Daily YOTA UPDATE #1 from the HamRadio in Friedrichshafen 2017.
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The Gilwell Park site is very large so there will be lots of space to hide beacons to track with direction-finding equipment. There’ll be a prize for the fastest time to find all of the hidden transmitters.
There have been some changes to the teams attending YOTA 2017 – unfortunately the teams from Ethiopia, Bosnia and Slovenia are no longer able to attend, but Algeria has been added to the countries taking part and eight countries have been able to add team members.
The new UK team member is Martin Radulov, M0YRM, who has been licensed for two years and is interested both in the physics behind radio communications and construction.
He thinks his biggest achievement so far is making contacts via satellites using a yagi, pre-amplifier and duplexer he made for himself.
Who are your YOTA 2017 team members going to be?
The latest YOTA 2017 vlog #12 features Steve Bunting, M0BPQ who is the Station Manager for GB2GP at Gilwell Park.
During the YOTA camp there will be a five-band SES running from morning to night with the call sign GB17YOTA. The RSGB has provided awards for those who make contact – so listen out for the young people on air that week!
You can see all the vlogs via www.rsgb.org/yota-vlogs
Some members of the UK YOTA Team will be at the Friedrichshafen Ham Radio Exhibition, which takes place 14 to 17 July 2017. They will be there to receive the YOTA key and official YOTA flag from last year’s hosts from OeVSV. If you are attending Friedrichshafen this year, please make your way to the RSGB Stand on Saturday at 15:30 to say hello and see the handover.
As two countries are no longer able to attend YOTA 2017, the other countries who are involved are being invited to nominate additional team members – there are six places to fill. If you’re a young radio amateur aged 15-25 and are free from 5-12 August 2017, contact your national amateur radio society if you’d like to apply or find out more.
Our latest vlog introduces the second member of the UK YOTA 2017 team – Jonathan Sawyer, 2E0UAR is 23 and belongs to the Reading and District Amateur Radio Club.
With under six weeks to go until the event the countdown has begun!
During the HAM RADIO the DARC offers a youth camp in one of the unused halls.
Ticket price is 52 EUR and consists of
- 3 nights at HamCamp
- 3-day plaque with barcode for the HAM RADIO
- 3 breakfast bons
- Parking between halls A6 and A7
further information and the online registration form is available at
What question would you ask an astronaut?
YOTA teams across the world have been invited to submit questions for the planned contact with the International Space Station during YOTA 2017.
Linking with the theme of the amateur radio event, questions should focus on communications – which can include amateur radio, cell phones, data links, satellites, etc. YOTA team members have been asked to try and think of questions no-one else has asked before!
We won’t know when the ISS contact will take place until one week before the event, but the plan is to have it streamed live over the internet so people everywhere will be able to watch the build up and the QSO.
Youngsters team from Croatia claimed World 1st in the CQ-Mir contest held in May. Now waiting for the final results. 🙂
C MULTI-SINGLE MIXED
Call QSO Pts Mult Total
1 . 9A1A 2704 5574 349 1945326
2 . UA4M 2681 5285 313 1654205
3 . UA4S 2674 5292 302 1598184
4 . RT4F 2715 5335 297 1584495
5 . RT5G 2062 3823 240 917520
6 . LZ7A 1639 3317 237 786129
7 . R5DC 1509 2942 226 664892
8 . RM1Q 1598 3195 207 661365
9 . RT4D 1406 2750 235 646250
10. UI9I 1500 3006 214 643284
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