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Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) Founder Les Mitchell, G3BHK, SK

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With JOTA 2014 a little more than 1 week away comes word that its “founding father,” Les Mitchell, G3BHK, died on October 6. Mitchell started JOTA in 1958, after launching the idea a year earlier at the World Scout Jamboree. That was the first year the Jamboree had an Amateur Radio station on site, and it’s had one every year since.


“Little did I think when I drew up the plans and rules for the ...

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