Ireland: Jamboree On The Air

Scouting Ireland wishes to express its thanks to Amateur Radio Experimenters for their assistance in running JOTA Stations last weekend and in particular, the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group for the use of the IRLP node attached to its repeater network together with all Experimenters for their patience in allowing Scouts to use the repeater network.

Scouting Ireland had a total of 8 JOTA stations this year. According to preliminary reports, contact was made with Scouts throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

The best contact heard on the bands was a four way QSO between the JOTA stations in Larch Hill, Mount Melleray and Clontarf on Saturday with a Scout Group near Perth in Australia with the aid of IRLP. This QSO lasted two hours and Scouts from Clontarf also contacted this Australian Group again on Sunday where they spoke with each other for another 45 minutes.

Besides communicating on the airwaves, other JOTA
activities included electronic kit building projects.

Scouting Ireland's JOTA stations, this year, were –
EI1SI - 2nd Kerry Sea Scouts operating from Fenit,
EI3SI - operating from Larch Hill, Dublin,
EI4SI – 132nd Bayside Scouts Radio Group operating from the Martello Tower, Howth,
EI5SI - operating from the Scout Centre in Mount Melleray, EI9SI - 66th Dublin operating, with the assistance of North Dublin Radio Club, from the Scout Den in Clontarf,
EI4WSG - 4th Wicklow operating from Wicklow,
EI6BKB –17th Dublin operating from Dalkey and
MN0AKU - 4th Tyrone operating, with the assistance of the Foyle & District Amateur Radio Club, from Bready, Strabane.

Groups that participated in JOTA are reminded that reports should be submitted by the 30th of November. The report form can be downloaded from the Scouting Ireland Radio Scouting webpage at www.scouts.ie/international/jota.

Reports received from Groups will be used in compiling the National Report, which will be sent to the World Scout Bureau in Geneva.

Further information about Radio Scouting including training material can be obtained from the Scouting Ireland JOTA Team by emailing “jota at scouts dot ie” or by visiting the Scouting Ireland Radio Scouting webpage.

Source: IRTS

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