ICOM JOTA Support

We’re delighted to see ICOM America’s support of Jamboree on the Air. JOTA is the world’s largest Scouting event with nearly 700,000 Scouts participating from 6,000 amateur radio stations in 150 countries. It all happens the third weekend of October. This year marked the 56th anniversary and it happened on October 20-21.

As part of ICOM America’s sponsorship of Boy Scouts of America’s amateur radio programs, they’ve agreed to provide promotional support of Jamboree on the Air. This is in addition to their amateur radio station loan program to local Scout councils and their transceivers and repeater sponsorship at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit in West Virginia.

You can learn more about Jamboree on the Air at the official BSA JOTA web pages. Detailed operator guidelines, including recommended frequencies can be found here. We encourage you to get on the air during JOTA, either with a local club station that’s set up for a Scouting event, or with your own station handing out QSO’s. JOTA is not a contest. Instead, it is a conversation with Scouts to introduce them to the technology and fun of amateur radio while reaching out to other Scouts across their city, state, country, and world.

In the summer of 2012, ICOM America produced a series of point of purchase displays promoting Jamboree on the Air for use by their dealers. Designed by the Creative Team at the National Office of the Boy Scouts of America, ICOM produced and distributed several items, including banners, window clings, display stands, and tear sheets with the overall design concept shown below.

Jamboree on the Air Banner