Our British Amateur Member Society RSGB has announced, that Richard Brunton, G4TUT, has passed away. Richard was well known for countless years as editor of the popular website Southgate Amateur Radio News. Every day he scoured the world’s amateur radio and technology resources for interesting stories and published them. We as the IARU Region 1 HF Committee, also benefited from Richard’s work. It is all the more painful to have lost a wonderful and dedicated communicator in Richard. Our thoughts are with Richard’s family and friends.
Press Release by International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 — Youth Working Group
Erding, Germany — Tuesday, 04.10. 2022
The entire month of December, several youngsters under the age of 26 will become active with YOTA suffixes in their callsigns. The idea behind this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves.
The last time YOTA callsigns hitting the air waves was from the 10th annual YOTA Summer Camp in early August 2022. Nearly 100 youngsters were activating various bands and modes. This shall be continued in this year’s 10th edition of the December YOTA Month activity.
Every ham radio operator can support the youth worldwide! By making a QSO with them, they can improve their skills on air and learn more about geography and ham radio abbreviations, among others. The youngsters will be happy to get some attention and exchange information. Licensed and unlicensed youth will be making QSOs, be aware this could be their first radio contact ever and give them a chance to experience a possible new hobby.
Help your local youngsters to get on the air throughout the December YOTA Month. Either you are a supporting elmer or under 26 years yourself, contact your society’s youth coordinator to be active with your national YOTA callsign(s). If your society did not apply for one yet, feel free to encourage them to do so of course. It will be a pleasure to work a lot of new youngsters on the bands for sure!
As every year, there is again an award program available. Work as many YOTA stations on as many bands and modes as possible and be eligible for your Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum award for free. Furthermore, there will be wooden plaques for the best achieving radio hams worldwide available once again. The various categories will be announced once we are getting closer to the event itself.
The DYM program promotes the radio activity on the air waves and shows that there is and will be activity in the future. Visit our website events.ham-yota.com for more information about the award rules.
Last year the worldwide participation of IARU member societies in all three regions was at a never seen high while counting 62 active stations. The youngsters achieved nearly 120.000 QSOs and over 2.000 free awards were downloaded from the DYM website. Therefore, let’s participate in December YOTA Month, and achieve big numbers together once again in December 2022!
Feel free to follow the activities on our homepage as well as on our social media channels @hamyota and @hamyota_official and update yourself at events.ham-yota.com.
On behalf of the DYM Organizing Committee,
– Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Kind regards | 73
Philipp Springer, DK6SP
Chair Youth Working Group International Amateur Radio Union Region 1
As shared by JOTA/JOTI Jamboree: The JOTA is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world connect with each other by means of amateur radio. Short-wave radio signals carry their voices to virtually any corner of the world. It’s the shear excitement of having a live conversation with a fellow Scout or Guide at some other place in the world that attracts so many young people to this event. JOTA is a real Jamboree during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared.
The use of amateur-radio techniques offers an extra educational dimension for Scouts. Many grasp the opportunity to discover the world of wireless radio techniques and electronics. Thousands of volunteer radio amateurs assist the Scouts over the JOTA weekend with their knowledge, equipment and enthusiasm.
WORLDSCOUTFREQUENCIES
Scout Frequencies are chosen in a segment where low-power, simple stations are transmitting. This allows Scouts to operate such stations from camp sites and still be able to communicate with others.
Let’s connect with the worldwide Scouts and share the fun of our common hobby with them.
If you have any questions regarding topics concerning the IARUR1 Youth Working Group always feel free to reach out to us via email at youth@iaru-r1.org.
Press Release by Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC e.V.) + DARC e.V. — Department of Education, Youth and Further Education (AJW)
Baunatal, Germany — 07.09.2022
Today, the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport presented the draft bill of a new amateur radio regulation, which will bring some innovations for all radio amateurs. The chairman of the DARC e. V. and the Round Table Amateur Radio (RTA), Christian Entsfellner, DL3MBG was pleased: “The new regulation implements long-standing demands of the DARC and the Round Table Amateur Radio. In the future, remote operation will finally be allowed. Likewise, the ministry has implemented our demand for an entry-level class, which has existed since 2008. This will significantly simplify the entry into amateur radio.” While the existing classes E and A will be raised in level by bringing in new topics from digital technology, class N will focus on operational knowledge, regulations and basic knowledge of the technology. Holders of the new Class N will be allowed to transmit on 2m and 70cm with a maximum power of 10 W EIRP. “In accordance with international specifications, the new entry-level class is intended to offer young people and older people in particular access to amateur radio” explains board member Ronny Jerke, DG2RON. The legally specified self-building right is not limited thereby, thus also a newbie can develop radios or Hotspots themselves, develop and take in enterprise.
The examination will follow a building up system, as it is known e.g. from the US-American amateur radio examination. Here, the exam for class N is taken first, which already contains all questions from the areas of operational knowledge and regulations. Then the technical examination for Class E and then Class A can be taken.
“The examination catalogs developed by the DARC for the three classes are structured in such a way that the contents and questions are not repeated, i.e. contents that have already been tested in a lower class no longer play a role in the examination for a higher class. All future radio amateurs pass the examinations of the class N, over E up to the class A. It should be possible to take all exams in one day,” says Education, Youth and Further Education (AJW) head of department Dr. Matthias Jung, DL9MJ.
Remote operation, which was previously not regulated, has been included in the new amateur radio regulations. In the future, holders of Class A licenses will be allowed to operate amateur radio stations remotely and also to allow other Class A radio amateurs to use them. Another important change concerns educational radio operation, which will be possible in the future without a separate educational call sign. Instead, by prefixing the prefix “DN/”, any Class E or Class A callsign becomes a training callsign.
The RTA now has 4 weeks to comment on the draft regulation. The DARC board and units have already begun a detailed review of the ordinance text and will report back in a timely manner.
This year’s 10thYOTA Summer Camp will be held in Karlovac, Croatia, from 6th to 13th August. The organizers as well as all worldwide attending teams are looking forward to a week of training, fun and most important new friendships.
And also YOU can be part of the event!
YOTA Team Croatia (HRS) established an AWARD which everyone can achieve by working the YOUNGSTERSONTHEAIR during the Summer Camp 2022.
AWARDRULES:
1 Points
This award is awarded based on a defined number of points. Each QSO with a 9AYOTA station (9A22YOTA, 9A1YOTA, 9A2YOTA, 9A3YOTA, 9A4YOTA, 9A5YOTA, 9A100QO) in a different band/mode combination (slot) earns you one point. Duplicates do not count. Valid QSOs will be QSOs made from August 6th 2022 0000 UTC to August 13th 2022 2359 UTC.
2 Scoring
You can obtain the award after having gathered the minimum required points (see Table 1 below). Minimum required points differ for young operators (see Table 2 below).
In case of a tie for a platinum position, both operators will be awarded platinum awards, but the operator that gathered the maximum number of points sooner will be given the prize.
3 Young Operators
A young operator is an operator who was under the age of 25 on January 1st 2022. Before August 13th 2359 UTC, young operators can register online, providing evidence of their age on January 1st 2022. This will allow them to participate in the awards as young operators and have adjusted the minimum required points. To register you can fill in a form (https://forms.gle/xuB13wA1CvnjAxWC8).
4 Schedule
Operating times for different stations during the camp can be seen in Table 3 below.
Station (Callsign)
Operating Date
9A22YOTA
August 6th – August 13th
9A1YOTA
August 6th – August 13th
9A2YOTA
August 8th
9A3YOTA
August 10th
9A4YOTA
August 10th
9A5YOTA
August 12th
9A100QO
August 6th – August 13th
Table 3: Operating times for YOTA stations
5 Bands and Modes
During the duration of the YOTA Summer Camp Croatia 2022, the following bands and modes will be used.
Bands:
All amateur radio bands including WARC, VHF, UHF, and satellites.
Modes:
SSB, CW, digital (FT8, FT4, RTTY).
6 Awards
Awards will be presented online. All operators which have gathered the minimum required points will be able to download their award after the final scoring after the end of the YOTA Summer Camp Croatia 2022.
7 Prize
The prize for platinum position operators above the age of 25, is s 9A5N key plus a weekend break for a family of four in the city of Karlovac, Croatia. The prize for platinum position operators under the age of 25, is a CircuitMess Synthia plus a surprise.
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