December YOTA Month announcement

[Ken Yamamoto]

Dear Colleagues,

 

I have received the message below announcing December YOTA Month from
Lisa Leenders, PA2LS, Youth WG Chair IARU R1.

 

I would like to share the message among IARU Region 3 Member Societies.

 

73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP

Secretary, IARU Region 3

 

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Lisa Leenders <lisaleenders at gmail.com <mailto:lisaleenders at gmail.com>
>
Date: ma 8 okt. 2018 om 22:00
Subject: December YOTA Month application is open
To: <membersocieties at iaru-r1.org <mailto:membersocieties at iaru-r1.org> >,
<youthcoordinators at iaru-r1.org <mailto:youthcoordinators at iaru-r1.org> >,
<teams2018 at ham-yota.com <mailto:teams2018 at ham-yota.com> >

 

Dear member societies, youth coordinators,

 

December YOTA Month application is open at: https://events.ham-yota.com/
Make sure to register before December starts!

 

The last few months of 2018 are approaching and we are excited to announce
that our famous December YOTA Month will happen this year. We would like to
invite you to take part with a callsign with YOTA as the suffix, for
example, HA6YOTA. The idea for this is to show the amateur radio hobby to
young people and to encourage youngsters to be active on the amateur bands. 

This is a great moment to show amateur radio to the world and to invite
newcomers. Give a demonstration in a school, local club or scouting group,
gather together with your friends, grab a pizza and make some QSOs or enjoy
a great pile-up. 
Feel free to make a QSO with the youngsters, they are happy to get some
attention and exchange information. Licensed and unlicensed youth will be
making QSOs, be aware this could be their first radio contact ever and give
them a chance to experience a possible new hobby.

 

This year we will have new diplomas and rules!
Diplomas can be achieved by working our YOTA suffix special stations which
are run by young operators throughout December! We changed a bit on the
general rules; 2 points can be achieved per worked stations and 1 extra
point for every valid (not dupe) QSO per band per mode! 

This is of course not a contest, but getting many youngsters on air from
many countries. Be helpful on the bands, maybe these young operators are
just making their first ever contacts!

The aim is that YOTA stations are in general operated by young people, with
the age of maximum 25 years. The event will take place from 1 December 2018
00:00 UTC till 31 December 2018 23:59 UTC.

Are you interested? Would you like to take part or want to know more about
the new diploma rules? Find more information on https://events.ham-yota.com/

You can also find us on social media platforms, like #hamyota on Facebook
and @hamyota Twitter. You can also join our Facebook group by
facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair
<http://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair>  where you can find
up-to-date information during December. 

 

73,

 

Lisa Leenders, PA2LS

 

on behalf of Tomi HA9T and the DYM team

 

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