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Final Scores + Awards of YOTA Contest 2021
· HF, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

Press Release
by International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 – Youth Working Group

Nicosia, Cyprus — Tuesday, 05.04.2022

We are happy to announce the final results of the third round of YOTA Contest 2021. They can now be found on ham​-yota​.com/​c​o​n​t​est. Congratulations to all for achieving great results among the competition.

Throughout the log submission period we received nearly 700 logs from all over the world. We want to thank everyone participating and thus introducing as well as engaging the youngsters around the world to the world of contesting. Without you all this event would not be possible!

Further, the YOTA Graphic Design Team did a great job providing the 2021 YOTA Contest Awards. They are now downloadable for all participants at ham​-yota​.com/​c​o​n​t​est.

Moreover, we want to remind you that we will have three (3) more YOTA Contest sessions coming up in 2022 again. Lots of participants enjoyed the 2021 sessions already and thus we hope to get even more people involved into the events this year.

The upcoming three sessions will be taking place on the following days:

1st round | 21st May 2022 | 0800 – 1959 UTC
2nd round | 23rd July 2022 | 1000 – 2159 UTC
3rd round | 30th December 2022 | 1200 – 2359 UTC

So, are you ready to compete within the next YOTA Contest? Everyone in the ham radio community can take part, it takes place three times per year and only lasts 12 hours. Its aim is to increase the youngsters’ activity on the air, strengthening the reputation of the YOTA program and demonstrate the support for youngsters across the world.

During the past year we have received several rule translations into various languages. A big thank you to the contributors! So, if you are not that fluent in English, check them out here.

If you have any further questions after reading through the rules, please go to our FAQ page to see if your question has been answered already. If you still have a question, feel free to drop the YOTA Contest Committee an email at contest@​ham-​yota.​com and we are happy to reply.

On behalf of the YOTA Contest Committee,

73 Philipp, 5B4AQC | DK6SP

Chair
Youth Working Group
International Amateur Radio Union
Region 1

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Status Update: HAMCAMP during HAMRADIO 2022
· Events, News, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

The IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group just got informed by the DARC (German Amateur Radio Society) Youth Department about the status of the annual HAMCAMP during HAMRADIO fair in Friedrichshafen. Lots of worldwide youngsters use this opportunity to have an accomodation directly next to the Messe halls.


They state the following:

“According to current planning by Messe Friedrichshafen, Hamradio will be held this year from June 24 – 26, 2022. Further information can be found at https://​www​.hamradio​-friedrichshafen​.de/

However, HamCamp will not take place this year.

Here, with a heavy heart, we had to make a different consideration than for Hamradio. At HamCamp, over 100 youth and supervisors would be housed in a comparatively small space and a variety of joint activities would take place. Even if there were no longer any legal requirements at this point, we would not be able to implement a hygiene concept that would meet the expected course of the pandemic and achieve sufficient protection for all participants. We also had to take into account that the supervising persons bear a special obligation by fulfilling the duty of supervision for minors.

We did not make this decision lightly, as we were very much looking forward to a HamCamp. We hope for a better situation in 2023!”

Source: https://​www​.darc​.de/​e​n​/​d​e​r​-​c​l​u​b​/​r​e​f​e​r​a​t​e​/​a​j​w​/​h​a​m​c​a​mp/

However, there is still the possibility to stay at the camping site just next to the fair grounds.
Further information can be found from the Messe Friedrichshafen and/or DARC website closer to the event.

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YOTA Contest 2022
· Events, HF, News, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

Press Release
by International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 – Youth Working Group

Nicosia, Cyprus — Thursday, 24.02.2022

We are happy to announce that we will have three (3) more YOTA Contest sessions coming up in 2022 again. Lots of participants enjoyed the 2021 sessions already and thus we hope to get even more people involved into the events this year.

The upcoming three sessions will be taking place on the following days:

1st round | 21st May 2022 | 0800 – 1959 UTC

2nd round | 23rd July 2022 | 1000 – 2159 UTC

3rd round | 30th December 2022 | 1200 – 2359 UTC

So, are you ready to compete within the next YOTA Contest? Everyone in the ham radio community can take part, it takes place three times per year and only lasts 12 hours. Its aim is to increase the youngsters’ activity on the air, strengthening the reputation of the YOTA program and demonstrate the support for youngsters across the world.

We have implemented 8 different categories which also include special ones for youngsters (≤ 25 years old) only. Covering the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands the competition will take place in CW and SSB modes.

The contest exchange used will be the age of the participating operators. Different ages also serve as multipliers during the contest.

Contacts between the own continent are worth 1 point, working DX is worth 3 points but the most points will be achieved by working youngsters. The younger the operator the more points one will get for the QSO.

During the past year we have received several rule translations into various languages. A big thank you to the contributors! So, if you are not that fluent in English, check them out here.

If you have any further questions after reading through the rules, please go to our FAQ page to see if your question has been answered already. If you still have a question, feel free to drop the YOTA Contest Committee an email at contest@​ham-​yota.​com and we are happy to reply.

On behalf of the YOTA Contest Committee,

73 Philipp, 5B4AQC | DK6SP

Chair
Youth Working Group
International Amateur Radio Union
Region 1

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Press Release:
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The Annual School Club EU – Day on May 5th every year
· Events, HF, IARU, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

Information by DARC | AATiS
21.02.2022

Introduction
The annual School Club EU – Day activity on May 5th is supposed to bring contacts with and among school amateur radio club and training stations and school girls and boys with own callsigns as well as contacts with every other station from all over Europe (WAE list). The activity is a great way to get young operators on the air from their school shacks using their training call signs (or the school club’s call sign for irrelevant messages only – according to national law). Very often a new operator will be intimidated by the fear of not knowing what to say to the stranger on the other side of the radio. The exchange of information helps to overcome this fear in a low pressure contest format, it should not be made a “5 – 9‑contest”, though. Operators are encouraged to take more time to chat beyond the exchange of the necessary details. A certificate of participation will be issued for stations that send an excerpt from the log of the day. There is also the chance of winning one of the fantastic prizes issued by AATiS.

Terms and conditions
 

  1. Date: Thursday, 5th May 2022 from 0800 to 1800 UTC, during this period, select only 4 continuous hours of operating time, from which 60 continuous minutes can be freely selected for evaluation.
     
  2. Classes:
    (A) only HF
    (B) only VHF/ UHF/ SHF
    separate valuation for — pupils (elementary school, college…)
    - university students
    - other operators
     
  3. Goal: So much contacts as possible with EU-stations, especially school clubstations, training stations, newcomers. Every station counts one time in Phone (SSB, FM, …), CW and Digimode (RTTY, PSK31)
     
  4. Frequencies: class (A): 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
    80m: SSB center 3770 kHz +/-; PSK31: 3582 kHz
    40m: SSB center 7170 kHz +/-; PSK31: 7042 kHz
    20m: SSB center 14270 kHz +/-; PSK31: 14072 kHz

class (B): 2m, 70cm, operation via repeaters is allowed (please note CALLs of the repeaters)

NEW: QO-100 Skeds at the 23rd School Club EU — Day
On the initiative of DL0IKT, we invite the school stations with the AMSAT/DARC/AATiS QO100 starter package and all interested hamradio operators to radio contacts via QO-100 on the Europe Day of Amateur Radio School Stations. Three times (0900, 1200 and 1500 UTC) in the SSB range at 10489.700 MHz are proposed, at which DF0AIS will also be QRV. In addition, any skeds can be made separately.
School stations should also indicate the name of the school. Every QSO with an amateur radio school station and with DF0AIS between 0800 and 1800 UTC will be counted with 1000 points in the Europe Day account.
 

Necessary dates in the head of the log:
- name(s) and age(s) oft he OPs
- paricipation class (A) or (B)
- name of the school (college, university,…)
- WW-Locator
- postal address

Log entries: UTC, CALL, RST/Q, band, mode, WW-Locator + OP-name, distance (QRB)
Important! The log should include all contacts in the chosen 4 hours period.
Mark the 60-minute period, i.e. the entire log should also be transmitted, if necessary additionally.

Send the log at the latest 2 weeks after the „School Club EU — Day“ (20th May 2022) preferred via eMail to: dk0ktl@aatis.de(link sends e‑mail)

Please add photos from the OPs (*.jpg) Some of these will be shown on the certificates
Paper Logs go to:
AATiS e.V.
c/o Peter Eichler,
Birkenweg 13,
07639 Tautenhain
Germany

Certificates for all participants (teams/operators) send by eMail as PDF. For laminated A4 paper certificates please send SASE with sufficient postage. (5 US$)

*** PSK31 BONUS SWL TASK ***

There will be transmitted a special „SWL-TASK“ in PSK31 mode

At 0800, 1000 UTC on 7,040 MHz

1100, 1300, 1400 UTC on 14,070 MHz

1400, 1700, 1800 UTC on 3,580 MHz

Send your solution to: dk0ktl@aatis.de(link sends e‑mail)

From all valid logs and solutions there will be a raffle from electronic DIY-kits made by AATiS!

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YOTA Contest Final Scores + Next Round 30th December 2021
· Events, HF, News, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

Press Release
by International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 – Youth Working Group

Erding, Germany – Thursday, 23.12.2021

The second YOTA Contest already took place in July and was a big success again. Almost 100 YOTA logs, where operators have to be ≤ 25 years old, and over 500 logs in total were received within the deadline. Our team has worked hard to get the final scores ready before the start of the third session. The final scores including public logs can now be viewed on the YOTA Contest website.

Congratulations to our winners of each category of this second round of YOTA Contest!

The upcoming third session will be taking place next week already. The date will be Thursday, 30th December from 1200 – 2359 UTC.

So, are you ready to compete within the next YOTA Contest? Everyone in the ham radio community can take part, it takes place three times per year and only lasts 12 hours. Its aim is to increase the youngsters activity on the air, strengthening the reputation of the YOTA program and demonstrate the support for youngsters across the world.

We have implemented 8 different categories which also include special ones for youngsters (≤ 25 years old) only. Covering the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands the competition will take place in CW and SSB modes.
The contest exchange used will be the age of the participating operators. Different ages also serve as multipliers during the contest.
Contacts between the own continent are worth 1 point, working DX is worth 3 points but the most points will be achieved by working youngsters. The younger the operator the more points one will get for the QSO.

During the past year we have received several rule translations into various languages. A big thank you to the contributors! So, if you are not that fluent in English, check them out here.

If you have any further questions after reading through the rules, please go to our FAQ page to see if your question has been answered already. If you still have a question, feel free to drop the YOTA Contest Committee an email at contest@​ham-​yota.​com and we are happy to reply.

On behalf of the YOTA Contest Committee,

73 Philipp, DK6SP

Chair
Youth Working Group
International Amateur Radio Union
Region 1

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