Welcome to our on-line library. Here you can find all sorts of programme resource material. It can be used to prepare your JOTA weekend or for other occasions, e.g. large summer camps.

The library mainly has english and french material; however, other language sources are possible too. To easily translate the material in a language of your liking, cut and paste it into the on-line language translator.

Most doucuments on this page are written in pdf format. You need to download only once the free Acrobat Reader to be able to read these documents. If Acrobat is already on your computer, you do not need to download it again.

To download documents, put your mouse pointer over the link and right click. Go to "save target as...". This wil allow you to download the pdf or zip file and save it to a local disk

Index:

1. JOTA press guide
2. World JOTA Reports
3. Historic materials
   
4. JOTA fact sheets
5. J-code
6. Handsome helpers (incl. J-code and propagation wizard)
7. JOTA recipes
8. Games
9. Tips & Tricks

This new press guide will help you write your JOTA press release, make contact with the news media and compose a succesfull presentation of your JOTA activity.

The World JOTA Report shows you all the different JOTA stories of the participating countries, statistical information, kit-builiding ideas and much more. With photos and graphics in full colour. Relive the JOTA weekend and download it from this web site.

As a results of many hours of report scanning, we can now present ALL 47 World JOTA Reports here on line. (The first 3 JOTA's did not have a World Report published). All files are compatible with Acrobat reader 6.0 or higher and are optimized for web viewing.
Printed versions of the World JOTA Report can be ordered from the World Scout Bureau.

An historic overview of half-a-century of international Scout exchanges via radio has been published as well in a limited edition. It can be ordered here on line as long as stock lasts.Click the picture to see the details.

50th JOTA 2007	49th JOTA 2006	48th JOTA 2005	47th JOTA 2004	46th JOTA 2003	45th JOTA 2002
44th JOTA 2001	43rd JOTA 2000	42nd JOTA 1999	41st JOTA 1998	40th JOTA 1997	39th JOTA 1996
38th JOTA 1995	37th JOTA 1994	36th JOTA 1993	35th JOTA 1992	34th JOTA 1991	33rd JOTA 1990
32nd JOTA 1989	31st JOTA 1988	30th JOTA 1987	29th JOTA 1986	28th JOTA 1985	27th JOTA 1984
26th JOTA 1983	25th JOTA 1982	24th JOTA 1981	23rd JOTA 1980	22nd JOTA 1979	21st JOTA 1978
20th JOTA 1977	19th JOTA 1976	18th JOTA 1975	17th JOTA 1974	16th JOTA 1973	15th JOTA 1972
14th JOTA 1971	13th JOTA 1970	12th JOTA 1969	11th JOTA 1968	10th JOTA 1967	9th JOTA 1966
8th JOTA 1965	7th JOTA 1964	6th JOTA 1963	5th JOTA 1962	4th JOTA 1961	3rd JOTA 1960 2nd JOTA 1959 1st JOTA 1958 not published

A very remarkable recording was presented in July by Gordon Dennis, the son of Alan Dennis, G3CNV, who was the first operator of GB3SP. The recording has some of the amateur radio contacts and news broadcasts of this very first amateur radio station that ever operated from a World Scout Jamboree. It was this station that inspired Les Mitchell and a team of Scout radio amateurs to agree on an annual meeting for Scouts over the airwaves: the Jamboree On The Air was born.

Listen to the voice of GB3SP from the 1957 World Scout Jamboree in Sutton Coldfield.

A recording recently surfaced of a historic connection between LC1J at the World Scout Jamboree in 1975 in Norway and GB2GP, the permanent amateur radio station of Gilwell Park, United Kingdom. The recording is introduced by Bill Livens, G2CKB, for years the enthusiastic first operator of Gilwell Park. Bill past away a few years ago, but his memory comes alive with this recording. You will hear the voices of well-know Scout radio amateurs and a message spoken by King Carl-Gustav of Sweden while he visited the radio station.

Listen to LC1J with GB2GP.

How to organise your JOTA weekend? Programme ideas, tips and tricks, the amateur radio jargon, find it all in the JOTA fact sheet:

JOTA fact sheet, English, size 31 kb
JOTA fact sheet, Français, size 34 kb
JOTA fact sheet, Español, size 30 kb
JOTA fact sheet, Russian, size 770 kb

Calculate the radio path to your destination and find out at which time and HF band you can best make a sked. Download and install this handsome propagation wizard.

A complete JOTA handbook in the German language (tnx Klaus DC4NA).

Radio history. The Zenitel company published a booklet about their firm with an extensive historic overview of the discovery of radio waves, the first experiments and the development of radio to the present day. Available for download (free) in English, French, Dutch and Norwegian.

Calculate your QTH locator from your map coordinates with this QTH calculator (13 kb). (Thanks to Vaandrig Lengton Scout group Zwolle).

All the JOTA logo's which have been used since 1958 in one big zip file (2.7 Mb).

JOTA on cards and stamps, for the collectors.

Many Scout groups organize special meals during the JOTA weekend. Have a look here for favorite recipes from around the world:

• In Slovenia, JOTA is not only a fun activity, but also a special soup. Here's how to prepare "JOTA".
• In Spain, a JOTA dance enlightens your weekend: jota.mp3

2007 Centennary Award.

(click on the pictures to download)

JOTA and kites: a leaflet full of ideas how to use a windy JOTA weekend to your advantage (360 kb).

Three recipes for a succesfull foxhunting game (200 kb) (Thanks PPo Austria)

Download this Morse Code decoder chart (40 kb). Scouts, young and old, found it easy to use.

A scout Morse code game for use on a PC. Runs on any machine from DOS 5 and higher. This programme was written by Scouts in Hong Kong and used for JOTA. We also used it at World Jamborees and other events. It is simple and most popular. Download the programme and unzip the file on your computer (65 kb).

The Bolivian wheel:(83 kb) an easy-to-use chart that lets you calculate the world's time differences !

The radio puzzle game used in Germany for the 44th JOTA. (in German, 6 kb).

The radio puzzle game used in Germany for the 45th JOTA. (in German, 10 kb).

The radio puzzle game used in Germany for the 47th JOTA. (in German, 13 kb).

A perpetual forecast for radio conditions. Yes, unbelievable but it's true. See for yourself . This will be most helpful to pre-arrange your JOTA radio contacts (Thanks Les Mitchell, G3BHK).

Electronic kit building is a popular activity during the JOTA and related activities. Looking for ideas? Then click the logo.
Looking for a place to order kits and components ready for your Scout kit-building activity? Check out this on-line kitbuilding webshop.

Here's the map you always wanted: a world map that shows you the actual local times anywhere in the world. It gives you a daylight and night picture, directions to the sun and moon, and, of course, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Great for JOTA!! It can also be installed as a screensaver. Download the self extracting file for your PC now (400kb).

Are you into badge colllecting? Then check out this web site with many and more JOTA badges from around the world.

Want to know if anyone has already sent you an electronic QSL card of the contact you made? Type your call sign in the box below and press "Search".

How can you find the contact address of the radio amateur you've just spoken too? Simple: type his call sign in the search box of the QRZ web site. It will present you all the info you need.

Still looking for that phone number or email address of your friends somewhere around the globe? Then try this : all the world's phone and email directories.

While we are at the international level, convert the camp fee of that international camp you want to go to, into your own currency with this currency converter. It has all the world's currencies !!