This year’s Greenock & District Scouts JOTA event will take place at Scout HQ, 159a Finnart Street, Greenock, PA16 8HZ on Saturday 17th October and Sunday 18th October.
One Hour ‘Drop-In’ sessions will be available from 10am-4pm on Saturday and 10am-2pm on Sunday with a maximum of 16 places available.
Under 18’s must be accompanied by a leader.

JOTA is an ideal opportunity for young people and their leaders from the District & Region to see what happens during the annual JOTA event and also to have a chat with some of the District’s radio operators about Amateur Radio. Any adult Volunteers within groups are very welcome to drop in any time over the weekend to try out our activities, but note if bringing young people then it is advisable to book a 1 hour slot.

There will be a variety of fun activities that will suit all age groups which will include morse code activities, passing a greetings message to other scouts and other fun radio & communication related games designed by club members (outside and inside).

In preparation for the upcoming JOTA event, two members of the Club attended the JOTA/JOTI webinar hosted by Scout HQ.
The webinar give a brief overview of the event and the on-line activities that will be available to participants.
It also provided some information on activities that could be used on-site, these were based on members previous experiences.
We provided an overview of our website and posted up a link for the participants.
At the end there was a reveal of this year’s JOTA/JOTI badge/logo and the theme, “A Peaceful and Inclusive World”.

Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is an annual Scouting event that connects Scouts around the world with the use of amateur radio.
The event is held on the third full weekend of October each year, together with Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI).

This years JOTA/JOTI takes place on 16th to the 18th of October.

As usual, the Radio Club will be on the air during the event.
Times and slots for Groups to attend are still to be finalised.
These will be posted on this website and also communicated to our local Groups.

Members from the Radio Club were invited by the Stirling and District Amateur Radio Society to help operate a Special Event amateur radio station during the Commonwealth Games. We would like to extend our thanks to them for giving us the opportunity and making us very welcome.