YOTA 2017 Summer Event

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The annual IARU Region 1 Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) summer event will take place at Gilwell Park on the outskirts of London in the UK during the week of 5 to 12 August 2017.

This year's YOTA camp has been organised to enable 80 young people from 30 different countries to come together to experience a range of amateur radio activities such as antenna building, portable operation, direction finding, kit building and operating the multi-station special event station GB17YOTA.

With excursions to Bletchley Park, the National Radio Centre and the Science Museum in London, it is certainly going to be an eventful week.

Annually this event brings together youngsters from different nationalities to create, in addition to amateur radio, an opportunity to learn all about different cultures, foster international friendships and goodwill as well as learn new skills.

Youngsters on the Air - https://www.ham-yota.com/

Lauren Richardson - 12 Completes Wainwright Challenge

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Amateur/Ham Radio Operator  Lauren Richardson (M6HLR) has spent two years climbing the Cumbria peaks and making a signal from the summit, completing the Wainwright Challenge

Media Report - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cumbria-40796381/lauren-richardson-12-completes-wainwright-challenge

Differences in Amateur Radio CEPT Class 1 Licence Exam

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A glance at the exams for a CEPT Class 1 equivalent licence in various countries can give the impression the requirements are being interpreted differently

  • UK - 3 papers, 133 questions + many practical assessments
  • Eire - 1 paper, 60 questions
  • France - 1 paper, 40 questions
  • Norway - 1 paper, 28 questions

Some CEPT countries only have a single licence class and a single exam while others, such as the UK, require exams to be passed at different levels before a CEPT Class 1 licence is issued.

Norway has a single class of Amateur Radio license. It is thought the single 28 question exam paper, to get the equivalent of a CEPT Class 1 licence (equal to UK Full), may be the shortest of any CEPT country.

The Norwegian national society the NRRL report that a recent training course in Bergen required 12 evenings of study (total length 24 hours?) and achieved an impressive pass rate of 95%

Examination syllabus for a harmonised amateur radio examination certificate (HAREC) for CEPT Class 1, see Annex 6 - http://www.erodocdb.dk/docs/doc98/official/pdf/TR6102.pdf

Eire amateur radio exam syllabus - http://www.irts.ie/cgi/st.cgi?syllabus

Syllabus for each of the three UK exams - http://rsgb.org/main/clubs-training/tutor-resources-2/syllabus/

Links to question pools containing questions at CEPT Class 1 HAREC standard - http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=224&Itemid=169