Eltham JOTA/JOTI Base Radio Schedule
VK3RMH (70cm) IRLP (Clifford Park Link)
VK3RSR (2m) IRLP (Other Scout Groups)
147.400 (2m) Local Comm’s / Hand held / Games
{or other simplex}
HF (20m) Dipole
HF (40m) Trapped Dipole
HF (80m) Trapped Dipole
*** Fox Hunting “Transmitter Location”
2 x Foxes
ELTHAM MAIN SITE
1 x 70cm, 3 x 2m, 1 x 20m (dipole), 1 x 40m (captive dipole), 1 x 80m (captive dipole)
ELTHAM SCOUT HALL
1 x 70cm, 1x 2m ?
WIANEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCT 11 2009.
JOTA From Bob VK6POP
JOTA is next weekend. Scouts and Guides worldwide will be on air trying to contact each other. Approximately 500,000 people around the world are involved in the Jamboree On The Air and Jamboree On the Internet every year.
You’re likely to hear Scout stations operating on or adjacent to the calling frequencies, however they are not limited to those places on the bands. As with any event of this nature, operators will look for a nice clear spot, or tune around to find someone calling “CQ Jamboree”.
This year there will be Australian Scouts on air using their own callsigns for JOTA for the very first time. Congratulations to those Scouts who have gained their license, and those who are about to.
JOTA and JOTI commence officially at midnight local time on Friday 16th October, and finish at midnight local time Sunday 18th October.
There will be an address by Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC, Governor General of Australia, Chief Scout and Patron of Girl Guides Australia. This is broadcast on amateur radio frequencies, usually through the WIA news network, at 1300 local time. Please check with your local Scout people for details in your state or territory. For those unable to listen to the broadcast, the MP3 file may be played locally.
The address will be available for download from the usual WIA news source, and from scouts.com.au JOTA-JOTI pages. Follow the link from “international”.
The Scout calling frequencies, which can be found at www.scouts.com.au are:
International voice calling frequencies:
3.690 & 3.940 MHz,
7.090 & 7.190,
14.290
18.140
21.360
24.960
28.390
50.160Australian voice calling frequencies:
3.650
7.090 7.190
14.190 14.290
21.190
28.590
52.160Calling frequencies for Slow Scan TV (SSTV):
3.630
7.033
14.227Calling Frequencies for PSK31
14.070Next week’s WIA news on the JOTA-JOTI weekend will be presented by Amateur Radio Licensed Scouts from the Waylen Bay Sea Scout group in Perth.
Good luck with JOTA-JOTI, and thank you to all who are helping.
