YOTA Month

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YOTA Month

Youth-operated stations around the world will be part of a special event celebrating youth in amateur radio during the month of December.

Amateur radio operators age 25 and younger will be on the air as special event stations around the world throughout December in celebration of youth in amateur radio. YOTA Month stations will be on all bands and modes at various times. QSL and award information is at http://events.ham-yota.com.

In the United States this year, the callsigns will once again be K8Y, K8O, K8T, and K8A. Argentina will be active as LR1YOTA, Canada as VC3YOTA and VB7YOTA, El Salvador as YS1YOTA, and Honduras as HQ2YOTA. Amateur radio operators should be encouraged to listen for and contact these stations as well as all callsigns ending in the letters “YOTA” across the globe.

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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Special Event Stations

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QARS special events stations for Football World Cup goes QRT

December on all HF bands and QO100 satellite for all modes:

Listen for stations with FIFA as suffix

  • A71FIFA (Albayt Stadium)

  • A72FIFA (Lusail Stadium)

  • A73FIFA (Education City Stadium)

  • A74FIFA (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium)

  • A75FIFA (974 Stadium)

  • A76FIFA (Thumama Stadium)

  • A77FIFA (Khalifa Stadium)

December YOTA Month

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December YOTA Month

IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group reports during the month of December, several youngsters under the age of 26 will become active with YOTA suffixes in their callsigns

The idea behind this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves.

The last time YOTA callsigns hitting the air waves was from the 10th annual YOTA Summer Camp in early August 2022. Nearly 100 youngsters were activating various bands and modes. This shall be continued in this year’s 10th edition of the December YOTA Month activity.

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