Train the Trainer report – Lithuania – May 2019

LITHUANIAN – LY YOTA TEAM

Train the Trainer report

14 February 2019

ACTIVITIES SINCE 14th OF February 2019

• ●  Lukas LY1LB and Haroldas LY5IM visited Vilnius Radvilų gymnasium and spoke about the activities of ham radio and how to become a radio amateur. Presentation about YOTA activities was also made, alongside the project of ARISS contact. The students had a hands on experience with a HF radio which was set up in the classroom. Photos can be found on Lithuanian amateur radio society facebook page. [1].
• ●  Vilnius University club is continuing to grow. As of last month we have a new club member – Lukas LY1PG. The club will begin more HF operations as a new antenna was obtained – we have bought a new 3 element tri-bander yagi for 20/15/10m.
• ●  An animated video about Amateur Radio hobby was released in Lithuanian on one of the most known educational channels in Lithuania [2].
• ●  Amateur Radio Direction Finding has been regularly cultivated with at least one activity a week, every month. All of these ARDF meetings/trainings have been public and announced to a wide audience, frequently bringing new people who might eventually get in the hobby themselves.
• ●  Simonas Kareiva has presented the amateur radio hobby to a large audience on prime-time evening hours of a major radio station “Radiocentras”
• ●  The high-altitude balloon project, Amateur Radio manual are currently pending as per high work and study load to the participants.

  PLANS FOR NEXT 2 MONTHS

1. Continue working with new interested people;
2. Further work towards LY high altitude amateur radio balloon experiment;
3. ARDF activities. [3]

LONG-TERM PLANS

1. Amateur Radio manual site to make it international guide to amateur radio;
2. Lithuanian amateur radio society youth committee expansion, participation in

   amateur radio related activities – the yearly meeting will take place this March,

   suggestion for youth committee have been already proposed;

3. Design of memorable apparel and stickers to give exposure to amateur radio and

   the hobbyists themselves;

4. Connecting Lithuanian amateur clubs into one single network: having

   synchronised calendar of upcoming activities, creating a discussion thread online, hosting all-club summit;

LINKS:

   1. https://www.facebook.com/lrmd.lt/posts/1218873044935252
   2. https://youtu.be/sUPingqsPco
   3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ly.ardf/