LFC Venturing News

Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to connect Scouts around the world, across the nation, and in your community.  More than 1.5 million in 160 countries participate in JOTA / JOTI each year – its Scouting’s largest worldwide event. When there are children in the family, several factors must be considered when choosing the perfect dog for your lifestyle: the ages of the children and type of living quarters, you can visit this site for more info.

The event is free and open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and leaders during the weekend of October 19 – 21.  Most stations will be active Friday evening (19th) and all day Saturday (20th).  No reservations are required but notifying stations of your plan to attend can help them prepare.outlook india

These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting.  Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.

Explore Advanced Technology

Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.

Scouting Advancements and Recognitions

In addition to talking to Scouts from other countries, participants complete requirements for Cub Scout adventures, Boy Scout merit badges and the International Spirit Award. All that, plus JOTA and JOTI offer a hands-on lesson in STEM — the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

In addition to being incredibly fun, JOTA and JOTI count toward Scouting requirements:

• For Tigers, this meets requirements for the elective adventure Family Stories.
• For Webelos, it counts toward the Arrow of Light adventure Building a Better World.
• Boy Scouts can check off a requirement for the Citizenship in the World merit badge and the Radio merit badge.
• All Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and adult leaders can count the event toward the requirements for the International Spirit Award.

Council Station Locations

Station WB5BSA will be at John Nichols Scout Ranch and active Friday evening October 19 and Saturday October 20.  Contact John Dronberger  (N5YZA) at N5YZA1@gmail.com or Doug Cook (KX5DC) at KX5DC1@gmail.com for questions.  

• Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
• Fox-Hunt  Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear.  Find our electronic fox – a 21st century electronic Easter egg hunt.
• Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)  with worldwide chatroom, video calling, JOTI.tv and JOTI Radio incoming stream.

Station WX5BSA/portable will operate from the Valle area in New Mexico.   Bands 80/40/20/15 phone.  Plans can change due to Philmont fire activity during 2018.  Contact Gary Woodrow (AA5GW) (gwoodrow@cableone.net).

For more information go to:

JOTA BSA website:  http://www.scouting.org/jota

Fact Sheets for Scout Leaders and Amateur Radio Operators:  http://www.scouting.org/jota/facts.aspx

WOSM JOTA /JOTI  information:  http://jotajoti.info/

Software for JOTI chat: http://www.scoutlink.net/joti/

(If you are participating as a JOTA or JOTI station and wish to be listed above, make a comment below and we will update this post)

JOTA/JOTI Station Locations Worldwide

There will be an information meeting about the 24th World Scout Jamboree at

7:00 pm – 9:00 PM  Thursday March 15, 2017 at the Last Frontier Council Service Center 

People considering applying as a youth participant or International Service Team (Staff) are encouraged to attend.

Spaces are open for youth sign ups and a limited number of IST positions.

Parents welcome too. Male and female youth not yet 14 but will be by July 22, 2019 are encouraged to attend. Scouts, Venturers and Explorers are welcome.

We can answer any questions you have about this once-in-a-lifetime mountaintop experience.  Join the excitement!

Information for posting at your unit meeting sites flyer: WJ Flyer Update_2-15

There will be an information meeting about the 24th World Scout Jamboree at

7:00 pm  Wednesday December 13, 2017 at the Last Frontier Council Service Center 

People considering applying as a youth participant, adult leader, or International Service Team (Staff) are encouraged to attend.  Parents welcome too.  We hope to answer any questions you have about this once-in-a-lifetime mountaintop experience.

Venturing Crew leaders and Venturers for contingent crew(s) are recruiting now to attend the 24th World Scout Jamboree in the summer of 2019.

Venturing Crew youth participant and leadership selection is managed at a regional level for the BSA contingent to the 24th World Scout Jamboree (WSJ).  Venturing crews made up from Venturers and crew advisors / associate advisors from the council are encouraged.

Venturing leadership requires a yet to by determined set of adults age 21 or older as advisors or associate advisors.  Selected crew advisors and associated advisors should plan on active recruiting youth participants to fill crew quotas.

Venturers must be age 14 – 17 with your birthday between July 22, 2001 and July 21, 2005 to meet age requirements as a youth participant.  (The youth participant age restrictions are a WOSM requirement)

The disembark / rally point for proceeding will be the hub city of Little Rock, Arkansas with travel by Amtrak to West Virginia.

Go to our page at LFCJambo.org  24th World Scout Jamboree Information for sign up information, fees and how to qualify for a $100 discount.

Learn More about the 24th World Scout Jamboree

Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to connect Scouts around the world, across the nation, and in your community.  More than 750,000 Scouts in 100 countries participate in JOTA / JOTI each year – its Scouting’s largest worldwide event.

The event is free and open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and leaders during the weekend of October 20 – 22.

These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting.  Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.

Explore Advanced Technology

Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.

Council Station Locations

Station WB5BSA will be at John Nichols Scout Ranch and active Friday evening October 20 and Saturday October 21.  Contact John Dronberger  (N5YZA) at N5YZA1@gmail.com or Doug Cook (KX5DC) at KX5DC1@gmail.com for questions.  

• Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
• Fox-Hunt  Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear.  Find our electronic fox – a 21st century electronic Easter egg hunt.
• Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)  with worldwide chatroom, video calling, JOTI.tv and JOTI Radio incoming stream.
• International Space Station message broadcasting demonstrations using automatic packet reporting system (APRS) (Friday: 9:50 pm, Saturday: 9:00 pm during visible overpasses)

For more information go to:

JOTA BSA website:  http://www.scouting.org/jota

Fact Sheets for Scout Leaders and Amateur Radio Operators:  http://www.scouting.org/jota/facts.aspx

WOSM JOTA /JOTI  information:  http://jotajoti.info/

Software for JOTI chat: http://www.scoutlink.net/joti/

(If you are participating as a JOTA or JOTI station and wish to be listed above, make a comment below and we will edit out post)

All registered Venturers and Advisors are invited to the Last Frontier Council Venturing Open House.

Tuesday, October 25, 6:30 pm at Eagle Lodge at John Nichols Scout Ranch.

We will be electing officers for the Venturing Officer Association, and we will be discussing activities for the remainder of 2016, plus 2017, and 2018.

We will be cooking Hamburgers and Hot Dogs, and have chips and drinks.  Please RSVP so we can plan on having food for you.

To RSVP, send an email to last.frontiercouncil@scouting.org

Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to connect Scouts around the world, across the nation, and in your community.  More than 750,000 Scouts in 100 countries participate in JOTA / JOTI each year – its Scouting’s largest worldwide event.

The event is free and open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and leaders during the weekend of October 14 – 16.  Some stations may have limited operations in the morning of October 16 – check with the operators before visiting.

These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting.  Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.

Explore Advanced Technology

Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.

Council Station Locations

Station WB5BSA will be at John Nichols Scout Ranch and active Friday evening October 14 and Saturday October 15.  Contact John Dronberger  (N5YZA) at N5YZA1@gmail.com or Doug Cook (KX5DC) at KX5DC1@gmail.com for questions.  

• Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
• Fox-Hunt  Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear.  Find our electronic fox – a 21st century electronic Easter egg hunt.
• Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)  with worldwide chatroom, video calling, JOTI.tv and JOTI Radio incoming stream.
• International Space Station message broadcasting demonstrations using automatic packet reporting system (APRS) (Friday: 9:50 pm, Saturday: 9:00 pm during visible overpasses)

Station WX5BSA/portable will operate from the Valle area in New Mexico.  Station will be setup between Ring ranch & Whiteman Vega – two sites used by Philmont during the summer months.  Will be active on Friday night October 14 and some during the evening Saturday, October 15.  Bands 80/40/20/15 phone.  Contact Gary Woodrow (AA5GW) (gwoodrow@cableone.net).

2016 WOSM station registrations can be reviewed at: https://www.scout.org/scout-report/view/jj2016

For more information go to:

JOTA BSA website:  http://www.scouting.org/jota

Fact Sheets for Scout Leaders and Amateur Radio Operators:  http://www.scouting.org/jota/facts.aspx

WOSM JOTA /JOTI  information:  http://jotajoti.info/

Software for JOTI chat: http://www.scoutlink.net/joti/

(If you are participating as a JOTA or JOTI station and wish to be listed above, make a comment below and we will edit out post)

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These events are the easiest and most inexpensive way to participate in the worldwide fellowship of Scouting.  Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers participate with their fellow programs worldwide contacting sites that may be in the next state, the next country or on the other side of the world.

Explore Advanced Technology

Discover how radio waves can travel worldwide for free without a subscription plan or landline connection to talk with Scouts and Guides all around the world using advanced radio gear.

Council Station Locations

Station KD5UGO, BSA Troop 217 and Troop 245, and the South Canadian Amateur Radio Society volunteers will staff amateur radio stations at Reaves Park, South East Pavilion, 2501 Jenkins Ave, Norman OK  Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (CDT)

Scouts and Scouters of all ages welcomed. Registration encouraged to assist with planning. A donation of $5 per Scout will cover merit badge resources and a pizza lunch.

Participating Scouts will:

• Use amateur radios to connect with Scouts in other states and countries
• Complete requirements for the Radio Merit Badge
• Complete a key requirement for the BSA International Spirit Award
• Meet up with other Scouts interested in amateur radio and other scouting activities

Schedule for October 17

9:00      Registration and radio station set-up (hoist those antennas!)
10:00    Radio Merit Badge workshop begins
2:00     Merit badge completed, Radio station break-down (haul in those antennas!)
3:00     Close

Station K5C will be operated at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 302 E Independence, Shawnee, OK  Contact Gary Way  (AE5OF) at kf5cky@yahoo.com for information, time and date(s).

•  Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
• Skype See who you are talking too during your contact.  A limited number of stations will have Skype connections for video and possibly other TV technologies for transmission.

Station WB5BSA will be at John Nichols Scout Ranch..  Contact John Dronberger  (N5YZA) at N5YZA1@gmail.com for information, time and date(s).  

• Amateur Radio  Talk with scouts around the world.
• Fox-Hunt  Play with radio detection / direction-finding gear.  Find our electronic fox – a 21st century electronic Easter egg hunt.

Station WX5BSA/portable will operate from the Valle area in New Mexico.  Station will be setup between Ring ranch & Whiteman Vega – two sites used by Philmont during the summer months.  Will be active on Friday night October 18 and some during the evening Saturday, October 19.  Bands 80/40/20/15 phone.  Station trustee is Gary Woodrow KA5BSA (gwoodrow@cableone.net).

 

For more information go to:

JOTA BSA website:  http://www.scouting.org/jota

Fact Sheets for Scout Leaders and Amateur Radio Operators:  http://www.scouting.org/jota/facts.aspx

WOSM JOTA /JOTI  information:  http://jotajoti.info/

Software for JOTI chat: http://www.scoutlink.net/joti/

(If you are participating as a JOTA or JOTI station and wish to be listed above, make a comment below and we will edit out post)