Youth on the Air Camp 2022

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The camp for young amateur radio operators in North, Central, and South America will operate special event station W 8 Y throughout the camp from June 12-17 and will stream the opening and closing ceremonies on YouTube.

YOTA campers will be operating special event station W8Y from both the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in Ohio, as well as the camp hotel.

The opening and closing ceremonies will be streamed live on the Youth on the Air YouTube channel. The opening ceremony is Sunday 12th June 2022 from 2100Z to 2230Z, and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, the founder of HamSCI.

The closing ceremony is Friday 17th June 2022 from 1700Z to 1800Z. The channel will also feature a daily highlight video spotlighting the activities of the previous day.

For additional information, please contact Camp Director Neil Rapp, WB9VPG at director@youthontheair.org

Jubilee Callsigns go live from 1 June 2022

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It isn’t long now until the RSGB’s Platinum Jubilee activities kick off.

You can start using the Regional Secondary Locator, the letter Q, on the 1 June 2022.

The free-of-charge Notice of Variation to your licence that is needed is available on the RSGB website.

If you want to retain your usual Regional Secondary Locator you may use the suffix /70 to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

An NoV is not necessary for the /70 addition to your call sign.

RSGB’s Platinum Jubilee - https://rsgb.org/jubilee

Top Band QSO Party

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The West Rand ARC would like to invite all radio amateurs to take part in the SARL Top Band QSO Party from 8 to 12 June. The Top Band is 160 metres, so start your antenna construction. This is also the ideal time to work towards your Top Band certificate. All the contest information can be found on page 38 of the 2022 SARL Blue Book.

To prepare for the QSO Party, the West Rand Club is planning a Teck Talk on the 160 m contest and topics such as antenna types, logging, and the contest rules. This will take place at 19:00 CAT on Tuesday 24 May via Zoom. Send an e-mail to zs6pvt@gmail.com or a WhatsApp to Phillip at 083 267 3835 for the Zoom meeting invitation link.