Curious about amateur radio? Want to discover more about using amateur radio to communicate with others and meet friends around the world? Here are some great videos to show you more about this exciting hobby!

Whether you enjoy writing software, getting hands-on with practical equipment, developing new technology or simply want to use what’s already there to communicate with others across the world, you’ll find all of this – and more – within amateur radio. It is also great fun. Why don't you try it?

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), the first-ever ISS payload activated by the crew, is gearing up for its 1000th educational radio contact in March 2016. Since the first amateur radio contact with a school in December 2000, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard ISS have talked to students in 44 states in the US and in 51 other countries!

ARISS anticipates it will celebrate its 1000th educational radio contact in March 2016. ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the ISS. In the United States, the ARISS partners include the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ARISS inspires students, worldwide, to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through amateur radio communications opportunities with the ISS on-orbit crew. ARISS can organize a scheduled amateur radio contact between crew members aboard the ISS and your students in school or an informal education venue.

Experienced amateur radio volunteers in your area can help ISS crews speak directly with a large audience in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, your students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For information about how your organization may pursue an ARISS contact, visit http://www.ariss.org.

The 63rd JOTA was on October 16-18 2020 Organized with the support of FNEL and RL, with a team of local and foreign scout operators, the JOTA-JOTI We were proud as Pi4RS - Radio scouting to support again the station LX9S and LX9S was back on the air this year from the same location.

The Scouts Federation of Luxembourg(FNEL), has invited HB9S (World Scout Bureau European Support Centre) with the support of the RL (Radio amateurs du Luxembourg), to take part in the JOTA-JOTI weekend in Luxembourg (locator JN39BO) and to operate with the callsign LX9S. JOTA-JOTI (Jamboree-on-the-Air-Jamboree-on-the-Internet) is the world’s largest digital Scout event taking place on the Internet and over the airwaves. Held every year in October, the event connects millions of young people around the world for a full weekend of online activities that promote friendship and global citizenship.

JOTA-JOTI enables young people and volunteers to participate in fun and engaging group activities over the Internet and amateur radio focused on developing 21st-century skills through Scouting. Several radios were on the air during the week-end operated by an international radio-scouting team.

The team has been supported by the Luxembourg Radio Federation and contest station LX7i. 8 Local stations have been set up (HF, UHF, VHF, QO100 Satellite) 4 remote stations were used (2 in LX 2 in PA).

Jamboree on the Air 2015 at Amateur Radio Station GB2GP in Gilwell Park, London, United Kingdom.

Today we send super-secret messages via radio!

(Well, they aren't secret, but don't tell the kids that, that's not fun)

You can decode the images in this video with your phone too!

A young boy builds his system to talk to the Space Station. see how curiosity and the desire to make things happen can reward any initiative.

ARRL video about Ham Radio narrated by Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD (SK) http://www.arrl.org

A quick introduction to Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet for Scouting audiences.

Love to build? Up for a challenge? Try this fun activity with your Scout or Guide Group, where you can put your communication skills to the test with a LEGO-building project!

JOTA-JOTI Ham Radio Handbook

Everything you need to know about the amateur radio can be found in the JOTA-JOTI Ham Radio Handbook.