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YACHT NEWS for November 30, 2024
Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team K8KDZ
Connecting Young Hams, Creating Friendships, Expanding the Voice of Youth in Ham Radio
Inspiring Youth With Enjoyment & Technology of Ham Radio
Sailing Through Radio Waves & Making a Difference
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webpage https://yachtyouth.net

NET REVIEW… Good group of hams joined our last Sat. evening youth net…KN4VKY, KN4VKW, KI8AN, KE8ZYD, KJ5EWP, KI5KGE, KN6ULC, KJ7AGQ, KK7UXY.  Also joining in were KA4RCV, AG5QU, K8LK, KE9API, KE2AVB i/o

CHAT SESSIONS… 
Monday:  started out slow but ended with total of 5 (6 with myself)…heard from KJ7AGQ, WV4AM, KE8LQR, KI8AN and KC3CDU
Tuesday:  Joining up for chat were:  KI8AN, WV4AM, KJ7AGQ, KF8AMV.  Also onboard were K4KDP, K5NO and KD2ZDY
Check in this evening for our pre-Thanksgiving chat session.

YOUTH UPGRADE… Congratulations to Corwin KF0OZR for his General class upgrade. He can now enjoy more band space.  Hope to hear from him again soon on our Echolink node.  Nice job! 

SANTA NET SOON… Gather the kids around the ham radio and enjoy meeting ol’ Santa   https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/santa-net-is-back-on-3-916-mhz.936806/

ECHOLINK & HAM RADIO… https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1224122845841652&set=a.599682444952365

REPEATER ACTIVITY… https://www.onallbands.com/ham-radio-insights-repeaters-the-sounds-of-silence/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2nKVtriRL7W3Ict82AnQ4MG7_EWCmSuB7jz2GNmCCWwSZPINCI40oD1KY_aem_3Kh7-KOd2jtynqojV1-9Bg

THANKSGIVING IS HERE… I hope all of you will have a happy Thanksgiving Day and enjoy being with family and friends.  I am thankful for all of our outstanding YACHT members.  You are a blessing to know and communicate with.  I hope to hear from many of you during December.  Let’s plan for another productive and enjoyable year in 2025. 

YACHT YOUTH WORKS CW… Let’s hear it for Kirsten KE8ZYD.  She has made numerous contacts this past weekend in the CQWW CW contest.  Remember, she is only 11 y. o. and already well versed in CW. 

YOUTH QRZ UPDATE… Jaxon KK7MNM is one of our more active young hams. His Mom is also a General class KK7MNN.  We enjoy hearing from Jaxon regularly.  https://www.qrz.com/db/kk7mnm

YACHT YOUTH SPOTLIGHT… One of our active young hams is Cameron KD9VGV https://www.qrz.com/db/kd9vgv   When he’s available he will run the 2nd Thursday chat session for us.  Haven’t heard from him in a while.  Hope he connects back up again soon.

ROTUMA ISLAND DX-PEDITION YOUTH TEAM…  Ongoing now with these youth remote operators who are YACHT members:  W0AAE Kees (coordinator), KN4VKY Blake (coordinator), N4XTT Mike, LU1XOP Theo, KQ4ZMC Alex, K6BFL Brennan, NC8R Daniel, WV4AM Jacob, LW6EGE Emilano, KF0GVX Ryan, W3MLJ Michael.   There are other youth ops too, but these are the YACHT members.  Here are their photos  https://rotuma2024.com/youthops/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3BukAeNNJCRCrHaUDIYexZp5JDixiAIn9Nf2scRRt4eDKJ7AvjOFXYdd0_aem_xCzSpLhgq2lLSd2j29Th1g


73,
Ed Engleman KG8CX, HAPPY THANKSGIVING  to all our member friends and those who support ham radio for youth.

Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team