Second bulletin is available at this link:Bulletin_nr.2
Updated timetable also released.
See you next saturday!
Last Saturday the International Youth Meeting was held during HAM Radio Friedrichshafen. This event was hosted by German Youth Coordinator Annette, DL6SAK, and Youth WG Chair Lisa, PA2LS.
In this file you will find the slides of the following presentations:
Introduction of the new Youth Contest Program (YCP) of IARU R1 – PA2LS
YCP at 9A1A and youth projects of 9A1BRZ – 9A9A and 9A5W
Differences between German and US American Youth Communities – DO7KAY
In the end an interesting discussion took place, which was started by Kay DO7KAY, pointing out differences between German and US radio amateurs. Kay received for a year ARRL’s QST Magazine. With this he had the chance to dig deeper in the background of US radio amateurs.
After that, one of the main topics was the difficulty of obtaining an amateur radio license. This seems to be a problem in several countries. Depending on fees, minimum age, location of examination, level of exam questions and learning material. The discussion on this topic will continue in the near future. When it is hard to obtain a license, we will never get many more young radio amateurs.
We are inviting you to join the International Youth Meeting:
Date: Saturday 27-6-2015
Time: 10.00-11.30am
Place: Room Liechtenstein
With the following lectures:
Introduction of the new Youth Contest Program (YCP) of IARU R1 – PA2LS
YCP at 9A1A and youth projects of 9A1BRZ – 9A9A and 9A5W
Differences between German and US American Youth Communities – DO7KAY
DL6SAK and PA2LS
All Teams of Italian Summer YOTA meeting can read Bulletin nr.1 and the proposed timetable.
Many informations inside and an appointment: HamRadioMesse in Friedrichshafen, we’ll be at ARI Stand A1-666!
It’s already time for the 5th edition of the Youngsters On The Air summer event. In 2015 the youth radio camp will take place in Italy, organized by ARI (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani)
In this week teams of young radio amateurs from several countries will be participating in all kind of amateur radio activities. Think about workshops, contesting and ARDF, we will try to show many aspects of the radio hobby. Off course you will also get the chance to learn about other cultures, in the famous intercultural evening you will get the chance to try food and drinks from all participating countries. As we go to Italy, we will also show you the country and Italian traditions.
This is just a little bit about what we are going to do in this event. It will be a great experience for all participants which they will never forget. To get a better feeling about this, have a look at the gallery from previous events.
When: 18-25 July 2015
Participants: each IARU member society is invited to take part with a team. A team consist of maximum 5 persons, 4 Persons with the age 15-25 years and one person is dedicated as team leader.
Location: Marina di Massa, Tuscany
Fees: travel costs to Pisa airport and €25 per participant
All other costs (accomodation, food, activities) will be covered, main funder of the event is IARU R1.
If your member society is interested to participate, please respond to italy@ham-yota.com by 27 January 2015 with sending in this Application form YOTA2015. There is a limit of 75 participants. Make sure you will apply in time. We will announce the participating countries shortly after the deadline.
For any questions, please contact italy@ham-yota.com
As the December YOTA Month event is coming closer, it was time to write the 2nd bulletin. Please read everything through so everything is clear (hopefully) there won’t be any problems throughout the month. If you have any questions about the bulletin or in general, feel free to contact us at info@ham-yota.com
Download the YOTA December MONTH 2014 Bulletin 2.1 here!
A big thanks to everyone who has put his/her time into this event! Together we can make YOTA even bigger!
Best 73′
The YOTA crew
Thanks to Ward, N0AX, an article about Youngsters On The Air was published in the december edition of QST, the monthly journal of the ARRL.
The full article can be downloaded here.
Best 73′
The YOTA-team
Disclaimer: all rights go to the ARRL, QST and the author, N0AX. This article was published with their permission.
Have a look at the bulletin for the latest info. Feel free to participate, send a mail to december(@)ham-yota.com
Have a look at the latest article from the RSGB RadCom magazine and see what they have to say about YOTA 2014!
After having last year the first edition of December YOTA month! it’s time for a new one.
During the whole month of December several countries will become active with YOTA as suffix in the callsign. The idea for this is to break the ice for some youngsters and take the microphone in the hand. As seen over the years the YOTA-group is growing fast and every week more youngsters are asking to participate. Let us all make YOTA popular in HAM radio and let us all help to put youngsters on the HAM radio train!
Would you like to participate? Send an e-mail to december(@)ham-yota.com Register at least before 24 November.
The rules are simple:
1- Follow the rules 🙂 Although this is a friendly activity, some rules are needed.
2- Have a callsign with YOTA in suffix. For example: PA6YOTA
3- Maximum of 2 callsigns per country
4- Applicants must ensure that the callsign is used primarily to put Youngsters On The Air (Youngsters are defined by IARU R1 as ‘under-26’)
5- All QSO’s must be logged and send as ADIF file before 10 January
6- Make sure the callsign is regularly on air, as there are people searching for it
7- All QSO’s must be made in December 2014.
8- This is NOT a contest, we are trying to spread the word! Talk to people about what we do, not only quick 5/9’s. Admitting, a pile-up is always fun and off course we all love it J
Detailed information about the award, QSL handling and rules are coming soon in a bulletin.
* December YOTA month! is not limited to European countries only. This could be the first worldwide YOTA event!
73’s and hope to hear from you!
Tommy ON2TD and Lisa PA2LS,
on behalf of Youngsters On The Air-team.
