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JOTA / JOTI 2022 | Jamborees On The Air / Jamborees On The Internet
· HF, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

DATES

14th — 16th October 2022

WHAT IS THE JAMBOREE-ON-THE-AIR (JOTA)?

As shared by JOTA/JOTI Jamboree:
The JOTA is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world connect with each other by means of amateur radio. Short-wave radio signals carry their voices to virtually any corner of the world. It’s the shear excitement of having a live conversation with a fellow Scout or Guide at some other place in the world that attracts so many young people to this event. JOTA is a real Jamboree during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared.

The use of amateur-radio techniques offers an extra educational dimension for Scouts. Many grasp the opportunity to discover the world of wireless radio techniques and electronics. Thousands of volunteer radio amateurs assist the Scouts over the JOTA weekend with their knowledge, equipment and enthusiasm.

WORLD SCOUT FREQUENCIES

Scout Frequencies are chosen in a segment where low-power, simple stations are transmitting. This allows Scouts to operate such stations from camp sites and still be able to communicate with others.

BandPhone (MHz)CW (MHz)
80 m3.690 & 3.9403.570
40 m7.090 & 7.1907.030
20 m14.29014.060
17 m18.14018.080
15 m21.36021.140
12 m24.96024.910
10 m28.39028.180
6 m50.16050.160

Source: JOTA/JOTI Radio Handbook 2022

Let’s connect with the worldwide Scouts and share the fun of our common hobby with them.

If you have any questions regarding topics concerning the IARU R1 Youth Working Group always feel free to reach out to us via email at youth@​iaru-​r1.​org.

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WRC23 AI9.1b: ITU‑R Study Group 4 finalises the 23cm/RNSS study report
· Spectrum · Barry, G4SJH

During the period 7 – 13 September 2022, the IARU once again participated in the preparatory work for WRC-23 agenda item 9.1b in ITU‑R Working Party 4C (WP4C). The IARU summary report on the WP4C meeting can be found here.

Updated studies were provided by France and new studies were contributed by the Russian Federation (GLONASS), China (COMPASS) and Japan.

The IARU provided a contribution providing information agreed in WP5A highlighting the low duration of “busy times” for amateur activities in the 23cm band. This information was adopted into the draft report. Whilst the studies confirm the potential for interference to occur into co-frequency RNSS receivers in almost the entire band, all the studies have assumed only static scenarios without any consideration of the geographic distribution and density of amateur transmitters or the temporal aspects of amateur or RNSS operations. Some studies take account of antenna patterns, but many results and conclusions focus only on worst case main beam consideration. The IARU Region 1 has published a commentary document on these aspects available here.

As a result of these studies and the regulatory status of the amateur service allocation, our ability to operate in certain parts of the band and at the power levels allowed today is likely to be constrained if regulators want to protect the RNSS receivers. This discussion will continue in the development of the Guidance Recommendation in ITU‑R WP5A.

WP4C plenary agreed to elevate the document to Draft New Report status and passed it to Study Group 4 (SG4) for adoption. Therefore drafting work is complete.

Study Group 4 met on September 23rd and adopted the report for publication. IARU is totally engaged in the discussion that will continue in WP5A to ensure that the amateur services can continue to develop in this band and allow all the amateur applications in use today to continue.

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Provisional results IARU R1 50 & 70 MHz CW/SSB Contests
· VHF/UHF/SHF · Alex, IV3KKW

The provisional results for the last IARU R1 50 MHz CW/SSB and 70 MHz CW/SSB Contests are available on IARU Region 1 VHF & Up Contest Robot:

2022 IARU Reg. 1 50 MHz CW/SSB Contest : 436 logs from 35 countries

2022 IARU Reg. 1 70 MHz CW/SSB Contest : 36 logs from 16 countries

Unfortunately this year, the propagation didn’t help the participants with the usual ES openings of the period. Let’s hope for better conditions in 2023.

The complaining period will end on September 30th, after that results will be final.

For any requests please write to Alex IV3KKW [VHF+ Contest WG Chair].

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