YOTA 2019
YOTA Bulgaria Day 1
The excitement had built and built, and now the day was finally here. We all set off early to head to Heathrow to begin our journey. When we had all arrived, we started to get to know each other and what each other’s interests are. Once on the plane, we managed to settle into the […]
YOTA Bulgaria Day 2
What did you get up to on Day 2? To start the day, we attended a ‘Train the Trainer’ lecture, learning about YOTA activities in Austria. Later in the morning, an engineer from Rohde & Schwarz taught us the fundamentals of measurements in amateur radio. We finished off the day with an intercultural evening, with […]
YOTA Bulgaria Day 3
What did you get up to on Day 3? We attended a talk on the TtT events which have been organised in Italy in recent years, to encourage youth involvement. We then had the second half of the Rohde & Schwarz lecture on measurements in amateur radio, which covered oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers. After lunch […]
YOTA Bulgaria Day 4
What did you get up to on Day 4? In the Train the Trainer presentation, we learnt about NOTA (Nordics on the Air) subregional camps, which have been highly successful in previous years. Later, we practised and learnt knots for use with antennas. The day then continued with an excursion to Sofia, the capital of […]
YOTA Bulgaria Day 5
What did you get up to on Day 5? To begin we had a quick fire Train the Trainer lecture. Every country gave a snapshot of their radio amateur youth. Later we had introductions to ARDF and high speed telegraphy. We were amazed by the immense speeds of Morse possible. After this, we took part […]
YOTA Bulgaria Day 6
What did you get up to on Day 6? In the morning we split into groups then built and tuned VHF end-fed dipoles for use with HTs. After lunch we built 20m HF dipoles with simple choke baluns and then operated the station LZ19YOTA. This was interesting as many of us had never built an […]
