YOTA Czechia 2024 updates
YOTA Czechia 2024 – Day 6
Today was our full final day, which we spent exploring Prague. Big thanks go to Klára, our excellent tour guide for the day. We went to see the castle, walked across Charles Bridge, and explored the old town. It was a lovely way to finish such an intense week. Finally, in the evening, we had […]
YOTA Czechia 2024 – Day 5
Today, we had a full day of lectures and workshops. Last night I stayed up until about 4am working the Americas, so hauling myself out of bed was a bit of a challenge. One thing I’m starting to realise about these camps is the physical endurance required! The first lecture was about emergency communications in […]
YOTA Czechia 2024 – Day 4
Dobrý den! (I’m trying to pick up some Czech whilst I’m here!) Today was all about kit building, which is one of my favourite aspects of amateur radio. I love to just put in my headphones and solder away! Today we made an end-fed, multi band antenna and a QRP FM receiver. Most of my […]
YOTA Czechia 2024 – Day 3
Today we went into central Prague to visit the national museum (Czechia’s National History Museum). This was a really great way to see the city for the first time and to get to know my fellow amateurs here! The recent history exhibit on 20th century Czechoslovakia was really interesting. They had an exhibit showing how […]
YOTA Czechia 2024 – Day 2
Another busy day at the YOTA summer camp in Prague! Today started with a lecture on SDR, with an emphasis on the evolution of radio hardware and implementation of software. After this we were told about the polar expedition of the airship Italia, which crashed on the jagged icecaps of the Arctic Ocean in 1928. […]
YOTA Czechia 2024 – Day 1
Hello from sunny Prague! This is the first of my daily blogs during the YOTA 2024 Summer Camp. Today, we had a really busy first day, so let’s get straight into it. We started off with a quick icebreaker to introduce everyone’s teams, before heading to the morning session of presentations. The first was all […]
