The Golden Gate Area Council International Committee presents Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) 2021 and Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI) 2021.

Jamboree-on-the-Air is an annual International event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world speak to each other by means of amateur radio. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared, via the radio waves. Each year about half-a-million Scouts and Guides “get together” over the airwaves for the annual JOTA. 

JOTI is a similar event but uses the Internet. JOTA and JOTI will be different this year.

• JOTA will take place at the GGAC Program Office in Alameda.
• JOTI may be done at the GGAC Program Office, OR from your home by signing up at: https://www.jotajoti.info/ and using your computer.

Video introduction to JOTA-JOTI: https://vimeo.com/191558208

Scouting Magazine article on JOTA-JOTI: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/06/21/

Date:     Saturday, October 16, 2021
Time:    Come anytime from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. BUT YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR A 1-HOUR TIME SLOT! 
Typical time onsite is 1 hour.

Place:   GGAC Program Office, 1714 Everett Street, Alameda, CA

Cost:    $15 includes JOTA patch

Registration:  Registration required at: https://scoutingevent.com/023-JOTAJOTI2021 
Parents should register IF they want a patch and want to participate in JOTA/JOTI.  Parents must remain with their Cub Scout during the event (NO drop and go).

Notes: 

• All COVID-19 safety guidelines will be followed.  ALL attendees must wear masks, keep physically-distanced from others, and bring a small personal of hand-sanitizer.  Most activities will be outside.
• Snacks, drinks, or lunch will NOT be provided, so bring your own if needed.
• BSA Jamboree-on-the-Air 2021 patches will be mailed out when we receive them.

For All Scouts:

All scouts will learn about amateur radio - what it is, how it works, types of equipment, and how to use it.  Scouts will have an opportunity practice 2-way radio communications using UHF radios, and will have a chance to listen to and talk to other scouts and ham radio operators participating in Jamboree-on-the-Air.

For Cub Scouts:

Webelos/AOL scouts will have an opportunity to complete Requirement 6.c. for Building a Better World Adventure.

For Scouts BSA & Venturers:

The Radio Merit Badge requirement # 9a or #9d may be completed.   There will be an opportunity to take the rest of the Radio MB training at 2 online classroom sessions, thus completing all of the requirements.

Questions? Contact:

• Dave Shaw - WB6WTM; daves@2geeks.org;  C:650-438-9805
• Roy Adam - N6FUN;  n6fun@pacbell.net;  C:510-932-9815
• Rand Mahoney - W6TRM;  rand.mahoney@scouting.org;  C: 925-899-3840