Guides of the Sultanate of Oman participated in JOTA/JOTI

The National Organization for Guides and Scouts in the Sultanate of Oman organized different activities during the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and the Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) on the third weekend of October. 

They communicated with other Guides and Scouts over radio amateur frequencies, establishing 11 JOTA stations on the echolink, a system that allows passing radio signals over the internet.

The main station was located in the National Organization headquarters in Muscat but they also set up operating computer camps in other regions to give Guides and Scouts living in remote areas of the Sultanate the opportunity to participate.

During the weekend, Guides and Scouts from all over the world also communicated with each other over the Internet using chat programmes, e-mail and web cams. This was the first time the National Organization operated and monitored the Arabic channel in scoutlink since JOTI started in 1996.

The organization also published a CD with all the information needed for participating in both events. 

The JOTA, which celebrated its 49^th edition, is an annual event in which about 500,000 Guides and Scouts all over the world make contact with each other by means of amateur radio. Short-wave radio signals carry their voices to virtually any corner of the world.

Similarly, the JOTI connects Scouts using Internet techniques and they are both held on the third weekend of October.