Have you seen the YOTA 2017 vlogs? Find out more about the people involved in making this event happen, hear what the young UK radio amateurs are looking forward to and see a little of Gilwell Park and the facilities there…
It’s time to start the WSPR contest with the kits we built at YOTA. We challenge all teams to take part with their kit.
Next to this we make a separate category for everyone without a kit, since there was only 1 kit per team available.
Contest rules
General:
The contact with the longest distance wins the contest.
When:
1200UTC Wednesday 10 August to 1200UTC Tuesday 16 August 2016
Categories:
a. use the WSPR Raspberry Pi kit as built during YOTA Austria
b. use any equipment you want, max. powder 5 Watts.
Log:
Use the Excell example in the attachment to make your log. You can request the results using this database: http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/spots
Write in the log only the 10 contacts with the furthest distance (in km).
Save the log with your callsign as title.
Send in your log latest on 20 August to austria(@)ham-yota.com
Results:
The 10 contacts with the furthest distance (in km) will be divided by 10. The person with the highest number will win the contest.
The last day..
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at: YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
Another hot day in Austria with visits to the mountains.
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at:YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
Throughout Wednesday we participated in two workshops: Digital Voice & EMCOM.
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at: YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
On Tuesday we had our first day “outside of the camp”. We split up in two teams, one went to the Hohenwerfen Castle, while the other ones got to visit Eisriesenwelt. After the activities were over, everyone got in the bus and switched with the other team.
At Hohenwerfen castle we followed a guided tour, after which we were able to witnessed the birdshow. Of course, a few members were in charge of the COTA station. They were using OE2YOTA/P to activate the castle using both WCA (OE-00215) and COTA (OE-20215) references. During the COTA activation, the other team was bringing a visit to the biggest ice-caves of Austria. With 1400 stairs inside the caves, we walked 2km in tempratures of just below 0°C. Of course, to get to the caves, we had to use the cable car and walk for about 45 minutes to get there.
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at: YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
On Sunday June 17th, we had the famous International Evening. Every team brought some food and drinks from their home country for the others to taste. We planned this evening in the beginning of the week to “break the ice” for the youngsters so they get to know eachother even better. Want to know what an International Evening looks like? Have a look at this newsflash!
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at: YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
On Monday we learned about HAMNET and saw how to set up 5GHz links together with Kurt, OE1KBC. The 2nd activitiy for that day was a hands-on lecture on APRS, while some others finished their WSPR boards. Another great day here in Austria!
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at: YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
On the 2nd day of YOTA Austria, we made some antenna’s, had fun with WSPR beacons and of course the international evening (which will get its own newsflash later this week).
An overview of all newsflash videos can be found at: YOTA 2016 Vimeo Channel
The first Meteor Scatter QSO from the OE2YOTA station has been made and confirmed! G4SWX from England was kind enough to mail us his eQSL yesterday evening.
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