{"id":20699,"date":"2018-10-04T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=20699"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:53:25","slug":"yota-month-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-month\/yota-month-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"YOTA Month 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31586 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/03\/77323833_2705506486136520_1367793238047457280_n.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society with youngsters from the Sea Cadet Corps\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/03\/77323833_2705506486136520_1367793238047457280_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/03\/77323833_2705506486136520_1367793238047457280_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/03\/77323833_2705506486136520_1367793238047457280_n-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/03\/77323833_2705506486136520_1367793238047457280_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2023\/03\/77323833_2705506486136520_1367793238047457280_n-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ham-yota.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Youngsters on the Air<\/strong><\/a> (YOTA) is a group, supported by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Region 1<\/strong><\/a>, whose aim is to encourage more young people to get involved in amateur radio.<\/p>\n<p>One of its annual events is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ham-yota.com\/project-yota-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YOTA Month<\/a><\/strong> which takes place each December and youngsters will take part across the region, using call signs with the suffix YOTA and learning more about the practical side of the hobby.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB has taken part in YOTA Month since 2014 and sees it as an integral part of the Society\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Strategy 2022<\/strong><\/a> as we aim to grow and develop amateur radio, supporting and encouraging active participation in the hobby.<\/p>\n<h3>What did the RSGB do for YOTA Month 2019?<\/h3>\n<p>The RSGB had the call sign GB19YOTA and this was hosted by a range of individuals and clubs during December.<\/p>\n<p>There were two weekend events\u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7-8 December 2019<br \/>\n<\/strong>This event was held at Nick G4FAL\u2019s QTH in the Peak District<\/li>\n<li><strong>14-15 December 2019<\/strong><br \/>\nThe RSGB <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalradiocentre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>National Radio Centre<\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/bletchleypark.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bletchley Park<\/strong><\/a> hosted this weekend event which coincided with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/yota\/yota-netherlands-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YOTA sub-regional camp in the Netherlands<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) is a group, supported by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1, whose aim is to encourage more young people to get involved in amateur radio. One of its annual events is YOTA Month which takes place each December and youngsters will take part across the region, using call [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":31581,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20699","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36495,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20699\/revisions\/36495"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}