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YOTA Summer Camp 2024 in Czechia
· Youth GeneralTagged · Markus, DL8GM

Last Friday marked the beginning of this year’s annual YOTA summer camp, this time hosted in Czechia by the Czech Radio Club. With 90 participants from 30 countries and a packed schedule of activities, it is poised to be a great event, and hopefully inspires societies and hams all over Region 1 (and beyond!) in their efforts to get more youth into the hobby.

Detailed daily reports and photos can be found on the Youngsters On The Air website:
Arrival Day: The Adventure Begins!
Day 1: A Blast from the Start!
Day 2: Meeting the Countries
Day 3: Construction and Culture
Day 4: Culture and Construction
Day 5: A Day of Exploration and Learning
Day 6: A Farewell to Prague
Gallery: YOTA Summer Camp 2024

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6th World Youth ARDF Championship — Moldova
· ARDF, Youth General · Mats, SM6EAN

After a long time, IARU R1 ARDF WG finally decided the organization of the 6th IARU ARDF Youth World Championship to take place in Moldova. We are greatful that FRRM/ARM is able to arrange the event in short time.

The date of the event “WYAC2024” is: 30th of June to 04th of July in the region Orhei near Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

More information about this event can be found on the IARU-R1 home page under “Events”. There you will find both an information letter and a form for intention to participate. Please note the short time to the deadline of 1 May 2024 for the form intention to participate.

An event website and bulletin No. 1 is planned to be available from April 25, 2024.

The Event posting will be updated when information become available.

73’
Dusan, YU1EA, chair IARU-R1 ARDF WG
Ludmilla, ER1FRS, FRRM/ARM WYAC2024 coordinator

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Call for applications — YOTA Czechia 2024
· Youth GeneralTagged · Mario, EA1JAY

The IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group together with the Czech Radio Club are pleased to announce the 12th annual YOTA Summer Camp – this time in Czechia.

The event will take place in Prague from 16th to 23rd of August 2024. We are able to host 100 ambitious youngsters from around IARU Region 1 including guest teams from Regions 2 and 3.

If your Member Society is considering sending a national YOTA Team to this event, please fill out the preliminary application form here. The teams consist of a team leader (aged 18 – 30) and 0 – 3 team members (aged 15 – 25). Please choose the participants according to their level of interest for the hobby and the program. The camp is both a place to have fun and become a part of the community, and an opportunity to learn.

The final team size of each member society will be announced after the application deadline on February 29th 2024. Afterwards you will be given more time to name your participants using another online form.

In case you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us via youth@​iaru-​r1.​org.

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December YOTA Month is here!
· Youth GeneralTagged · Lisa, PA2LS

Every year, for the entire month of December, several youngsters under 26 become active with their national YOTA callsigns. This will continue in the 11th edition of December YOTA Month (DYM) starting from today! We have already 40 active YOTA callsigns from different countries participating this year. Check out active stations at events​.ham​-yota​.com/​s​p​ots.

Remember to follow us during DYM and listen in on the air for all the YOTA stations. Everyone can support the youth worldwide by collecting QSOs with YOTA stations on as many bands and modes as possible. Collecting QSOs can make you eligible for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum awards.

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KOTA Czechia 2023 — Day 3
· Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

The Kids On The Air (KOTA) event today had its third and last day held in the Trhanov Castle in Czechia.

The day began with a presentation by Philipp, DK6SP, who shared insights into the possibilities within amateur radio. He told us stories about his travels and showed us how important friendship is in amateur radio.

Before lunch, we got the opportunity to take part in a high-altitude balloon launch, carrying a 20m WSPR beacon as payload.

Over the last two days, we received a step-by-step introduction to contesting. We learned how to do QSOs and had some training in the Off-Air contest. For a final activity, we got to try out our newly gathered skills in a PMR contest, where all participants gathered in the nearby park and got two times 35 minutes to make as many contacts with each other as possible.

The closing ceremony was held in the lecture room, where not only did every participant receive their camp certificate, but the winners of the contests held during the camp got their awards and some presents for the sponsors.

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