YOTA Paris 2025 update
YOTA Paris 2025 – Day 6
The final sign-off from the RSGB YOTA Paris team Wow, has that gone quickly and we are all so tired now! Sunday was all about celebrating the camp’s achievements and saying goodbye to so many new friends we’ve made from Germany to South Africa, Japan and the US and more. The morning was full of […]
YOTA Paris 2025 – Day 5
Today was our chance to see Paris! Our day began very early and after a series of trains we reached our first stop. We were treated to an amazing boat trip up and down the Seine allowing us to see a large amount of the amazing Parisian architecture, such as Notre Dame. After this, we […]
YOTA Paris 2025 – Day 4
Radiosondes, QO-100 and youth involvement in amateur radio – a joint report by the team Day 4 started with a radiosondes workshop where we were shown a recovered weather balloon and told what each component did and how they were connected. We also covered how to find and retrieve the balloons using different tools. We […]
YOTA Paris 2025 – Day 3
Rocket launches, Morse and American licences Day three saw us continue with more workshops and activities. In the morning, we built paper rockets that were launched using an air compressor. The rockets launched surprisingly high, with Emily’s reaching 29m – the highest of the morning! This was a really fun activity and we all enjoyed […]
YOTA Paris 2025 – Day 2
Getting on the air – written by Leon, 2E0VUF Today was another busy day for the group, with a focus on operating and building. We constructed two kits today, both CW related. Firstly, the Winkeyer CW keyer, which was a PCB construction kit. Secondly, a CW paddle which was a 3D printed kit that we […]
YOTA Paris 2025 – Day 1
An exciting first day in Paris – written by Sophie, M7IJG Yesterday evening and throughout our first day we met other teams and talked about different operating modes, which we all really enjoyed. Sam, M0UEL and Leon, 2E0VUF started the day very early to help the organisers build the multitude of antennas for the radio […]
