Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) 2026 - Scouts

[rtexpeditions]

Scouts Jamboree On The Air will take place on the weekend of October 16 -18, 2026. It is an opportunity for scouts of all ages to communicate with others all over the world using Amateur (HAM) radio and to encourage an interest in it.

Given a shared interest in the outdoors, I'm sure there are members or their children involved in scouting. Let me know if you are involved.

I will be operating a base in Austin's Ferry, a northern suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. We will be operating on HF and 2m Bands (for local comms) as well as on EchoLink, from 23:00 UTC, 16:00 US Pacific time on October 16, through to 04:00 UTC, 21:00 US Pacific time on October 18.

 

[ShawnM]

JOTA! ...& Overland Bound!! ...a great combo.

I am running a small JOTA station in Centreville VA for Troop 893. We will be on 20 and 40 m and VHF local repeaters. For HF we are limited to 100w into either a 1/4 wave vertical on 20m and a dipole on 40m. Pretty sure we won't make it all the way to the Australia but we will keep an ear out just in case! If you are in the eastern US there is real good chance we can have a QSO!

For more info on our troop and jota plans: Radio Scouting

What's JOTA??? see https://www.scouting.org/international/jota-joti/jota/ and Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)

Load out, hit the trails, and set up your radios!

73

 

[Mossback]

I'll be waiting in ambush... What call signs are you guys using?

Fancy new tool to see if you're getting out HERE
WL7H
73 es gl

 

[rtexpeditions]

I'll be waiting in ambush... What call signs are you guys using?

Fancy new tool to see if you're getting out HERE
WL7H
73 es gl

I'll be using VK7SAA or my own callsign VK7VWK

 

[ShawnM]

W4SDM is mine. We have another op manning hf as well KM4VEN