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Yoda Month 2020, recorded live on Thursday, December
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to ham talk live tonight Bryant rascal kg5 HVO
joins us on the Orlando amateur radio club and
hamcation zoom line and Bryant is a 16 year old
ham that's a past winner of the Bill Pasternak
wa6 ITF Memorial amateur radio newsline young
ham of the year award Bryant's a member of the
Montgomery Alabama amateur radio club the Alabama
contest group the Georgia contest group and and
cw ops just to name a few he was a participant
in the 2018 world radio sport team championships
in germany and a member of the 2017 and 19 dave
culture youth dx adventures and he was the yoda
month coordinator for youth on the air in the
americas last year and has graciously taken on
that job again this year after a fine job last
year so bryant Welcome back to the show. And
it's like, it's been like forever since I've
seen you. That is a fact, but not much we can
do about it, but it's great to be here on ham
talk live to talk about a really exciting event
here or an international event. So I guess we'll
jump into it. Yeah, we will. And, uh, you know,
uh, we've already got two or three, uh, days.
you know in the books and and well on track here
so we'll talk about that a little bit but you've
uh you've done some excellent work getting um
the plans made and started a little earlier this
year and and was able to uh raise the numbers
up some so we'll talk about that but first let's
kind of take a look back at last year Now the
Yoda month tell us a little bit about what Yoda
month is and Tell us how things went last time
around because that was your first run at being
the coordinator for the Western Hemisphere Sure,
so Yoda month is the youngsters on the air month
and the idea Originally started in Europe with
the Yoda region one group and they were very
successful with December Yoda month for quite
some time. And last year, some operators in Region
2 decided that they wanted to mix in and join
the fun. And so we picked up some special event
call signs. They're all one by ones because we
can't have the y -o -t -a suffixes like our friends
in Europe can. But we had a lot of fun and the
results were absolutely amazing. Internationally,
Yoda Month stations made over 120 ,000 QSOs in
the month of December. And I'm hearing reports
that during December 2019 that that was the solar
minimum. And I think that just makes it more
impressive. Yes, so we had 18 youth from Region
2 and they made 12 ,467 QSOs on all modes and
did really cool things with the special call
signs like operate satellite passes and even
a few contests such as the Canada Day Winter
Contest and the AWRL 160 meter CW contest and
a few others, but it was a great time and it
was a great success. Yeah, it was really cool
to see the numbers. I just kept watching the
numbers as the month went on. And to know that
the first year that we've made a significant
contribution to Yoda Month, which I should say
a couple of the Lee family girls were in on this
even the year before. They were in in 2018. bigger
group together and the first big group to do
this in 2019 just really, you know, scored big
and we're looking for even better things this
year and I know that you've made a few tweaks
to the system to try to improve on that. So what
is your goal for this year and what's going to
be a little bit different from last year? So
what's going to be different from last year is
I've made the schedules for all the operators
more flexible. I set up a Google document for
all four call signs. Our four call signs here
in the United States for Yoda Month are K8Y,
K8O, K8T, and K8A. And we weren't able to get
as many people involved in the special event
last year due to just a lack of time, but we
learned this year and jumped on the curve ball
early and started recruiting operators much earlier
in advance and we pulled a lot of operators from
the Yoda camp list and a few other sources and
we have right now 26 operators from the United
States that are scheduled to use these US Yoda
month special call signs at some point during
December. There's really no set schedule for
who will use it when because it's pretty variable.
Operators can sign in for which days they want
to operate. It's very customizable and you never
know who you'll talk to with one of the special
event call signs so be sure and just ask who
the operator is. You might be surprised it could
be a good friend. And the goal this year internationally
is to again reach 100 ,000 for a second year
in a row. And I think with the current bank conditions
now and the recent conditions that were in CQ
Worldwide CW that a 100 ,000 QSO tally is very,
very possible. Well, I was reading along on Telegram
on the region one Yoda group and they've been
kind of looking at the numbers already. I know
we're only three days in, but uh... and i know
philip mentioned that uh... they were about five
hundred contacts ahead of the goal if you if
you split it up you know uh... by thirty days
and how many contacts that would take their they're
actually a little bit ahead of schedule already
so uh... hopefully that will continue uh... as
the month goes on and of course uh... it seems
like right around christmas it seems like uh...
there's a big upsurge in the number of contacts
as the month winds down and the year winds down.
It seems like the numbers go up. So if we're
already on target, then I think this could work
out really well. I definitely think so, too.
Looking at the statistics page on the Yuta Month
website, just three days into the event we have
over 13 ,000 QSOs logged. So I think that's really
awesome. And to all the viewers listening right
now, we can't reach our goal without you. So
we just simply need you to turn on your HF radio
and look for some Yota call signs, which we'll
talk about how to hunt for shortly. Yeah, actually,
let's do that now that you mentioned it, because
we've made it easy to Find these Yoda stations.
So tell us how you can find Those Yoda stations
and what call signs to look for and when they
should be looking So basically any call sign
that has the suffix y OTA Any station that has
a suffix y OTA is a Yoda month station and it
is operated by somebody under the age of 26 Here
in the United States, like I said, the call signs
are K8Y, K8O, K8T, and K8A. And if you are interested
in trying to work the stations easily, you can
go onto DX Summit and create a filter for your
search. And the way you do that is by going into
the search. bar and typing the percent symbol
first and then YOTA and so that will eliminate
all other call signs except for the stations
that have the suffix YOTA and then you can simply
type in the other call signs for the Americas
that again that would be KY, K8O, K8T, and K8A
and all these operators around the world are
very eager to contact you and so we graciously
Greatly appreciate any and all calls and To make
it even easier than that. We've created a special
link That will put in the percent sign and y
o ta and and the k8 y k8 o k8 t and k8 a One
of those little short URLs. It's bit bitly slash
dy m Stations, I think it is but I don't know.
I just always go to youth on the air org and
it's right there on the front page of youth on
the air org you just click on the You know click
here to find Yoda stations and it will automatically
take you to DX summit and put those filters in
and Pull those up. We also have that pinned on
the youth on the air Facebook and Twitter pages
And it's out there on Instagram, too, but Instagram
doesn't do links very well, so it's there. But
we've got that link plastered all over the website
and Facebook and Twitter on Youth on the Air.
And you just click that, and it'll send you right
to it and put those filters in. And you'll be
able to find who is on where and what. frequency
they're on, and they're on really all the time.
Now the Europe stations are on earlier in the
day, obviously, because of the time difference,
but I've been seeing some of the US stations
on just about all hours of the day. Yes, we do
have some operators that like to stay up later.
I've seen as late as like 06 Zulu. Right now,
it looks like most of the concentration of activity
for at least the US call signs is on SSB and
FTA and FT4, but I'm sure we'll get on CW as
the month goes on. Great start to the event.
It's going to be a great time, and I'm really
optimistic. Now, most countries actually allow
more than three letters in the suffix, and the
US seems to be the one that that doesn't do that.
So it's kind of weird to have, you know, you
learn all these, you know, what's a legal call
sign in the US and, you know, you don't have
those four letter call signs. And in fact, in
Australia for a long time, they uh... use that
for you know at the initial license you've got
a four letter call sign suffix and then uh...
you could upgrade to uh... getting a three -letter
one so that y o t a ending is is in just about
every country but the u s i haven't looked to
see if there are any others that that don't do
it but i haven't found one yet so uh... and the
reason for the eight Call signs is because our
camp the Yoda camp Is going to be held in the
eighth call district. So that's why we picked
it last year and of course we had to postpone
the camp a year, so we're still going to be in
Ohio so that's why we picked the the eights for
the call signs, but Kate why K8O, K8T, and K8A
will be on just everywhere. Different bands,
different modes. I know, I'm presuming Ruth is
probably our satellite person. And maybe Case,
he gets on satellite a lot. But, you know, even
on satellites, you should be hearing some of
those one by one call signs. So be listening
for them and work them. One other change this
year is the QSL information because when you
work 129 ,000 stations, that's a lot of QSLs
to handle. So I know they have changed the QSLing
process. So, tell everybody about the new QSL
process and also how to get the award certificates
for Yoda Month. So, in order to get QSLs, you
can find more information at the website, which
is events .ham -yota .com slash QSL info. One
specific request that was provided to us from
the European organizers was to not have stations
send QSL cards directly to the QSL manager, but
instead request them online via the ClubLog OQRS
system. Again, like Neil, you were saying, it's
a lot of QSLs to handle when you make 129 ,000
QSOs, and so I'm sure the mailbox It was just
overpiling. It's just been insane how many QSL
cards the manager got. But again, to solve that
problem, we're just going to do a completely
online virtual QSL request. And again, that's
through the ClubLog OQRS system. And if you have
questions, you can always... email me or Neil
or the European organizers and we can get you
more details. As far as awards go, that is also
on the website but I'll go into some specifics
about that. It's a point system and the way that
points are achieved is you get two points for
every new Yoda station you work and one point
for every new band slot. So if you worked K8Y
on 40 meter CW, you would get two points for
working K8Y as a new station and one point for
working them on 40 meter CW. But if you work
K8Y again, but on 40 meter phone, you would only
get one point for just getting them on a different
band slot and such. So that's basically how the
award system works. And it appears right now
that the awards request system is not available.
But of course it is only three days into the
event and I would just recommend to everybody
to just stay tuned to the website for more details
as they come along. There's different levels
that you can get so you don't have to have hundreds
and thousands of points to... to get one of the
certificates. There are some that are very easily
obtainable. And you can just download those and
you've got them instantly. So be sure to take
a look at that. And of course, all this information
about awards and QSLs and all that can be found
at both the ham -yoda .com website, which is
the website for the organizers and we also have
that posted on our website at youthontheair .org
and then also you've put all this information
into our QRZ .com pages for those US call signs
as well. Yes, all the information for QSL Union
Awards is on our QRZ pages. So you can take a
look at those and see where you're at and and
the logs are getting uploaded Pretty much daily.
So you should be able to Take a look and see
if you're in the log. So That's what's going
on with Yoda month. So we'll take some questions
from you all The phone number again is 859 -982
-7373. You can tweet us at HamTalk Live and I'll
be back with Bryant to do just that right after
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We've got a little bit more time here with Bryant,
so we'll talk about Yoda Month. So I know we're
only three days in. Have you been on the air
yet? And if not, when are you scheduled to be
on? So I have not made any QSOs yet. Unfortunately,
I've been a bit busy wrapping up some studies,
but I am looking forward to getting on the air
towards the end of the month when I have a little
bit of a break. And I think I'm going to run
the K -8A call, Kilo -8 alpha, for a day or two.
But it's been really exciting to watch the other
really talented youth operators do their thing.
I was just looking at the statistics and it looks
like K8Y almost has 2 ,000 contacts locked, so
very impressive by those guys. Oh, another cool
thing I heard, W3MLJ who was running K8Y the
first night or the first day. Yoda month that
he was doing s o 3r single operator 3 radio on
FT for and he made 930 qso's during his shift.
So very impressive You know, yeah, the numbers
are showing Wow, that's impressive run three
at once Oh, my goodness. Well, I guess you haven't
had a chance to work any of the Yoda stations
elsewhere, but let's talk a little bit about
some of the other stations besides just the ones
in the US, which we're kind of partial to, but
there are some others out there. Oh, yes, definitely.
I tried to work a few today, but I think I turned
on too late. Most of the Europeans had QRT'd
for the night. But it looks like the German station,
I think that's being capped in by a Philip DK6SP,
and that call sign is DB0YOTA, and they have
a very high QSO number with almost 1 ,500, so
they're doing a fantastic job. I'm thinking the
prime times for catching these Yoda stations
are in the afternoons on the low bands. That's
why I'm seeing a lot of spots, a lot of data
come in. Of course, you know, on the high bands,
morning is prime time for Europe and elsewhere.
I'm not sure if there's going to be a station
from New Zealand. I know last year they were
ZL6YOTA and that was, I think, Zegna Zettel for
a while. I made a few queues with that call,
but I'm not sure where else besides Europe. There's
Yoda stations, but I do know Africa. 7X2 and
7X3 YOTA are making a lot of queues. I saw a
lot of spots for them on 15 meters today. All
I can recommend is just keep an eye on the cluster
and keep the radio turned on and good things
will happen. You can probably pick up a few new
countries too if you don't have a whole bunch.
It's a good chance to rack up a few of those
European countries especially. So take a look
at the spots. Again, we've got a link right there
on youthontheair .org if you look at the Yoda
Month logo. Right under there, there's a link
there that says to find Yoda stations, click
here and you can find where everybody is. You're
big into the contesting. You've been to WRTC
and the whole bit. So how's contest season going?
We're right in the thick of it. So we've had
CQ Worldwide and sweepstakes on sideband and
CW. How's things going? It's been a very interesting
contest season, especially since the conditions
have picked up. I wasn't able to play much in
the CQ Worldwide sideband contest, but From what
I heard from friends, it seems like 10 meters
and 15 meters were fun bands to play on. But
I recently competed in a CQ Worldwide CW from
my home station, and it was an absolute blast.
It was actually the first time that I've been
able to run Europe on 15 meters from my home
station, which is just a spider beam at like
50 feet and a few wire antennas. So that was
really exciting and very encouraging. And I think
my next contest, I might try some RIDI this January.
They have the NAQP RIDI and the RIDI Roundup.
So I'm looking forward to that. I haven't played
in a lot of RIDI contests so far, but I'm looking
forward to getting my radio interfaced and the
MMTTY software all hooked up. So just try something
new this contest season. I'm again very enthusiastic
about the upswinging conditions. I think it'll
provide some interesting surprises. 859 -982
-7373 is the phone number if you'd like to call
in and ask a question or a comment for Bryant
Rascal, KG5HVO, the Yoda Month coordinator for
the Western Hemisphere over here in the Americas.
Brian, I know you talked about you've got 26
operators scheduled so far. Are you looking for
some more operators? Do you have some open spots
available? What's going on with that if we've
got some young people out there who want to participate?
Oh, definitely. Another goal for this year is
to get more people involved in the special event.
So if there are any young people listening, under
the age of 26, that would be interested in operating
one of the special call signs for a day or two,
or maybe even more than that. You can always
reach out to me, my email, kg5hvo at arrl .net,
and I'd be happy to work with you. We do have
a few open slots, but... We have, again, a great
team of operators on both coasts. Levi K6JO from
California has us covered there, and the Lee
family has us covered south. And we have Kyle
W2SOX from New York. He's going to operate some
from up there. And again, another station from
the northern area of the country is Case W0AAE.
He might do some remote stuff. So again, good
crew, good mix. Looking forward to seeing what
happens. Yeah, I'm very excited to see some of
the new faces this year as well because we're
expanding that out so if you Are interested and
and you're under 26 years old why? Get a hold
of us and we'll see what we've got available.
But I know that your new scheduling system, you
know, last year was kind of, you know, everybody
took a week. And now by doing it day by day,
we're really trying to get people on and keep
them on continuously or more continuously than
last time. Yes, definitely. All right, let's
see Amir says you are my idol So thanks for that
I'm not sure if he's talking to you or me. I'm
assuming he's talking to you. So, uh, let's see
here. 859 -982 -7373 is the, uh, phone number
and, uh, we're going to finish up here just a
little bit, but, uh, Yoda Month will be going
all, uh, rest of the year. So, you know, get,
get on, get some contacts and, and work some
young people. And this is a great chance for
some young people to to you know show ham radio
to their friends of course you know in covid
uh season here uh that may be a little tougher
to do but you know there's always there's always
facetime and zoom and and all that kind of thing
so you know it is a good time to to uh you know
get youth involved and and let youth know You
know that there are young hams out there that
are are doing this stuff Yes, that's exactly
the point of the special event station is this
is special event in general is to promote youth
and amateur radio Well Let's let's look ahead
a little bit And then we're gonna finish up here
again eight five nine nine eight two seventy
three seventy three will make this the last call
for For the phone calls eight five nine nine
eight two seventy three seventy three so in about
Seven months we're gonna try this again. We're
gonna try to have this camp and get a lot of
these young people together and we'll be running
W8Y for that week. So talk a little bit about
what you're looking forward to with the camp
next summer, which hopefully will be in good
shape and be able to pull that off this year.
Right. Yeah, the idea of the camp is really awesome.
I was really looking forward to it. last summer,
but some things are out of our control. But what
I'm most looking forward to is just getting to
meet a lot of new friends, create some new relationships,
share some ideas. The camp idea has been very
successful in Europe, and they've had some really
successful outcomes. So it'd be really awesome
to see that come into play here in North America.
and the W8Y special event, that's going to be
really cool using some really fine radios from
ICOM and using the great antenna system that
the Westchester Amateur Radio Club has over there
at the WC8 VOA station near Cincinnati. I've
operated there once before and very impressive
setup. There's some really nice people in that
club. And I know you have some great presenters
set up. with all different presentations for
all different kinds of topics like satellites
and craft or kit building and high -altitude
balloons. I was really looking forward to seeing
those in person, but I did enjoy seeing them
over Zoom, but I look forward even more to seeing
them in person. So, there you go. Yeah, and you
know our summer program on zoom is still available
on YouTube if you want to watch it there's under
six hours of non -stop Yoda, so You can check
that out on the Yoda YouTube site and again youth
on the air dot org Is where you will find all
of that? information well Bryant it's been great
to At least talk to you again. We've been emailing
a ton, but it's great to talk to you again And
I know you're making the rounds here. You've
got an appearance on ham nation next week and
some others going around to promote this event
and you've done an excellent job of putting everything
together and getting the scheduling going and
getting the call signs and getting everything
set up and so I thank you once again for taking
that on and great job and look forward to watching
the numbers as the rest of December rolls on.
great pleasure and having a lot of fun doing
it, meeting a lot of new people, and thanks for
all you do with the Youth on the Air Region 2
organization. A lot of this stuff wouldn't have
even been possible without your support, so thanks
for having me on, and I hope everybody has a
great night. All right, thanks, Bryant. That's
Bryant Rascal, KG5HVO. I'd like to thank him
and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening
tonight and that is a wrap for this week's edition
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