ARLA/CLUSTER: Mais de 100 participantes de 30 regiões no " Youngsters on the Air week" 2016

João Costa > CT1FBF ct1fbf gmail.com
Segunda-Feira, 18 de Julho de 2016 - 11:34:01 WEST


Youngsters on the Air week underway

Yesterday Saturday 16 July, the 6th Youngsters on the Air week started
with over 100 youngsters from 30 Region-1 member societies, including
an IARU Region-2 team from USA, and a team from South Africa.

The YOTA week is being hosted by the Austrian member society, OeVSV at
Wagrain in the Austrian mountains. OeVSV 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 optimising their skills in
electronics and contesting and will make new international friends.

Some activities are - SOTA, COTA, propagation in an ice cave,
constructing a homebrew HF antenna and using the antenna for a SOTA
station, working with a Raspberry Pi and making a WSPR beacon or using
it with DV4mini for digital voice, HAMNET (amateur radio and internet
network) and the famous inter-cultural evening where everyone brings
food and drinks from their home country.

On Monday 18 July at 10:25 UTC, there will be a telebridge ARISS
contact with astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, which will give the
youth an unforgettable experience. More information and live updates
of the event are available at www.ham-yota.com/austria/.

If you would like to make a QSO with one of the youngsters, listen out
forOE2YOTA which will be on air on most bands using several different
modes.



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