What is JOTA?
Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world speak to each other by means of amateur radio contacts. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared via radio waves.
What is JOTI?
Jamboree on the Internet, or simply JOTI, offers an alternative to the direct radio contacts in JOTA. Through JOTI, Scouts can “meet” and share information with other Scouts from around the world using Internet technology.
This past weekend the Brownies attended our local JOTA-JOTI event. It is held on the third weekend of October every year and over one million Scouts and Guides from countries around the world participate.
This year we had a bit of trouble connecting internationally and ended up chatting to a Scout Leader in Australia (one of our Leaders joked that was probably somebody stationed in the tent next to ours!).
The girls were a little thrown at first to be connected with a Scout Leader as they had been coming up with questions to ask based on somebody their own age! Suddenly they were too shy to ask his favorite colour and what outdoor activities he liked. However this Leader was absolutely amazing and kept the girls engaged by asking great questions and even getting them to respond with more than monosyllabic answers!
For participating in JOTA each girl (and Leader!) received this lovely cloth badge. I just love the bold colours and design this year.
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GONE HOME: Founding father of Jamboree on the Air
Les Mitchell, G3BHK, silent key October 2014
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| Photo credit: JOTA/JOTI |
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