Marketing Materials
Videos
- International Commissioner Interview
- Cub Chat Live! 2025 JOTA JOTI
- JOTA_JOTI Live 2024 Interview with Distinguished MOP Recipients.
- Minecraft with JOTI
Fact Sheets
The links below are to PDF fact sheets meant to help explain JOTI / JOTA. These can be used to encourage participation in these great jamborees and to recruit new participants.
JOTI
JOTI Fact Sheet for Scouts and Leaders
Click the document (above) to view and download.
JOTA
JOTA Fact Sheet for Amateur Radio Operators
Click here to view and download
JOTA Fact Sheet for Scout Leaders
Click here view and download
At the link below are PDF versions of a JOTA participant certificate that includes a contact log section for recording the stations that were contacted during your event. Download and print as many as you need.
JOTA Full Page Contact Log
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JOTA Quarter Page Contact Logs
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Special Call Signs
If you have an existing amateur radio call sign for your Scout camp or a club call sign, you’ll no doubt want to use that call sign for your event. However, special ham radio call signs can also be used for your JOTA event or other Radio Scouting events. Two possibilities are the 1×1 call signs or the K2BSA call sign that has been in operation at national Scouting America events, including the jamboree.
To use either of these call signs, you’ll need to request their use for the dates of your event and receive permission prior to the event.
For K2BSA, you can make the request at https://k2bsa.net/
For 1×1 call signs, such as K3S, you can make the request at www.1x1callsigns.org/.
Both sites offer further insight into the use of the call signs.
Station Registration
We would appreciate you registering your station so you can indicate to Scouts world-wide that you’ll be on the air. Registration will also provide you with information from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) about the event, including updates nearer to JOTA weekend.
The link for the WOSM registration system won’t be available until September. You can watch for the announcement at the WOSM JOTA-JOTI website http://jotajoti.info
We also look forward to seeing your station report after the JOTA weekend. You can learn more about station report best practices at https://k2bsa.net/jota-station-reports-best-practices/.
JOTA Sample News Release
This is a sample media alert/news release that can serve as a model when working with your own JOTA event and getting information to your local media.
For more background on publicity see the very helpful Scouting Publicity Guide at https://k2bsa.net/scouting-publicity-guide/
MEDIA ALERT
Media Contact
Name of Your Contact
Phone Number
Email Address
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A FREQUENCY!
DFW Boy Scouts to Speak With NASA Astronaut on Board International Space Station Using Amateur Radio
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WHAT: |
Scouting America is hosting the 60th Annual JOTA/JOTI (Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet) Extravaganza at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. Scouts from all over North Texas are invited to share ideas and Scouting experiences with their Scouting peers around the world using two-way amateur radio and satellite links as well as the Internet. The National Scouting Museum has been selected to be the only JOTA/JOTI location in the world that will enable local Scouts to communicate directly with NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, a former Star Scout who is currently on board the International Space Station. This communication will be relayed live to all other JOTA stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area using two-way amateur radio connection The JOTA/JOTI annual event contributes to better understanding and mutual respect between youngsters in different countries. Thousands of amateur radio stations around the world participate. |
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WHY: |
More than 500,000 Scouts in 100 countries from Algeria to Zimbabwe participate in JOTA each year, but the Dallas-Fort Worth Scouts have the unique opportunity to communicate with U.S. astronauts in space. As part of the event, all participants will receive free museum admission, food and drink, a special JOTA patch, and a designated QSL card for the JOTA. The event is open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, and adult leaders, family, and friends. |
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WHEN: |
9 a.m to 5:30 p.m. |
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WHERE: |
National Scouting Museum |
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