6th Asia-Pacific Regional Air-Internet Jamboree

The Asia-Pacific Region of WOSM is pleased to introduce the 6th Asia Pacific Regional Air-Internet Jamboree, following the success since the first Jamboree in 2004.

Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM) will host this year’s event on 7-8 August 2010.

The Air-Internet Jamboree is a regional event in which Scouts can contact each other by means of amateur radio and through the Internet. Having a live conversation with a fellow Scout in some ther place in the world gives the same excitement like having a normal Jamboree on the land minus the normal expenses.

Just like the normal Jamboree, the Air-Internet Jamboree is also an event during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared. It’s a great and unique opportunity for Scouts of all age ranges to communicate with each other as if they are nearby when in actual fact they are all in their own countries. Indeed, Radio Scouting eliminates the distances and fosters a closer relationship of the worldwide Scouting movement.

All State Associations of Bharat Scouts and Guides are requested are requested to take necessary arrangements for the success of the APR JOTA /JOTI. You can contact Amateur Radio Operators in their area to organize the JOTA /JOTA.

The frequencies for JOTA is

80m 3.690 MHz 3.570 MHz
40m 7.090 MHz 7.030 MHz
20m 14.290 MHz 14.060 MHz
17m 18.140 MHz 18.080 MHz
15m 21.360 MHz 21.140 MHz
12m 24.960 MHz 24.910 MHz
10m 28.390 MHz 28.180 MHz

EchoLink

Echolink is a system that connects Amateur Radio stations to each other via the internet. In fact, you do not need any amateur radio equipment to make a contact with radio stations throughout in the world. You will require a PC with a soundcard, speakers and a microphone. Your voice is carried over the internet to another Amateur Radio station which is also connected to the internet and may or may not be using radio.

Your amateur radio is required to register with Echolink, a process that takes a few days, so register early. To be sure, register with Echo link before 1 July 2010 and then try it out before the Air-Internet Jamboree. To download and register your copy of Echolink, visit www.echolink.org

The Asia-Pacific Internet Jamboree (APRIJ) The following details are available at http://apraij.scouts.my by mid-May 2010 and will have a link from http://www.scout.org/asia-pacific

a) Activities in the Asia-Pacific Internet Jamboree:

Chatting
IRC – ScoutLink
Yahoo Messenger
Skype
GoogleTalk
Browsing
Email
Voice and Video

b) Technical information; rules of participation; tutorial material, access to software, and more. Leaders and young people are encouraged to learn about the Internet and how to use it safely.

c) Chatting: The most popular activity in the Internet Jamboree. It is the opportunity to communicate worldwide, in real-time, on a number of languages. This service will be provided by ScoutLink www.scoutlink.net on supervised channels which are exclusively for Scouting.

d) To chat on Scout Link, you require mIRC software. This software is free for 30 days, after which you need to register (with no fee). Once you have the software loaded, you can log onto the ScoutLink channels for the Air-Internet Jamboree. You can download a mIRC user guide from http://apraij.scouts.my by mid-May 2010.

e) Why not browse the various Scouting websites from the Asia-Pacific Region?

You can see what languages they speak, the uniforms they wear and what activities they participate in.

f) Voice chatting over the internet is an exciting activity. Team Speak is the software that allows you to chat with microphone and computer’s soundcard to other Scouts over the internet. Visit www.goteamspeak.com to download the software and http://apraij.scouts.my by mid-May 2010 to view a user guide.

g) Guestbook: Asia-Pacific Internet Jamboree participants are invited to add their greetings to the guestbook at http://apraij.scouts.my/guestbook/

h) Registration: Participants can register them for joining the Jamboree. Form will be available at http://apraij.scouts.my/register/ by mid-May 2010.

The National Headquarters will compile the report of JOTA/JOTI organized by the states and will publish a report in the September issue of Our Magazine.Your reports with Photographs may be sent to the Director , Bharat Scouts and Guides latest by 15th September 2010

Mrs. Geeta Rawat
Dy Director ( GP), National Coordinator of JOTA /JOTI
Bharat Scouts and Guides , National Headquarters New Delhi

BSG NHQ Club station: VU2BSG
("The Bharat Scouts & Guides", May 2010)
Via:Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India

Telefax: 040-2331 0287 Tel: 040-6516 7388
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