Boy Scouts of America

2024 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)

Lady Bird Johnson Park / Columbia Island Marina

Washington, DC

Saturday October 19, 2024

Jamboree on the Air, the largest Scouting event in the world, takes place annually during the third weekend of October to mentor Boy Scouts of all ages in the art and skill of amateur radio.

This annual global operating event allows Boy Scouts to use amateur radio to connect with hams around the world.

Club members set up portable operating gear, erected wire antennas in trees, and made HF radio contacts with JOTA stations located around the United States in addition to sending and receiving email messages over radio via Winlink.

Voice and digital amateur radio operations were conducted from picnic tables set up along the water's edge under the shade trees of the Potomac River, a class covering the basics of radio technology was held to assist Boy Scouts with radio merit badge requirements, and a free amateur radio exam session was offered for Technician class, General class, and Amateur Extra class.

Thanks to the members of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club (AARC), the Alexandria Radio Club (ARC), and the Pentagon Amateur Radio Club (PARC)
listed below who mentored the Boy Scouts attending Jamboree on the Air.

Tim O'Neill-K2KT, Jerry Foster-KN4SYO, Gary Sessums-KC5QCN, Phil Kania-KJ4GYJ, Sean Gallagher-K4KBK, Don Lewis-KI4D
Ian Keith-N8IK, Jan Maas-KB2LRX, Wade Duvall-KK1ZZ, Andrew Easton-KI4THF, Jay Orbin-KV3W, Jack Parker-W4JJ