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Sydney North Region Scouts and Guides NSW
53nd Jamboree On The Air / 14th Jamboree On The Internet at Narrabeen Australia 15-17 October 2010
The Jamboree of the Air and the Jamboree on the Internet are international Scout and Guide events held every year on the third full weekend in October. Members participate by using Amateur Radio and the Internet to talk to each other. It's the biggest activity in Scouting, with over 500,000 participants worldwide!
Sydney North Region Scouts and The Northern Sydney Girl Guides will hold a JOTA/JOTI Camp, from Friday evening, 15 October to Sunday, 17 October 2010. This is a great fun weekend camp, where Guides and Scouts join together to participate in the organised activities.
In 2010 the camp returns to its original site at Sydney Lakeside Caravan Park. We will have a dedicated area for our use, and space for our canoes near the water.
More information and booking details will be released as we get closer to the date. Watch this site for updates.
Photos from previous camps can be viewed at http://jota.uniq.com.au/photo/
Jamboree on the Air, Narrabeen Australia 2009
150 Scouts and Guides from Sydney North met for their annual JOTA/JOTI camp on Narrabeen Lagoon. This is a fun camp where both Guides and Scouts join together for activities over the weekend.
The Manly Warringah Radio Society provided radios and operators for local and national hook-ups. This year Echolink was working and provided a constant stream of contacts around the world. The radio club had a new HF dipole antenna which also allowed direct contacts across Australia and New Zealand.
They logged 45 QSOs in 10 countries including Australia. They worked all the mainland VKs, but somehow managed to miss Tassie. Station count: 6 local, 25 interstate, 14 International.
Radio club members Yves, Connie and Tim flew by in a helicopter with live APRS tracking and air-to-ground 2-way radio link.
A network of 15 computers provided Internet Relay Chat using the Scoutlink network. As contacts were made the scouts identified the city and country and put stickers on our world map. Highlights were contacts on the Faroe Islands, Tenerife in the Canary Islands, and a lone scout on the Namibia/Angola border in Africa.
This year the electronic kit was a bit more challenging: an electronic dice with two integrated circuits and a larger number of polarised components. At the end of the session about 70% were rewarded with a working project, while the rest will complete the task at a later event.
The North Harbour Water Activities team took the Scouts and Guides canoeing on Narrabeen Lagoon and along Middle Creek. This was one of the highlights of the weekend.
In the spare time there was a water slide, swimming in the lake, boomerang throwing and a clever radio wide game. Pictures can be viewed on the site mentioned below. A movie and campfire on Saturday night topped off the weekend.
The JOTA camp website http://jota.uniq.com.au has lots of JOTA and JOTI related information.