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	   {"id":20196,"date":"2018-08-03T13:32:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=20196"},"modified":"2023-03-03T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:34:54","slug":"yota-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-summer-camps\/yota-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"YOTA South Africa 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The RSGB sponsored a team of young people to attend the 2018 Youngsters On The Air summer camp.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In August 2018, four young radio amateurs travelled to South Africa to take part in a week&#8217;s worth of exciting activities including: Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio (BACAR), Construction Projects, Operating a special event station and more. The week took place near Johannesburg and featured 70 young people from over 20 different countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, all representing their national societies at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet The Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-109\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-109\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-2018\/yota-2018-uk-team\/attachment\/peter_barnes\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20230\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/peter_barnes-101x150.png\" alt=\"Peter Barnes, M0SWN\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/peter_barnes-101x150.png 101w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/peter_barnes.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-2018\/yota-2018-uk-team\/attachment\/mike_jones-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/mike_jones-1-115x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-20234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/mike_jones-1-115x150.png 115w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/mike_jones-1.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-2018\/yota-2018-uk-team\/attachment\/ben_chalmers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/ben_chalmers-105x150.png\" alt=\"Ben Chalmers, M0NBA\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/ben_chalmers-105x150.png 105w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/ben_chalmers.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-2018\/yota-2018-uk-team\/attachment\/nathan_prentice\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb1.vn1.dev\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/nathan_prentice-83x150.png\" alt=\"Nathan Prentice, 2I0NTP\" width=\"83\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/nathan_prentice-83x150.png 83w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2018\/08\/nathan_prentice.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 83px) 100vw, 83px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Peter Barnes<br \/>\nM\u00d8SWN<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mike Jones<br \/>\n2E\u00d8MLJ<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ben Chalmers<br \/>\nM\u00d8NBA<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Nathan Prentice<br \/>\nMI\u00d8NPR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Team Leader<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Team Member<br \/>\n(YC Chairman)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Team Member<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Team Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-109 from cache -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-2018\/yota-2018-uk-team\/\">Read the team&#8217;s profiles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read a day-by-day account of the week below, and watch the video (Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) 2018) on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheRSGB\">RSGB&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-tiles-container\"><!-- Category Key is turned off. See the admin settings for Post Tiles --><ul id=\"post-tiles\" class='responsive'><li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20418'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/25\/yota-2018-day-7\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 7 <\/h3>Our final day Most of the day was spent packing our bags&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20412'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/25\/yota-2018-day-6\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 6 <\/h3>Today was our final day of activities and we started off the&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20406'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/25\/yota-2018-day-5\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 5 <\/h3>Trips to local companies Our penultimate day of activities included two group&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20402'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/25\/yota-2018-day-4\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 4 <\/h3>QSX Unveiling and Kit Building Today was one of the most rewarding&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20340'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/19\/yota-2018-day-3\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 3 <\/h3>Balloon Launch at Secunda\u00a0 Today was one of the highlights of the&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20333'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/18\/yota-2018-day-2\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 2 <\/h3>BaCAR Activity Our second day of activities began with a BaCAR (Balloon&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20274'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/10\/yota-2018-day-1\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>YOTA 2018: Day 1 <\/h3>We set off for South Africa just after 2200hrs, and enjoyed our&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class='cat_bg_yota-2018' id='20198'><a href='https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/yota-2018\/2018\/08\/03\/look-for-the-latest-news-from-south-africa\/' class='cat_bg_yota-2018' style='background-color: rgba(228,228,232,100); color: #4746af; border-bottom: 3px solid #e4e4e8;border-right: 2px solid #e4e4e8;'><h3 style='color: #4746af;'>Look out for the latest news from South Africa <\/h3>The RSGB&#8217;s YOTA team in South Africa will be posting the latest&hellip;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><!-- There is no Post Tiles pagination because there aren't enough posts for pagination --><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsorship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank the South African Radio League for running the event, as well as CDXC for sponsoring the RSGB team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB sponsored a team of young people to attend the 2018 Youngsters On The Air summer camp. 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