ARLA/CLUSTER: Aumento em mais de 36% do n.º de escuteiros que participaram no JOTA 2018 nos E. U. A.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

JOTA reports 36% growth in Scout participation

ARRL say Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) 2018 reports that total
USA Scout participation in the annual fall event jumped by 36% from
2017

Each year more than 1 million Scouts and Guides get together over the
airwaves for JOTA, which takes place on the third weekend of October.
Since the first JOTA in 1958, millions of Scouts have become
acquainted via Amateur Radio, and contacts sometimes result in
relationships that extend for many years.

This year, 10,703 Scouts took part in the event, compared with 7,872
last year. Participating Amateur Radio operators topped 1,000 for the
first time since 2016. At 610, the number of registered JOTA locations
was way up, as was the number of JOTA stations registered, with 314.
Participating JOTA stations reported contacts with stations in 99
countries, also up over 2017.

JOTA Coordinator Jim Wilson, K5ND, said he was pleased with this
year’s numbers and hopes that 2019’s event will show a continued
increase, despite a lack of sunspots.

World JOTA-JOTI numbers are not expected until early 2019, as each
country reports its results by mid-December followed by number
crunching and compiling of the report, Wilson explained.

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/jota-reports-36-growth-in-scout-participation