Jamboree on the Air

A number of Tanzanian hams are getting together to operate for the annual Jamboree on the Air. This is a day when Boy Scouts (and others) are invited into ham shacks to learn ham radio and some of the science of radio communication.

Scout JOTA Web Site There are a number of designated frequencies for the event:

Band Phone CW
80 m 3.690 & 3.940 Mhz 3.570 Mhz
40 m 7.090 & 7.190 Mhz 7.030 Mhz
20 m 14.290 Mhz 14.060 Mhz
17 m 18.140 Mhz 18.060 Mhz
15 m 21.360 Mhz 21.140 Mhz
12 m 24.960 Mhz 24.910 Mhz
10 m 28.390 Mhz 28.180 Mhz
6 m 50.160 Mhz 50.160 Mhz

Unfortunately I have no privileges on 6 m and our band limits for 40 m are 7.000 Mhz to 7.100 Mhz. I will have to operate split if I operate SSB on 40 M because most hams' voice band is 7.125 Mhz to 7.300 Mhz and cannot use SSB on any of my allowed frequencies. I have been on 10 M BPSK at 28.120 Mhz for the past few days. Hopefully, there will be other scout groups there. With my 100 watts, SSB is not very successful. As an aside, I hear SSB 10 m from stateside every evening (from about 15 Z to 21 Z). I have had once successful contact with New Hampshire, but not much else. U.S. hams should be aware that if they would give it a try, the rest of the world can hear you pretty well at night. It is just that there are so many other high power stations out there that when the U.S. station calls CQ, little 5H3NP gets drowned out!