ARLA/CLUSTER: 6º YOTA a partir deste fim de semana na Austria

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

YOTA Austria is about to start

This Saturday, July 16, the 6th Youngsters On The Air week will take
place and will feature a contact with astronaut Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
on the International Space Station

Over 100 youngsters from 30 member societies, including an IARU Region
2 team from USA, will travel to Wagrain in the Austrian mountains.
This edition will be organized by OeVSV which is proudly celebrating
their 90th anniversary.

The youngsters will be having a lot of fun with amateur radio, there
will be many workshops, they will be optimizing their skills in
electronics and contesting and will make new international friends. To
name some activities from the exciting program: SOTA, COTA,
propagation in an ice cave, homebrew HF antenna and using the same
antenna in the mountains as a SOTA station, HAMNET, working with a
Raspberry Pi and making a WSPR beacon out of this or use it with
DV4mini for digital voice and the famous intercultural evening where
everyone brings food and drinks from their home country. On Monday
10:25 UT there will even be a Telebridge (via VK4KHZ) ARISS contact
with astronaut Jeff Williams KD5TVQ, which will give the youth an
unforgettable experience. All this is only a small selection of the
program.

More info and real live updates of the event are available here
http://www.ham-yota.com/austria/

If you would like to make a QSO with one of the youngsters, listen for
OE2YOTA which will be on air on most bands in several modes.

IARU Region 1 http://iaru-r1.org/