Youngsters on the Air 2016

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For the month of December 2016, the Amateur Radio Community are promoting their annual Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) event, with many YOTA Stations  attempting to make many contacts worldwide with each other.

This is an excellent opportunity to get young amateurs in their teens and early 20s to talk with their counterparts on the air.

This is not a formal contest, but a way to get young people on the air and to let them realise that there are hundreds of their peers around the world that feel just the same as they do about the hobby. The main aim is to get our youngsters on the air and for them to make contact with youngsters all over the world.

The League has registered with IARU Region 1 as a Member Society participant and the special call sign ZS9YOTA will be activated during the month of December.

South Carolina School Number One

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Schofield Middle School’s Amateur Radio Club achieved first place nationally in the middle school category in the annual American Radio Relay League School Club Roundup, scoring 252,170 points.

“I am very proud that our club can compete with the likes of Texas A&M and the Lampasas, Texas, Middle School Youth Amateur Radio Club to place third overall and first place in the middle school category of the School Club Round Up,”
— Faculty Sponsor Tray Nelson

During the five-day competition, students in the club made a total of 835 contacts with other radio clubs and users across the country and around the world

Media Story - 
http://www.aikenstandard.com/education/schofield-radio-club-dials-up-another-national-win/article_4007a64a-b0ed-11e6-ab30-039760bf35e8.html

ARRL School Club Roundup - http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup

WSPRLite First Impressions

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ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Presenter Edmund Spicer M0MNG has made a TouTube video providing a 'first impressions' review of the new WSPRlite from SOTAbeams. 

Included in the video is an example of how you might be able to press an 80-metre dipole into service on 30 metres, and information about potential power supplies and their drawbacks.