YACHT NEWSLETTER for April 18, 2026
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Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team K8KDZ
Connecting Young Hams, Creating Friendships, Expanding the Voice of Youth in Amateur Radio
Inspiring Youth With Enjoyment & Technology of Ham Radio
Sailing Through Radio Waves & Making a Difference
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website https://yachtyouth.net
While the chat sessions and youth net are primarily for youth..
* All kids and parents are welcome to check in. 3rd party youth are encouraged
* Adult operators are welcome as well
NET REVIEW… Small group. 7 check ins included youth ops: KJ7AGQ, KE2EVX, KJ5EWP, K8LJM. Also connecting were KA4RCV, KC3CDU, KG8CX. Hope for greater participation next week.
Saturday youth net will also include a QTE (Question of the Evening) that you may respond to if you wish.
CHAT SESSIONS… Monday: KJ7AGQ, KE9EKF, KF8CZF, KR4FCM. Also KG8CX
Tuesday: KJ7AGQ. KI8AN, KE8ZYD, KF8CZF. Also heard VU2MDA, K8LK, KG8CX
WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY… April 18, how will you observe it? https://www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day
YACHT SPECIAL YOUTH NET... Join us for World Amateur Radio Day on Saturday. Show your appreciation and skill
YACHT YOUTH WEBSITE… Check out Adam’s page on vanity callsigns here in his QRZ page https://www.qrz.com/db/kf8ekw
HAMVENTION YOUTH FORUM… The following YACHT members will be giving a presentation on May16 at 9:15am at the Hamvention Youth Forum: Adam KF8EKW, Haley KE2EVX, Maggie KR4FTN. Also a non YACHT member Carsten KQ4SJM. Nice to see YACHT again represented at Hamvention.
Carsten just joined YACHT and now all 4 presenters are YACHT ops. https://www.qrz.com/db/kq4sjm Welcome to our great crew of youth hams.
EMAIL FROM NEW MEMBER… Received on Sunday from Carsten
…” Hi Ed,
Thanks for accepting me into YACHT, I’m more than pleased to join and soon attend the echolink sessions.
I have a question regarding a youth initiative I have coordinated with AMSAT to create.
StOTA (Students on the air) is something we made where students are encouraged to get on the air as much as they can (mainly satellites as that’s what AMSAT is for but HF is appreciated too.) on every 1st, and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
I was wondering if you could pitch this to other YACHT members or any other youth groups such as YOTA.
73, And thanks
Carsten. KQ4SJM
HAMVENTION YOUTH RALLY… https://www.arrl.org/news/register-now-for-the-2026-arrl-youth-rally-at-dayton-hamvention
COLT CLARK & QUARENTINE KIDS… Here they are playing a favorite Eagles tune… https://youtu.be/vYs8h6MJx_g
DX ENGINEERING ON ALL BANDS… Here’s the current post from Katie KE8LQR https://www.onallbands.com/youth-insights-tips-on-setting-achieving-ham-radio-goals/
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73,
Ed Engleman KG8CX
