There is a choice of two different activities provided at the JOTA radio station.
ON AIR – [group (unit / troop) activity] – Duration 30 minutes - An opportunity to make voice contact with other Guides and Scouts , somewhere in the world, and exchange information and ideas about their favourite guiding or scouting activities.
Amateur Radio operators will use a selection of different communication mediums from traditional short wave (HF-SSB), FM (frequency modulation) bands, to modern digital communications modes. The Boree Regatta JOTA call sign is VK2LE.
TREASURE (FOX) HUNT – [group (unit / troop) activity] – Duration 20 to 30 minutes - Two covert radio transmitters (the TREASURE) will be hidden within the Boree Regatta camp site. Guides and Scouts will have an opportunity to HUNT for the hiding place using radio direction finding equipment. The techniques used are similar to WWII spy transmitter detection — but the equipment is a little more modern.