JOTA In The News
Troop 6 Combines Geocaching and Amateur Radio Foxhunting
Check out this great article in the August 2011 issue of QST, the official journal of the American Radio Relay League, the national association for amateur radio.
This may be a model activity for your Jamboree-on-the-Air event or for anytime you’re seeking to involve youth in radio Scouting.
Oklahoma Boy Scouts learn art of ham radio
from the NewsOK website of the Oklahoman
A group of Oklahoma Boy Scouts used sticks, barbed wire and a hand-held radio to say hello to an astronaut in space.
“The boys were so excited that we got to talk to an astronaut, even if only for a few seconds,” said Doug Cook, an optometrist and an assistant scoutmaster from Guthrie.
Read the article here.