Davee Gemell sent us a compilation participants: ? of the following stations reports. stations: ? In Maafikeng there were three op- countries: ? eratoors, John ZR6ANG, Evan ZS6EVD and Roshnie Maharaaj ZR5JAS running the station from the BP hall in town. Thhe JOTA station consisted of a Kenwood TS130S through an ATU into a G5RV. We did have a sked with HB9S in Geneva and although we could just hear them, they cer- tainly did not hear us. John mmade some very nice contacts on Echolink including HB9S so he was happy. Thhe scouts were camping in the grounds of the university and were being transported to the hall in small numbers although at one stage a bus from a local bus company brought a large number throough. was done at Manaoag, Pangasinan by Rev. Fr. Butch The pioneering project that we set the Scouts to carry out Bombase, 4F2BDR, followed by the Philippine National An- was a tower for the antennna. Bear in mind that these them. Rededication to Scout Oath by DU4DF of DX4CAR in Scouts have very Naga City. Opening Remarks of the Secretary General of little in the way of BSP J.Rizal C. Pangilinan, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines resources and alt- President Dr. Salud A. Bagalso, the National Telecommu- hough the tower nication Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordova. The Keynote lacked a bit of sta- Address of Hon. Jejomar C. Binay, Vice-President of the bility and aesthetic Republic of the charm, it was, in Philippines, our opinion, a Chairman Asia- sterling effort. Pacific Regional Thhey erected it the scout Committee night before and and President Boy apparently com- Scouts of the Phil- pleted it at 3am ippines. that morning. After the program It was interesting the Scouts were as when we got to divided into four the hall on Satur- groups to attennd day morning, we different activi- discovered that ties: Introduction they did not have to Radio Communica- electricity as their tion and proper use of the radio connection has with actual hands-on experience in the JOTA. had a fault for The activities were done overnight until morning, con- several months which Eskom is supposed to fix at some cludes Errol Eugenio S. Garcia. stage, and so the Scouts orrganised a feed from a house across the road using a verry long extension lead across Portugal (CT) the road (with all the traffic ddriving across it all day!!) Talk participants:10700 This year, as expected, the about being prepared. stations: 72 propagation helped the long dis- On the 20th October 2012 wwe took off from Springs Air- countries: 46 tance communications, says field (Gauteng) for our conttribution for JOTA in the East- António M. Ribeiro da Silva, but ern Scout Region,….with an airborne station !! it was the introduction of Echolink who brought a more Sias ZS6ABT, tells us: we toook off at 09:00 h, power on dynamic activity. and rolling. We gained heighht very quickly and soon in 4 Echolink, using UHF repeaters, allowed more clarity for min we were on 6700 ft agl. That was when I called in the Scouts, and the use of Lusophone,”room” provided the “ZZS6ABT JOTA/Scouts airborrne”. youngest Scouts, who don’t master other languages, taalk- Mitchel ZS6YH was the first 2m contact on 145,675 MHz. Only 3 seconds after that wwere Nigel ZS6BP and Pieter

26 ZS6PHS. Then we switched over to 438.700 MHz no lucck. On to 145.500 MHz and 7400ft agl and still gaiing height. At an airspace height of 7600ft agl, we went to 438.975 MHz and made very good comms with 7 stations. We did a fast spiral dive and lost 1000ft in 4 seconds. Then it all ended with ZS6ABT JOTA/Scout airborne has landed and all systems off. Congrats to all 19 contacts and hope we can do it again next year. The JOTA Northern Natal District Scout Camp took place at Hattingspruit Dam, and our theme was Romans. It was a very wet weekend starting with a big thundershower when we arrived. Tents where erected and camping began. Saturday was spent mostly at the radios as the bases had to be stopped because of the heavy rain. All the Scouts and Cubs enjoy the radios on JOTA weekend, and are not shy to ask questions to the person on the other end, and talk about what they are doing at the camp.

Saturday night the rain abated and we were able to enjoy a campfire, and Cubs and Scouts really enjoyed this one. United Kingdom (G) Sunday we had chariot races and tug of war games, an The signs were encouraging for the participants:3850 enjoyable weekend had by all despite the rain. 55th JOTA as more stations were stations: 80 registtered before the event and countries: 23 Spain (EA) radio conditions seemed to be im- Luis Pascual Martínez tells us that participants: 42 proving, says Richard Gaskeell. Once again getting stations this year the best contact was with stations: 3 to return reports proved diffficult and those stations that HB9AU of the Marsupilami Scout countries: did were generally successfuul well-attended events. Even group, with David. It was touching so, two of the biggest did not report so numbers are very to speak with all the boys and girls of the group... This much an estimate. One inddicator is the number of UK year we took part with 3 stations: El Grupo Scout Mon- JOTA-JOTI badges sold, 1250. taraz de Cantabria - EG1GSM, AISG from Catalonia - Most of the stations are sett up in the local Scout HQ but EA3RCH and the NJO from Zaragoza - EG2SDA station. one group of Explorer Scouuts, several of whom are licensed Radio Amateurs, set up their station on Winter Hill, a location familiar to residennts of North West England as it is the site of a TV transmitter. Their efforts were rewarded by some excellent contacts including long distances on 2m and an SSTV contact with Australia. The theme of ‘ How Big is Your World?’ was taken up enthusiastically by some stations who were busy calculating distances to the contacted stations and countries. Each year one station is combined with the Nationaal Scout Rifle Championship which guarantees a stream of visitors. As the UK Natiional JOTA and JOTI coordinators live in the same CCounty and neither had much experience of the other’s event they combined resources and operated a GB1NOD frrom a field outside Banbury. JOTI was in an inflat- able ‘Arena’ dome, JOTA in an adjoin- ing Kyam dome. When the part of the In addition the NJO has participated for the first time via power failed late on Sat- Echolink. The experience has been very positive and we urday night and the JOTI will use it again. In addition, like other years, we've had Dome threatened to col- visits, the most notable was the training Director, Scouts lapse it was the Radio of Aragon, Pablo Antoñanzas. team, camping on site, who could sort out con- Turkey (TA) nectors to link up to the Savas Baran writes: the Izmir working supply. participants: 836 Guides and Scouts contacted a stations: 6 troop from Greece: they were both United States (W) countries: 9 having a campfire and they made Improvement tasks this year in- participants:18537 the first worldwide “E-campfire”. cluded generating Radio Merit stations: 204 We began to make Turkish information sheets and distrib- Badge training slides, an JOTA countries: 64 uted them around Turkey to all provinces and all groups Acttivity Book for use during the and to Scouting clubs contacted. event, updating the JOTA website, building an automated Veterans were on the air from Club Stations or camps online registration and reporting system, building a com- made in their favourite camping prehensive frequency listing, and generating extensive areas. Some training and Na- promotional campaigns acrooss a number of media outlets tional events on JOTA JOTI designed to reach Scouting volunteers, Scouting profes- will rise the participation for sionals, and amateur radio operators, writes Jim Wilson. next year. In the course ofo this effort tthey also worked with the BSA Awards and Innsignia Commit- tee to introduce the Morse Code Interpreter Strip to recognize those members with

27 Morse Code proficiency that are available to fulfil commu- Venezuela (YV) nication needs. The tthis year the JOTA was very participants:1280 In addition, ICOM America stepped up to promote JOTA as great,, says Leobaldo Acuña Her- stations: 35 a part of their sponsorship agreement with the BSA nández, we have the support of the countries: 7 around JOTA and the 2013 Jamboree, and to provide loan Radio Club Venezolano and many stations to local councils BBB with five stations in action groups participated. Scouts spoke with country like Mexi- for Jamboree on the Air. co, Ecuador, Spain, USA and Brazil and broke the wall of All that effort resulted in a 200% growth the language. in the number of stations reporting thheir activities along with a nearly 500% increase in the number of reported Scout participants. Stations reported on thheir events from 136 councils and 41 states. While 2011 saw promotion of JOTA reach a very level volume, 2012 set new records for getting JOTA and Radio Scouting into many media channels

Thhe next year is the Centennial celebration in Venezuela, through JOTA activities and the ICOM sponsorship. we hope to have a great eveent for JOTA 2013. A memorable quote from the WR9ARC report: ”the Scouts cheered when the Canadian Scouts in Alberta reported having snow falling. They also practiced rudimentary Spanish with a Mexican Scout and tried, and failed, to

have a German ham understand that the “9” in our call was not “nein” (““no”).” Max Stiles, BSA Unit Commissioner wrote after visiting the World Scout Bureaau (HB9S) K2TD Event, Burlington County Council, New Jersey: “I do Most people arrived on Friday af- not think I can precisely express in words the wonderful participants: 6 ternoon and started to install an- experience for all involved, but in a very special way for stations: 1 tennaas around the Scout centre. all our youth, the Scouts. These young individuals had in countries: 71 Speciaal thanks to Eric HB9IAB, Pat- about 30 hours combined lessons that will last a lifetime. rick HB9DVA and Cedric HEE3YNV which came only to in- They learned about geography, physics, math, languages, stall the 3-elements beam (and the WSB flag on the top). world citizenship, science, friendship, team work and so Jim & John came with necessary items to let us self-cook many other skills that most kids their age are never abble during the week-end. to experience. These kids' minds have been stamped for- Thhis year’s operator team was formed with the Scout ra- ever with the experience of communicating with other dio amateurs Günter DL9BCP, Yves HB9DTX, Klaus human beings around the corner and DC4NA, Marc HB9EYM, sttation manager across the world.” Yves HB9AOF and World JJOTA Organizer Contest interference was noted of WAG Richard PA3BAR. and NY QSO Party. Thhe operation started at Friday midnight, The International Space Station made con- sometimes with only one station on the air, tact with the National Scouting Museum. sometimes with all six operating positions

busy. The conditions were excellent and we were able to talk sometimes more than 15 min with the same scout group over long distances. The radio propagation was at the top this year. We had nice contacts with Africa, Asia, America, but no one from Australia or New-Zealand by radio. In Europe, French stations were back, thanks to promotion done by Maurice, and we were surprised to have no contact with Luxem- bourg where scout stations are usually very active. Some special Scout call signs out of our JOTA log: ON4JOTA, ON8JOTA, ON9JOTA, LA1JOTA, HB9JAM, LA4JAM, PA6JAM, TM12SF, SCØUT, GB2BP, JE7YSS, DP9S and SU55J. Our long-distance Scout contacts included 9Y4TT (Trinidad & Tobago), 5R8GZ (Albert in Madagascar), C5S (André, Gambia) and 9M2PD (West Malaysia). HB9S took part on Sunday morning in the Swiss JOTA round-QSO with other HB9 stations. On Sunday afternoon, we decided to stop at 15:30 in order to dismount every- thing before the night and allow all of us to return safe back home (Günter was driving back to Bre- men, more than 1000 km from Geneva). Conditions are changing, participation as well, that’s JOTA life. See you next year, concludes station manager Yves Margot.

29 9. THE 16TH JAMBOREEE-ON-THE-INTERNET I'm very glad that I can report another increase of participation in the last JOTI 2012. According to the numbers of our World JOTA--JOTI Registration System we had nearly 40% more registered participants. A very good development that makes us all quite happy and is a the best thank you for all the voluntary work of the organizers, no matter if they are contributing on the world level, on the country level or in the Scout unit.

This increase is not unexpected, since last year we started the JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015 program. The objective was for 3 million participants in 2015. In this year we saw the first results of the program. But the program is not just about increas- ing participation numbers: with the help of all National JOTA and JOTI Coordina- tors we are also working on the program and the infrastructure, but more about this later in that report.

Global JOTA-JOTI Challenge This year we offered a new activity during the event, the Global JOTA-JOTI Challenge. We even called it a game so it is much more than just something that attending Scouts can play. All participants are encourraged to achieve things together in their Scout group, while other Scout groups are asked to solve the same tasks. The result can be a big com- mon achievement of all participating groups in the world.

Originally this activity comes from the JOTI team of Brazil. This year the Brazilian Scouts played for the 10th time in their very successful Brazilian JOTI Challenge. The game was “discovered” for the world level and a global version was created. On the global level 122 groups from 34 different countries took part. The game was a large success, with almost 1000 tasks completed. The resulting movies and photos were uploaded on the interneet, where everyone can see them.

One of the tasks was to make photos in false perspective. In another objective participants were asked was to create a “Scout Style” version of the popular Gangnam Style clip. Check YouTube for results.

JamPuz For the third year the JamPuz game was played. Also for that game the number of participaants increased again. Each JOTA-JOTI group receives a JOTA-JOTI ID (JID). During radio- or internet contacts groups can swap their JID code. The group that collected the most JID codes was the Shams Scouting Group iin Cairo (Egypt). See the table with the detailed results of the JamPuz participation and the number of collected JID codes per countrry on the following page.

JOTI.tv Transmitting text by text chat and voice by software like TeamSpeak is nice. But currently video conferencing is the media to give participants the best view their communication partner where ever located on the globe. That is the reason why in 2011 the Dutch Scout group Brouwhuis offered a website where you could see webcams positioned in Scout group homes from other JOTA-JOTI groups. On request of the Vision 2015 program the functionality was expanded to video rooms, where you could meet each other and transmit picture and speech within your web-browser. In total 6000 rooms were created. For 2013 we plan to enhance the system. One idea is to connect Scouts randomly to let them meet in these virtual rooms.

System perfformance of the World JOTA-JOTI Registration System During JOTA-JOTI 2010 the website completely collaapsed under the large number of participants. It is clear that the website needs replacement. Due to lack of funding for redevelopment of the website the software was fine-tuned to improve its performance. That was successful for 2011, but the increased number of partticipants and usage of the website caused a very poor performance on the website during peak hours in 2012. From our point of view there is no way that do a complete redevelopment of the whole system to get in running on a cloud systtem where “system power” can be easily increased if necessary. Apart from the system performance there is also a need to include up-to-date technology to the website. The current system was developed 10 years ago. So we are working hard in getting funding for the necessary redevelopment.

Weblogs A weblog is like a mini blog for Scout groups that take part in the JOTA-JOTI. They can publish information about the station and post things like pictures and videos. The results can be seen in this World Report: most pictures are taken from the weblogs. The weblogs started in 2005. In the last years the number of JOTA-JOTI weblogs is decreasing. As part of the JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015 strategy the approach will be reviewed.

JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015 JOTI offers many more possibilities than we currently use on global level. With new attractive possibilities new groups will join. These new JOTI groups will also discover the fascinating world of JOTA. So both JOTA and JOTI will grow.

Instead of small projects we need a coordinated approach. For that reason I'm glad Jan Kluiver, the former National JOTA-JOTI Coordinator of the Netherlands, is driving the Vision 2015 Program since 2011.

The year 2011 was used to agree on and get support for the objectives and starting points of the program. The Na- tional JOTA-JOTI Coordinators contributed their best practices to the program. The most significant best practice was the Brazilian JOTI Challenge. NJC's were very enthusiastic about this game concept.

The fact that the Brazilian JOTI Challenge is played by 25% of the Brazilian scouts strengthened the confidence that the Vision 2015 objective (10% of all WOSM members participating in JOTA-JOTI) is achievable.

The projects within the program are defined. Implementation of the new website in 2012 did not happen, but thanks to the development of Vasile Darie from scoutface.org the global JOTA-JOTI Challenge could be played. Vasile built with an enormous effort the required website for the game. But also without the Brazilian JOTI team and many NJC's the JOTA-JOTI Challenge would not have been a success.

In the past 2 years almost 100 volunteers from 51 countries spent over 500 hours in the preparation of Vision 2015. The plan was discussed during the 2012 European Radio Scouting and Internet Seminar (ERSIS) in Portugal and ap- proved by all participating NJC's. Thanks to all those people it is now ready to be executed.

Just before JOTA-JOTI 2012 John Lawlor took over the responsibility for JOTA-JOTI at the World Scout Bureau. To- gether with all volunteers we will make JOTA-JOTI Vision 2015 Program a success in 2013.

Thank you As mentioned at the beginning, we consider the JOTA-JOTI another big success. Such a success would not be possible without all of the “helping hands” from around the world. So we would like to say thank you to all coordinators, organizers, operators, Scout leaders and WSB staff. A big thank you also to the members of ScoutLink, JOTI.tv and ScoutFace – without their contribution on the infrastructure the event would not be possible. And finally a special thanks to Thierry Tournet, the former unit manager from the WSB being in charge of the JOTA-JOTI, who left the bureau some months ago.

With a successful Vision 2015 Program and with a quickly redeveloped jotajoti.org website I'm sure we will also have very exciting JOTA-JOTI events in the future. If the website is attracting young Scouts and the system is offering a fast and enhanceable environment we will also see more participants this year. The date for the 2013 event is October 19th to 20th.

Your World JOTI Team: Holger “Holgi” Sickenberg Jan Kluiver World JOTI Coordinator Program Manager Vision 2015 [email protected] [email protected]

JamPuz Certificate

31 Registrations at World JOTA-JOTI Registration Database Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Groups 561 472 621 547 853 1172 1774 2122 2566 2852 2912 3832 Single_Scouts 1159 1589 2700 3176 4814 4549 5762 7743 9256 7921 8495 12111 Countries 98 93 105 120 128 121 130 129 132 132 133 146

Used Services of World JOTA-JOTI Registration Database Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 E-Mail Addresses 829 1159 990 1115 1504 4183 9321 9865 11822 10773 11407 15943 Entries in Guestbook 377 421 481 754 1087 ------JOTI Validation Cards 2146 4125 5013 6867 8151 11853 17598 18407 17530 28858 36309 Locations of Stations 1285 654 2793 3154 3180 2877 2834 4813

JOTA-JOTI Weblog Created by Groups Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Weblogs 55 134 170 191 214 179 176 153 Photos 349 1140 1529 1453 1611 1338 1443 1144 Countries 4 44 46 49 58 47 47 50

The Average JOTA-JOTI Group The 153 JOTA-JOTI weblogs offer some interesting figures about the "average" group.

JOTA-JOTI JOTA Only JOTI Only Number of Weblogs 82 16 64 Average Number of Participants 82 43 32 Average Number of Radio Amateurs 5.8 3.4 Average Number of PCs 11.1 9.6 Publicity in Media 49 % 38 % 25 %

Participation Certificate

Global JOTA-JOTI Registration System Registration at World JOTA-JOTI Database, number of Weblogs, number of groups collected JamPuz JID codes and number of collected JID codes: (Countries do just represent the location of the station, not the membership to a Scouting Association of that country):

Country Name Registrations Weblogs Groups Collected Country Name Registrations Weblogs Groups Collected JIDs JIDs JIDs JIDs Afghanistan 2 Libya 178 1 1 Algeria 29 Lithuania 3 Angola 1 Luxembourg 12 2 39 Antigua&Barbuda 5 2 10 Macao 6 Argentina 394 3 4 51 Madagascar 46 1 2 27 Armenia 4 Malaysia 218 1 7 63 Aruba 4 Maldives 12 1 9 Australia 343 3 17 357 Malta 35 2 2 29 Austria 29 5 128 Mauritius 16 Bahrain 3 Mexico 765 10 18 136 Bangladesh 377 1 7 114 Montenegro 1 Barbados 3 Morocco 28 1 Belarus 1 Namibia 3 Belgium 5 1 1 39 Nepal 15 Belize 1 Netherlands 172 15 19 545 Benin 4 Neth. Antilles 7 1 2 50 Bhutan 1 New Zealand 147 2 9 185 Bolivia 321 2 22 Nicaragua 174 1 1 Bosnia&Herzeg. 4 1 160 Niger 3 Botswana 1 Nigeria 11 Brazil 1160 1 42 752 Norway 90 1 23 600 Brit. Virgin Isl. 2 Oman 272 1 14 244 Brunei Daruss. 27 Pakistan 119 5 99 Bulgaria 6 Palestinian Ter. 13 Cambodia 5 Panama 110 1 1 Cameroon 4 Papua N.Guinea 1 Canada 99 1 6 81 Paraguay 98 1 1 Chile 398 3 7 58 Peru 309 1 8 167 China 1 Philippines 654 12 160 Colombia 628 2 13 95 Poland 81 5 58 Congo, Rep. of 1 Portugal 295 19 81 2222 Cook Islands 1 Puerto Rico 52 Costa Rica 484 5 35 Qatar 5 1 Croatia 37 1 3 21 Romania 4 Cyprus 125 31 768 Russia 62 1 1 21 Czech Republic 89 1 57 Rwanda 4 Denmark 57 1 10 279 Saudi-Arabia 589 Dominican Rep. 25 Senegal 24 Ecuador 190 1 24 Serbia 44 1 5 109 Egypt 494 2 5 298 Seychelles 1 El Salvador 48 1 2 Singapore 74 Eritrea 1 Slovak Republic 10 Estonia 5 2 2 14 Slovenia 9 1 1 31 Ethiopia 4 Solomon Islands 1 Faroe Islands 2 South Africa 30 2 2 31 Finland 71 1 1 42 South Korea 6 1 France 61 1 2 31 South Sudan 1 French Polynesia 24 1 1 1 Spain 132 1 6 121 Gambia 2 1 29 Sri Lanka 68 Germany 169 5 20 449 Sudan 77 1 1 18 Ghana 3 Swaziland 1 Great Britain 583 6 73 1568 Sweden 64 9 290 Greece 152 7 41 1297 Switzerland 38 Guatemala 19 1 1 1 Syria 1 Guyana 1 Taiwan, R.O.C. 241 1 Haiti 1 Tanzania 14 Honduras 98 Thailand 31 2 29 Hong Kong 27 Togo 1 Hungary 22 1 1 40 Trinidad&Tobago 12 Iceland 6 Tunisia 51 1 8 209 India 364 4 13 155 Turkey 101 5 6 139 Indonesia 722 1 9 54 Uganda 8 Iran 3 Ukraine 13 1 1 Iraq 2 Un.Arab Emirates 8 Ireland 5 USA 209 2 3 53 Israel 8 Uruguay 30 1 Italy 148 11 15 457 Venezuela 1924 12 26 319 Ivory Coast 5 Viet Nam 3 Jamaica 17 2 3 Western Sahara 3 Japan 74 6 3 17 WOSM 3 1 1 16 Jordan 26 Zambia 4 Kazakhstan 1 Zimbabwe 12 Kenya 5 Sum: 15943 153 636 13687 Kuwait 11 Lebanon 29 1 154

33 ScoutLink IRC Network had Connections from Country Connects Masks Hostmasks Hosts Country Conneccts Masks Hostmasks Hosts Åland Islands 80 37 7 6 Saudi-Arabia 37 25 18 17 Algeria 38 22 13 11 Senegal 18 11 11 10 Andorra 10 4 2 1 Serbia 486 209 120 73 Antigua & Barbuda 44 34 9 2 Singapore 233 110 40 35 Argentina 1587 966 552 3353 Slovak Republic 11 7 4 4 Aruba 646 123 11 9 Slovenia 22 16 12 8 Australia 10982 5201 2420 8815 South Africa 553 322 171 81 Austria 459 189 88 48 South Korea 1 1 1 1 Bangladesh 40 29 24 21 Spain 749 423 206 124 Barbados 20 15 6 5 Sri Lanka 171 96 33 31 Belarus 2 2 1 1 Suriname 137 39 25 4 Belgium 88 46 14 9 Sweden 4835 2191 900 412 Bolivia 1704 1068 584 2219 Switzerland 11247 5457 123 82 Bosnia & Herzegowina 56 31 11 8 Taiwan, R.O.C. 288 169 98 92 Brazil 3443 1851 936 7729 Tanzania 22 19 7 6 Brunei Darussalam 18 9 4 4 Thailand 32 22 16 16 Bulgaria 2 1 1 1 Trinidad & Tobago 33 17 11 9 Cambodia 33 13 11 11 Tunisia 60 35 31 28 Canada 960 533 245 117 Turkey 706 427 157 57 Chile 1533 984 538 3375 Uganda 2 2 1 1 China 19 17 16 14 Ukraine 3 3 2 2 Colombia 1273 691 388 2293 United Arab Emirates 77 26 10 5 Costa Rica 1770 1133 638 2284 Uruguay 273 123 39 22 Croatia 1188 457 281 157 United States of America 1558 864 403 237 Curacao 164 70 44 15 Venezuela 6737 4522 2928 907 Cyprus 1071 709 415 152 Viet Nam 12 11 8 8 Czech Republic 685 172 102 61 Zimbabwe 81 36 12 9 Denmark 4992 1751 753 192 Anonymous Proxy 66 34 29 25 Dominican Republic 32 18 13 12 Satellite Provider 121 34 27 2 Ecuador 409 260 154 118 other 2147 961 446 294 Egypt 405 252 150 125 Sum 160953 75165 29559 14606 El Salvador 327 246 78 41 Estonia 2 2 1 1 Ethiopia 1 1 1 1 European Union 532 312 181 115 Faroe Islands 119 48 25 10 Finland 1874 882 451 2283 France 437 246 180 87 French Polynesia 152 92 20 14 Gambia 5 1 1 1 Germany 3118 1377 755 3378 Gibraltar 105 60 7 5 Great Britain 13042 5782 2259 9999 Greece 1769 947 545 2286 Guatemala 190 114 78 57 Haiti 2 1 1 1 Honduras 199 107 73 46 Hong Kong 134 82 73 43 Hungary 196 129 47 16 Iceland 29 18 14 14 India 480 258 128 97 Indonesia 9206 3593 2126 12284 Iraq 1 1 1 1 Ireland 30 23 22 6 Israel 49 30 22 21 Italy 1046 564 289 172 Ivory Coast 25 3 2 2 Jamaica 26 8 7 6 Japan 144 78 52 43 Jersey 53 19 5 2 Kazakhstan 8 4 4 4 Kenya 36 16 8 2 Kuwait 51 30 9 8 Lebanon 38 20 14 10 Libya 107 54 36 33 Lithuania 8 5 4 4 Luxembourg 326 169 103 33 Macao 1 1 1 1 Madagascar 136 80 16 13 Malaysia 1266 706 232 121 Maldives 2 2 2 2 Malta 1121 609 130 70 Mauritius 61 40 22 17 Mexico 4013 2323 1108 558 Micronesia 1 1 1 1 Morocco 62 39 18 14 Mozambique 2 1 1 1 Namibia 9 9 4 4 Nepal 4 3 3 3 Netherlands 31967 11033 1637 6618 New Zealand 4405 1442 461 2222 Nicaragua 122 74 52 26 Norway 6024 3428 1056 4457 Oman 2223 1018 314 184 Pakistan 137 85 52 29 Palestinian Territories 4 2 1 1 Panama 439 271 89 49 Paraguay 900 542 354 138 Peru 1679 1066 609 2273 Philippines 1873 1127 392 2279 Poland 603 357 250 2227 Portugal 7102 3365 1143 6617 Puerto Rico 162 107 27 22 Qatar 82 32 9 5 Russia 438 176 85 57 Rwanda 4 2 1 1

34 10. THE 16TH JOTI AROUND THE WORLD Austria (.at) about the contacts that weere made. 4615 contacts Countries: 22 were achieved with Scouts from 119 countries. The The feedback from Groups was better than last year. world map with all the contacts can be found on NJiC Philipp Lenar: All JOTI Station was using the IRC www.joti.Scoutpark.net Chat and some also Teamspeak and other Services. Scout Group in Wattens did the Surf Smart Workshop Cyprus (.cy) from WAGGGS with their participants. Other Groups Countries: 32 used to JOTI to get in contact with Scouts around the Many of the groups organizeed events during the JOTI world and trained there English skills. and invited friends, parentts and Scouts from other Scouts Group to come andd participate in JOTI. Also they prepared a form andd each participant had to complete it and write the details of the person that contact with him/her. In tootal just over 2000 Scouts and guides participated, reeported NJiC Nicos Man- nouris. The global JamPuz game was popular. The Scouts collected 768 JID codes, one of the highest country scores worldwide.

Brazil (.br) Countries: ? The virtual game, the main activity during JOTI, was full of innovation and great results: divulgation via Fa- cebook attracted many new participants, several tasks were inspired on world news and had great ac- Egypt (.eg) ceptance, all fun and educative. Countries: 15 NJiC Rafael de Oliveira Froes: “JOTI 2012 was one of About 500 Scouts participatted in JOTI. The Egyptian the best activities of the year.” No surprise if you organization organized workshops on the sidelines of know that 25% of all Brazilian Scouts took part in the JOTI 2012 about Scouts and people with special needs, event: 16974 Scouts in 765 groups. Results can be How you make your movie, Social Media and Commu- seen on YouTube searching for “tarefa JOTI”. nication Skills, wrote NJiC Wael Kamal Mahmoued EL- Naghy. The group that colleected worldwide the most JID codes was the Shams Scouting group from Cairo with 241 codes.

Croatia (.hr) Countries: 119 Dampas reports that 2500 participants in Croatia took part in a national contest JOTI - gather information

Finland (.fi) Countries: 39 In 2011 about 4000 Scouts from Finland took part in the JOTA-JOTI thus reported to us NJiC Juho Keitaan- niemi. Our biggest activity was in Heureka Science Centrum. There were about 22800 participants/visitors during weekend. For people there we had several different activities all based on technology and

35 communication. For example we had there auditorium Greece (.gr) full of contacts via Skype all over the world, Countries: 68 also IRC-room, soldering, Scouting games and 7 other Most Groups participated in JOTI by using the IRC. Scouting activities. This one were huge success Members of the Internet Work Group of the since it make 3x normal year users for our JOTI! The Scouts of Greece were trained and acted as operators popular computer game “Angry Birds” was played in a of the #greek channel on Scoutlink for the third con- live setting. More about it with lots of photos: secutive year, Greek NJiC George Rousopoulos writes. http://heurekan.joti.fi Jampuz was a big success once again, since Greek groups are very fond of the game. Six of our Groups participated, also, in the Global Challenge. That number might be small, but these groups were thrilled from the game and will be the best promotion for the next year. In addition, Greek groups, during the week-end organized activities like joint group meetings through Skype and singing together songs, technology labs for pc hardware and drawdio, searching for a hidden treasure in web pages through solving riddles etc. It is always surprising to have the chance to communicate with people from around the world, especially greek speaking people. This year, the post amazing contact was with a Venezuelan Greek-Orthodox Priest, who had stayed in Greece for some months and is now involved in the Scouts of Venezuela. He contacted our Internet Team a week before the event and set up a meeting for his group.

India (.in) French Polynesia (.pf) Countries: 19 Countries: 3 Around 3400 boys and girls took part in the 2012 JOTI Pouvreau Paul reports that the JOTA-JOTI Challenge from India, thus reported NJiC Geeta Rawat. The Na- was a great activity in French Polynesia. With thanks tional Association set up an activity in the National to the Brazilians for sharing their game idea. Also Headquarters Training Center. Scouts made contact JamPuz was played. It could have been even more fun with other Scouts inside and outside the country. if the internet connection would have been better.

Germany (.de) Countries: 56 In Germany 3 National Scout Associations organized the JOTA-JOTI event together with a joined HQ station. In total 42 groups enrolled on the global JOTA- JOTI registration system. This year also 2-JOTI JOTA stations of the PSG (Girl Scouts of Saint George) were actively involved. This year’s special JOTA-JOTI patch was designed by a group from Hohenbaden. About 2000 Scout and guides took part in JOTI report NJiC Michael Kohlert, Markus Fürbaß and Wolfgang Zejda.

Great Britain (.gb/.uk) Countries: 23 Alex Lyczkowski reports a 20% increase in numbers of Scout Groups taking part in JOTA-JOTI. Many of which for the first time… Iceland (.is) “Griffins is a fairly new Explorer Scout Unit. This was Countries: 21 our first JOTI, so we weren't sure what to expect. We NJiC Atli Bachmann reported that contacts were made planned to camp overnight, in tents at one end of the with 19 different countries. room where we had our JOTI PCs set up, with a Chi- nese take-away for dinner. We used 5 netbook PCs in Japan (.jp) total, set up for both video chat on p2p.joti.tv, audio Countries: 26 chat on TeamSpeak, and standard text chat. Koichi Kimura, the National Secretary of SAJ reported Throughout the weekend we had a lot of fun just text to us on the JOTI activities in Japan. JOTI succeed to chatting with Scouts from all over the world, and even contact stations in 18 countries by using Facebook and arranged to skype a couple of groups we had contact- Skype this year. As this year’s JOTI activity, Scouts ed through the chat. We also listened to the JOTI in- appealed for the participation of the 16th. Nippon ternet radio run by Avon Scouts most of the time. Jamboree (30th. APR Scout Jamboree) Which will be We will definitely take part in JOTI again next year” held in Ymaguchi, July 2013. Also promote the 23rd This (shortened) email is an excellent example of World Scout Jamboree in Yamaguchi. some of the feedback received from UK Scout Groups and illustrates well the renewed interest in JOTA-JOTI Madagascar (.mg) within the UK. There was a reasonable uptake of Countries: 13 Groups taking part in the new JOTI challenge however RATSIMBAZAFY Narovanjanahary Samy reported that there was a very good participation of JamPuz with 73 about 100 Scouts and guides made contact with 13 Scout Groups taking part. countries.

36 Norway (.no) Countries: ? NJC Are Shaw Waage wrote that about 150 groups and 3400 Scouts participated in the event. The global Jam- Puz game was played well: 600 JID codes were collected.

Oman (.om) Countries: 124 NJiC Khalid Ali Alady and his team created a special JOTI Compact-Disk containing useful software for the event. Since all new operators were trained upfront it is obvious that all stations were organized so well that the about 6500 participating boys and girls enjoyed a

wonderful event. A good example of the professional Malta (.mt) organization of JOTA-JOTI in Oman is the special Countries: 54 translation service that was installed. To prevent Around 500 Scouts from Malta took part in JOTI 2011. communication problems the service helped by trans- A lot of communication with other foreign Scouts to lating into English or Arabic language. A lot of national learn different lifestyles. JamPuz was played and a LAN media reported about the event not only just after but party was organized. also before and during the weekend. So a national radio station was broadcasting a program with inter- views from one of the stations.

Netherlands (.nl) Countries: ? The Dutch National JOTA-JOTI organization formed for the second year a Theme-team to develop activities for Scouts of all ages. All activities are offered to Philippines (.ph) Scouts groups in complete packages where the Scout Countries: 15 group leaders only have to “unwrap the prepackaged CHARLIE M. CAMEROS. The Municipality of Calaca, Ba- program" and start playing, NJC Remko Welling writes. tangas headed by the Mayor of Calaca, Batangas, Hon. This is more and more welcomed by the groups. The Sofronio Nas C. Ona, Jr. had set up 10 computers for activities can be played both with and without the use the use of Scouts and leaders who stayed in until of Internet. The Twitter Hike @twithike was a success morning of 21 October 2012. Before the actual start of full activity where Explorer Scouts have little competi- the JOTI the Scouts and leaders must first attend the tion. The winning explorer group received a traffic sign orientation on the proper use of computer and the with their name on it. proper communication with other participants of the JOTI. The BSP use the jotajoti.org link room for chatting and communicating to the participants of the JOTI in Local areas as well as the international contacts.

Netherlands Antilles (.an)

Countries: 7 National JOTI Coordinator Ryjairo Kleinmoedig Pakistan (.pk) reported that Curaçao had 3 JOTA-JOTI locations: a Countries: ? large station at the country house Landhuis Panne- National JOTI Coordinator Ghulam Samdani wrote: koek, a camp and training centre and two local groups. JOTI-2012 activities were organized from national to

37 unit level. National activity was organized during Turkey (.tr) the 2nd SAARC Scouts Friendship Camp at National Countries: 11 Campsite of Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, NJC Umit Savas Baran reported to us that the Global Islamabad from 17-21 October, 2012. This joint effort JOTA-JOTI Challenge was excellent. Thanks to the Bra- made possible under the umbrella of South Asian As- zilians for sharing their game! JamPuz was a very pop- sociation of National Scout Organizations (SAANSO), a ular activity during the weekend. recognized body of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC). About 400 youth between the age of 16-25 years and Leaders from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Srilanka and Pakistan participated in the camp. JOTI was one of the programs of this camp. Comput- ers and internet facilities were arranged for the participants. IT professionals/facilitators remained during the activity to help out the new users. Scouts developed their links on the different JOTI mIRC channels and camp activities were shared with the Scouts of the world through JOTI. All the provincial associations were informed through a circular to conduct the JOTI-2012 at their Scout head- United States of America (.us) quarters and disseminate the JOTI info to all the regis- Countries: 41 tered Scout units. As such more than 350 NJiC Dan Goetzman told us about a growing number of Scouts/youth participated in the activity as reported by Scouts in the United States that took part in JOTI. our branch associations. JOTI 2012 efforts for Scouting in BSA was focused on gaining interest and introducing JOTI to our Scouting Poland (.pl) councils and units. Participation in JOTI has been his- Countries: ? torically low in the USA and for many units participa- In Poland 353 Scouts took part in JOTI via IRC and tion in JOTI 2012 was their first exposure to this had a lot of fun, thus reported NJiC Hubert Piotr Mika. event. Participation, therefore, was focused on basic More districts were active than in the previous year. A Internet access using the IRC ScoutLink system. We special Polish Scout song about JOTI was written. hope to increase BSA participation in JOTI in the future, as well as start to focus on participation in more Portugal (.pt) of the JOTI participation games. There has been an in- Countries: 21 terest in video communication technologies. Luís Carlos Feijão de Oliveira, NJiC of CNE, told us about a city game aeound the JOTA-JOTI stations and Venezuela (.ve) the celebration of the birthday of the 85 year old re- Countries: 31 gion of the Coimbra. The first Global JOTA-JOTI Chal- NJC Leobaldo Acuna Hernandez reported us: A little lenge was popular in Portugal: 10 groups took part. over of 4500 Scout participate on the JOTI, the Scouts Portugal was also the country with the most JID codes groups do many activities in the JOTI weekend. The from groups collected in the global JamPuz game: JOTI-TV and the Challenge were the sensations this 2146. year. The people enjoyed those activities. Next year is the centenary of Scouting in Venezuela and we hope to Tunisia (.tn) celebrate and share that party in JOTI. Countries: 55 NJiC Kammakh Montassar told us that the participation of this year was a special one. About 50 Scouts leaders, Scouts boys and girls gathered together from all the country' regions in BORJ CEDRIA (Tunis) to use the call 3V8CB/J. The participants were able to make

World JOTI Station (.int) Countries: 42 The World JOTI Team had their World Station in Satigny, Switzerland. Special guest was Vasile Darie contacts with Scouts from all over the world to ex- from Romania, who had developed last minute in his change greetings, songs, make new friendship and to free time the software that enabled the global JOTA- introduce their Scouts' activities and exchange the JID JOTI Challenge 2012. code for the bingo card. Also, they were able to discover new countries and new languages.

38 11. FORTHCOMING EVENTS The following large events in 2013 are planning to have More info on Scout Amateur Radio activities: a Scout amateur-radio station on the air. Exact radio call look for the latest news on www.scout.org\jota signs were not know yet at the time of print, but will be available on the JOTA web site before the event.

15 – 24 July, National Jamboree, Summit Bechtel Reserve, United States of America.

25 July – 4 August, National Jamboree BdP, Immenhausen, Germany

27 July – 3 August, Walesby World Experience, Sherwood Forest, United Kingdom

28 July – 8 August, 16th Nippon Jamboree, Yamaguchi, Japan

And, of course, 19 - 20 October 2013, the 56th Jamboree-On-The-Air.

band phone (MHz) cw (MHz) band phone (MHz) cw (MHz) 80 m 3.690 & 3.940 3.570 15 m 21.360 21.140 40 m 7.090 & 7.190 7.030 12 m 24.960 24.910

20 m 14.290 14.060 10 m 28.390 28.190

17 m 18.140 18.080 6 m 50.160 50.160

Weekly or monthly nets exist in which licensed Scoutss meet on the air. Echolink is the basis for the World Scout Net, held once a month. Wouldn’t it be fun to meet new friends even if it is in the middle of the night at your location? This adds to the international atmosphere, as you oftten experience during the JOTA. Join in and meet fellow Scout radio amateurs woorld-wide !

Country day time frequency netcontrol Denmark Saturday 13.00 GMT 3.690 MHz European Scout Net Saturday 09.30 GMT 14.290 MHz Japan 3rd Saturday of month 23.00 local 21.360 MHz JA1YSS Norway Saturday 15.30 local 3.740 MHz Sweden Saturday, even weeks 15.00 local 3.740 MHz Sudan Friday 13.00 GMT 21.360 MHz ST2M United Kingdom Saturday 09.00 local 3.690 MHz G3BHK World Scout Net 1st Saturday of month 22.00 GMT Echolink 480809

39 12. NATIONAL JOTA ORGANIZERS This list containns the names of the active National JOTA Organizers (NJO), i.e. those who have sent reports to the World Scout Bureau at least once during the past two years. Packet-radio- and email addresses have been added where known to us. Information on JOTA is sent directly to the NJO’s below and is also sent to the Internationall Commissioner of every Scout Association as well as to the World and Regional Scout Committees.

Country NJO Call sign Address Email Austria Mr. Georg Haberfellner OE3GHO Neubaustrasse 18, A 4300 St. Valentin Fanille @ aon.at Mr. Ronan Augusto Avenida 1, 2091 – Jd Mirassol, Rio Claro Brazil PY2RAR ronan @ radioescotismo.com.br Reginatto SP–113503-141 Bulgaria Mr. Dobromir Draev -- Antim I - 6, Shumen 9700 d.draev @ mail.bg Scouts Canada, 1345 Baseline Road, Ottawa Canada Mr. Andy Dunn VE3XAD JOTA.Coordinator @ scouts.ca ON K2C 0A7 China Rep. Mr. Chang Wen-Sing 9 Laane 23, Sec 1, Chien-kuo N. Road, Taipei. wschang @ Scout.org.tw Cyprus Mr. Christis Christodoulou 5B4SN P.O.Box 24544, 1301 Nicosia. Christis91 @ gmail.com Czech Rep. Mr. Petr Maceek Senovazne nam. 24, Prague 1, 116 47. international @ junak.cz Estonia Mr. Deivis Treier ES2DTS Musttamäe tee 149-4, Tallinn 12918 jota @ skaut.ee Mr. Hannu “Banda” Finland OH7GIG Rentukkapolku 3, SF-70900 Toivala, banda @ iki.fi Rättö France Mr Maurice Le Pesant F8WBE 10, Avenue Arthur Batut, 81290 Labruguiere [email protected] Fr Polynesia: Mr. Paul Pouvreau FO5QU BP 70760, 98719 Taravao. paul.p @ mail.pf (DPSG) Mr. Jochen Friedrich-Ebert Strasse 36, D- 64342 Seeheim- Jochen.Sulovsky @ dpsg- Germany DK8ZM Sulovsky Jugenheim international.de (VCP) Mr. Christian DO2BCB Fasanenweg 5, D-34346 Hann. Munden. christian.bischoff @ vcp.de Bischoff Greece Mr. Fotios Sakalis J41SEP Ptolemaion 1, GR-11635 Athena. efapge @ sep.org.gr Hungary Mr. Péter Horváth HA5CQA Losonc u. 38. H-1185 Budapest. ha5cqa @ gmail.com National Headquarters, 16 m.g. Marg I P Estate, India Mrs.Geeta Rawat VU2TCU [email protected] New Delhi Italy Mr. Gino Lucrezi Via dei Tigli 27 Pianola, I-67100 L'Aquila. jota-joti @ Scouteguide.it National Headquarters, 1-34-3, Hongo, Bunkyo- Japan Mr. Yoritake Matsudaira JF1HWS saj @ Scout.or.jp ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Logt 152 AI Bis Antanambao Ambohimangakely Madagascar Mr. Albert Solonjatovo 5R8GZ albertsolo5r8gz @ yahoo.fr 103 Antananarivo Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia, Rumah Malaysia Mr. Zakran Abdul Manan 9M2ZNM zakran @ Scouts.my BP, JJalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur Congreve-Bernard Memorial Hall, E. S. Tonna Malta Ms. Josephine Gatt int.desk @ maltaScout.org.mt Square, Floriana, FRN 1480 Neth. Antilles Mr. Rolando Manuel PJ2SA Curasol kavel G-11, Willemstad, Curaçao roly1965 @ hotmail.com Netherlands Mr. Remko Welling PE1MEW Minervalaan 67, NL-7321 DP Apeldoorn remko.welling @ jota-joti.nl New Zealand Mr. Jim Parnell ZL2APE 87 Duncan Terrace, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022 jim-p @ ihug.co.nz Norway Mr. Are Shaw Waage Postboks 6810 St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo Are @ kmspeider.no Mr. Hisham Abdul Salam National Organisation for Scouts and Guides, Oman A45XK Hisham5h @ yahoo.com Badawi P.O.Box 1528, PC 112 Ruwi Philippines Mr. Errol Eugenio Garcia DW1VEO 181 N. Almeda Lopez St., Ermita, Manila bsp @ Scouts.org.ph (CNE) Mr. António M. Rua Marechal Gomês da Costa lote 46, P-1685- Portugal CT1DJE ct1dje @ sapo.pt. Ribeiro da Silva 901 Famões Associação dos Escoteiros de Portugal, Travessa (AEP) João Silvestre CT2HFJ joao.silvestre @ escoteiros.pt das Galeotas, 1, 1300-264 Lisboa. South-Africa Mr. Dave Gemmell ZS6AAW P.O. Box 77, Irene 0062. dave @ zs6mus.org C/Fernando de Antequera 2 BLQ C, Spain Mr.Luis Pascual Martinez EB2FRM luison @ gmsajorge.com E-50006 Zaragoza Mr. Magdi Osman Ahmed Sudan ST2M P.O.Box 2, 11112 Khartoum Airport. ST2M @ hotmail.com Abdelrahim Sweden Mr Lasse Dammström SM4MOZ Torgvägen 27 S-710 41 Fellingsbro [email protected] Tanzania Mr. Hiddan Ricco 5HTSA P.O.Box 945, Dar es Salaam. z5h3h0 @ yahoo.com Tunisia Mr. Lassad el Euchi 3V8ST Boite Postale 339, Tunis-Mahrajen 1082. Scouts.tunesien @ planet.tn Turkey Mr. U. Savas Baran Define Sokak 2/11, TU-06540 A. Ayranci Ankara. umitsavas2000 @ yahoo.com United Kingdom Mr. Richard Gaskell G0REL 18 Woodcroft, Kennington, Oxford OX1 5NH. Gzero.REL @ zen.co.uk United States Mr. Jim Wilson K5ND 1325 W Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, Texas 75038. jim.wilson @ Scouting.org Mr. Leobaldo Acuña Av. JJuan German Roscio con Av. Los Proceres, San Venezuela YV5ASV [email protected] Hernández Bernardino, PC 1011 Caracas

40 Other JOTA organization contact persons in countries currently without an active NJO:

Country JOTA contact person Call sign Address Email Algeria M. Mohamed Boukholfa Scouts Musulmans Algériens B.P. 144 Alger Gare, [email protected] Salta Nº 1745, 7600.- Mar del Plata, radiocomunicaciones @ Argentina Mr. Iván Valdivia Goitia Buenos Aires. Scouts.org.ar The Scout Association of Australia Suite 1, 8 Help Australia Mr. Bob Bristow jota.joti @ scouts.com.au Street Chatswood NSW 2067 Skautlar Associasiyasi, 5 Kadirli Street, Apartment Azerbaijan Mr. Aydin Inchiyev [email protected] 11, Bakou 1067 Bangladesh Scouts, 60, Anjuman Mufidul Islam Bangladesh Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmed [email protected] Road, Kakrail, Dhaka 1000 Les Scouts - Fédération Catholique des Scouts M. Jean-François De Belgium Baden-Powell de Belgique Rue de Dublin 21 1050 [email protected] Locht Bruxelles Benin M Abel Gad Dideh Scoutisme Béninois, 01 B.P. 2560, Cotonou. [email protected] Bhutan Mr. Pema Wangchuk Bhutan Scout Association, Post Box 587, Thimphu. [email protected] Savez Izvidaca Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine Bosnia Ms Djena Husagic [email protected] Mehmed-pase Sokolovica br 2 71 000 Sarajevo Mr. Hj. Omar Hj. Persekutuan Pengakap Negara Brunei Darussalam, Br Darussalam [email protected] Matnoor P.O. Box 2227, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8675 Gribacheva,Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty, Bulgaria Ms Antoaneta Petkova [email protected] 5 Bratia Shkorpil str. Apt. 1, 4004 Plovdiv Cameroon M. Idriss Lissom Les Scouts du Cameroun, B.P. 1015, Yaoundé. [email protected] Association des Scouts du Canada, 7331, rue claude.corbeil @ Canada M. Claude Corbeil Saint-Denis, Montréal QC H2R 2E5 scoutsducanada.ca Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile Claudio Gay Chile Mrs. Isabel Carreño [email protected] 2485 Santiago Centro 8370345 Santiago Savez izvidaca Hrvatske Preradoviceva 7/1 10000 Croatia Mr. Damir Donelli [email protected] Zagreb. Mr. Hans-Henrik KFUM Spejderne i Danmark Wagnersvej 332450 Denmark OZ4HFL [email protected] Falkenberg-Larsen Copenhagen SV Asociación de Scouts Dominicanos Apartado 958 Dominican Rep Mr. Rafael Peguero RD-Santo Domingo, D.N Asociación de Scouts del Ecuador, Av. América Ecuador Mrs. Verónica Santillán [email protected] N35-101 y Mañosca, P.O. Box 17-08-8291, Quito Fiji Mr. John Naisau Fiji Scouts Association, G.P.O. Box 443, Suva. [email protected] Fédération Gabonaise du Scoutisme B.P. 1008 Li- Gabon M. Wilfried Mounanga breville. Scouts et Guides Catholiques du Gabon B.P. 7104 Mme Inès Simba Libreville. Gambia Mr. Alieu Momarr Njai P.O. BOX 2433, Serre Kunda. [email protected] akartvelos skauturi modzraobis organizatsia, Georgia: Ms Tinatin Qoiava 12 Tchaikovski St., 0105 Tbilissi The Ghana Scout Association, P.O. Box GP 108, Ghana Ms Hilary Awusie [email protected] Accra. The Scout Association of Guyana, P.O. Box Guyana Mr. Gary Mendonca [email protected] 101095, Georgetown Asociación de Scouts de Honduras, Apartado No. Honduras Mr. Juan Carlos Avila [email protected] 258, Tegucigalpa, MDC Mr. Raul Humberto Del HR1RHD Apartado Postal # 258, Tegucigalpa M.D.C [email protected] Cid Castro Room 1010 Hong Kong Scout Centre, South Path, Hong Kong Mr. Simon Ho VR2EA simonho @ hkstar.com Austin Road, Kowloon Iceland Mr. Þór Þórisson TF3GW Fletturimi 2, IS- 112 Reykjavik. tf3gw @ simnet.is Gerakan Pramuka Kwartir Nasional Jalan Medan Indonesia Mr. Dicky Suryadi [email protected] Merdeka Timur 6 Jakarta 10110 Ireland Mr. Sean O'Suilleabhain Scouting Ireland Larch Hill Tibradden Dublin 16 [email protected] Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italy Mr. Maurizio Misinato [email protected] Italiani Viale di Val Fiorita 88 00144 Rome The Scout Association of Jamaica, P.O. Box 528, Jamaica Mr. Delroy Davis [email protected] 2D Camp Road, Kingston 5 Special Programmes The Kenya Scouts Association Kenya Mr. Musa Mukagwa [email protected] P.O. Box41422 G.P.O. Nairobi 00100 Kuwait Boy Scouts Association P.O. Box 1741 Ha- Kuwait Mr. Ali Al-Azmi [email protected] wally 32018 Kuwait Public Scout and Girl Guide Movement, P.O. Box Libya Mr. Ali Ghoula 207, Tripoli.

41 Country JOTA contact person Call sign Address Email Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins, Liechtenstein Mr. Herbert Eberle [email protected] Postfach 560, Schaan 9494 Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses Luxembourg M. Nico Reuland [email protected] du Luxembourg B.P. 2676 1026 Luxembourg Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten 5, rue Munchen- M. Claude Engel [email protected] Tesch 2173 Luxembourg The Scout Association of Maldives, Medhu Ziyaar- Maldives Mr. Mohamed Zaushan [email protected] aiy Magu, P.O. Box 2009, Malé Asociación de Scouts de México, Cordoba 57, Col. ofici- Mexico Mr. Juan Carlos Orea S Roma, CP. 06700 Mexico D.F [email protected] Mauritius Mr. Malcom Madelon, , 3B8MSA 5,Dupont Street, Beau Bassin, malcolmm @ mauScouts.org Mr. João Vales de Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique Caixa Postal Mozambique [email protected] Almeida 3610 Maputo Scouts of Namibia P.O. Box 31100 Pioneerspark Namibia Mr. James Kastelic [email protected] Windhoek Association des Scouts du Niger, B.P. 11 157, Niger M. Tidjani Amadou [email protected] Niamey. Pakistan Boy Scouts Association P.O. Box 1792 Pakistan Mr. Mohsin Raza [email protected] Islamabad Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá, meduca- Panama Mr. José F. Villarreal Apartado 11004, Zona 6, Panama [email protected] The Scout Association of Papua New Guinea P.O. Papua N G Ms Annie Alexander Box 2138 Port Moresby NCD Asociación de Scouts del Perú, Av. Arequipa 5140, Peru Mr. Jorge Lazo [email protected] Miraflores, Lima 18 Boy Scouts of the Philippines, P.O. Box 1378, Philippines Mr. Errol Eugenio Garcia [email protected] Manila CPO Qatar Boy Scouts Association, P.O. Box 22263, Qatar Mr. Mohammed Abbas [email protected] Doha. Cercetasii României, OP. 15, CP. 90, Sector 3, Romania Mr. Catalin Catana [email protected] Bucarest. The Scout Association of St. Vincent and the Saint Vincent Mr. Alwyn James [email protected] Grenadines, P.O. Box 1148, Kingstown/Arnos Vale Seychelles Scout Association, P.O. Box 529, Seychelles Mr. Patrick Hoareau [email protected] Victoria, Mahe. Mr. Albert G.J. Momoh Sierra Leone Scouts Association International Sierra Leone [email protected] J.P Affairs Committee P.O. Box 781 Freetown The Singapore Scout Association, Ee Peng Liang Singapore Mr. Ban Hoe Tan [email protected] Building, 1 Bishan Street 12, Singapore 579808 Zveza tabornikov Slovenije Parmova 33 P.P. 3545 Slovenia Mr. Gasper Doljak [email protected] 1001 Ljubljana Movimiento Scout Católico Gran Via De Les Corts Spain Mr. Rafael Parodi [email protected] Catalanes n°416, 1rt 4ª 08015 Barcelone Mr. Chaminda Wariyap- Sri Lanka Scout Association 65/9 Sir Sri Lanka [email protected] peruma Chittamapalam A.Gardiner Mw. Colombo 02 Mouvement Scout de Suisse Postfach 529 3000 Switzerland Ms. Judith Stierlin [email protected] Bern 7, National Scout Organization of Thailand, Mr. Sommart Sungka- Thailand Vajiravudh House, National Stadium, Rama I [email protected] pun Street, Bangkok 10330 Togo M. Essolizam Tebie Association Scoute du Togo, B.P. 10014, Lomé. [email protected] The Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago, 1 Trinidad Mr. Klevin Lee Foon St Anns Road, St Anns, Port of Spain Emirates Scout Association P.O. Box 2004 Abu UA Emirates Mr. Khalid Ahli A61KF [email protected] Dhabi. 27507 Kirovogradskaja reg. Svitlo-vodsk Chubarja Ukraine Mr Leonis Pasko UR5VKZ ur5vkz @ mail.ru street 19 Movimiento Scout del Uruguay Casilla de Correo Uruguay Mr. Fredy Cuuna [email protected] 1245 11200 Montevideo Zambia Scouts Association, P.O. Box 31278, Zambia Mr. Mathews Sinkanyika [email protected] Lusaka. The Scout Association of Zimbabwe P.O. Box 669 Zimbabwe Mr. Charles Gardiner [email protected] Harare

……..STOP PRESS…….. STOP PRESS…….. STOP PRESS…….. STOP PRESS…….. Joao Silvestre, NJO of AEP in Portugal, writes that AEP’s national station CR6AEP was a mobile one. The idea was to travel across the country and provide the opportunity to new Groups to participate in JOTA. We’ve made around 2000 kms and it was an amazing experience, seeing the pleasure of the youngsters using the radio for the first time.

42 13. NATIONAL JOTI COORDINATORS

Country NJiC Emaail Web Angola Mr Belarmino Cardoso [email protected] Argentina Mr Luis Vizcacha Cautelosa Gonzalez [email protected] Australia Mr Bob Bristow [email protected] Austria Mr Philipp Lehar [email protected] Belgium Mr Tommy Degrande [email protected] Belize Mr Alejandro Tovar [email protected] Brazil Mr Rafael de Oliveira Froes [email protected] http://www.joti.org.br/ Bulgaria Mr Dobromir Draev [email protected] Canada Mr Andrew M. Dunn [email protected] Chile Mrs María Teresa Miranda [email protected] Costa Rica Mr Vernie Barquero Vargas [email protected] Croatia Mr Damir Donelli [email protected] http://www.joti.scoutpark.net/ Cyprus Mr Nicos Mannouris [email protected] http://krizovatka.skaut.cz/ mezinarodni- Czech Republic Mr Petr Macek [email protected] skauting//mezinarodni-skauting- doma/jottijota/ Denmark (DBS) Mr Søren Hansen [email protected] http://www.jotajoti.dk/ Denmark (DDS) Mr Jim L Petersen [email protected] http://www.jotajoti.dk/ Denmark (FFD) Mr Hans-Henrik Falkenberg-Larsen [email protected] Denmark (PFD) Mrs Linda Ahlquist [email protected] http://www.jotajoti.dk/ Ecuador Mr Hugo Patricio Muñoz Robalino [email protected] Egypt Mr Wael Kamal Mahmoued El-Naghy [email protected] http://www.egyptscouts.com/ El Salvador Mr Anibal Alejandro Avendaño Cuellar [email protected] Estonia Mr Deivis Treier [email protected] Finland Mr Juho Keitaanniemi [email protected] http://www.joti.fi/ http://joti.partio.net/ French Polynesia Mr Paul Pouvreau [email protected] Germany (BdP) Mr Wolfgang Zejda [email protected] Germany (DPSG) Mr Markus Furbaß [email protected] Germany (VCP) Mr Michael Kohlert [email protected] Great Britain Mr Alex Lyczkowski [email protected] Greece Mr George Roussopoulos [email protected] http://www.sep.org.gr/joti/ Guatemala Mr Diego Castillo [email protected] Honduras Mr Raul Humberto Del Cid Castro [email protected] Hungary Mr Gábor Babos [email protected] http://www.cserkesz.hu/joti Iceland Mr Atli Bachmann [email protected] http://www.smidja.is/ India Mr Khagendra Kumar [email protected] Israel Mr Dor Posner [email protected] http://www.zofim.org.il/ Italy Mr Gino Lucrezi [email protected] http://www.scouteguide.it/ Jamaica Mr Kevin Richards [email protected] Japan Mr Koichi Kimura [email protected] http://wwww.ja1yss.org/jota_joti.html Madagascar Mr Tetso Miantso [email protected] Malaysia Mr Zakran Abdul Manan [email protected] Malta Mrs Naomi Attard [email protected] Mauritius Mr Didier Camalboudou [email protected] http://www.mauscouts.org Netherlands Mr Remko Welling [email protected] http://www.jota-joti.nl/ Netherlands An- Mr Ryjairo Kleinmoedig [email protected] tilles New Zealand Mr Jim Parnell [email protected] http://wwww.jimparnell.co.nz/joti/joti.html Nicaragua Mr Jorge Suárez [email protected] Norway Mr Are Shaw Waage [email protected] http://www.jotajoti.no/ Oman Mr Khalid Ali Al-Ady [email protected] http://wwww.omanscouts.gov.om/joti Pakistan Mr Ghulam Samdani [email protected] Philippines Mr Charlie M. Cameros [email protected] Poland Mr Hubert Piotr Mika [email protected] http://www.joti.zhp.pl/ Portugal (AEP) Mr Jose Araujo [email protected] http://www.jotajotiportugal.org/ Portugal (CNE) Mr Luís Carlos Feijão de Oliveira [email protected] http://jotajoti.cne-escutismo.pt/ Russia Mr Sergey Chetvertnykh [email protected] Senegal Mr Ernest Clément Mendy [email protected] Serbia Mr Marko Petrovic [email protected] Spain (ASDE) Mr Luis Pascual Martinez [email protected] Spain (MSC) Mr Enrique Castillo [email protected] http://www.scouts.es/ Sri Lanka Mr Gihan Dias [email protected] Sweden Mr Markus Morén [email protected] Switzerland Mrs Judith Stierlin [email protected] http://www.joti.pbs.ch/ Tanzania Mr Hidan O. Ricco [email protected] Tunisia Mr Montassar Kammakh [email protected] Turkey Mr Umit Savas Baran [email protected] Uganda Mr Derek Sejjuko [email protected] United States of Mr Dan Goetzman [email protected] http://sccouting.org/joti America https://ssites.google.com/a/scoutsvenezuela Venezuela Mr Leobaldo Acuña Hernández [email protected] .org.ve/jjotajoti/ Zimbabwe Mr Charles Gardiner [email protected]

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