YACHT NEWS

YACHT NEWS for March 29, 2025
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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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website https://yachtyouth.net

NET REVIEW… Good net on Saturday.  Youth checking in:  KJ7AGQ, K8LG, KE2EGF, KJ5EWP, AC1QD, KR4AXO, KN6ULC, KE8ZYD, KC8KLM 3rd party Chris, N8JJM.  Also had 7 others pop in too.  Thanks to all.

CHAT SESSIONS… Monday:  KJ7AGQ, AC1QD, YS1YGO, K9GVN, KI8AN, WV4AM, K6IIP (new member).  Also VU2MDA, KS8O, KC8KLM
Tuesday:  Another group of 10 check ins including youth ops:  KJ7AGQ, KR4AXO, AC1QD, KF8AMV, KI8AN.  Also heard were K3TEL i/o, KA4RCV, VU2MDA, AK4FD, KC3CDU.

HAMVENTION YOUTH FORUM … Several of these participants are team members.  Check out the Sat. May 19 Youth Forum.
https://hamvention.org/event-details/forums/

YOUTH RECEIVES RARE QSL CARD… Kirsten KE8ZYD received cards from CW contact with Antarctica 

NEW MEMBER… Welcome to Seamus KO6IIP from California.  He joined as of Monday following his check in to our chat session.  Look forward to more from him.   We now have 16 new members so far in 2025.

HAM FAMILY SPOTLIGHT… The Lahr “hamily” lives in MN.  Corwin KF0OZR, Declan KF0LMY, Mom WW0AMY, and Dad KF0LIH .  Corwin and Declan are both youth members of our group, but we don’t hear them that much.  They all work POTA, SSB, and other radio modes.  Declan is very interested in airplanes and possible becoming a youth pilot.  Look them up on QRZ.  They do much as a family.  Sailing their boat is one of the fun things they do.  Hats off to the Lahr ham family.  Hope they connect up to us soon. 

VIDEO OF YACHT YOUTH… This video of Jacob WV4AM was just posted by W1DED.  It is also shown on the QRZ page as a major video  https://youtu.be/gLRLP46o1Lw
Another example of a rising star with the YACHT team.  https://www.qrz.com/db/wv4am

SSB CONTEST THIS WEEKEND… The CQ WW WPX SSB contest is on this weekend on usual contest bands.

WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY… Circle April 18 on your calendar.  It is a special day for all amateur ops around the world. 

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73,
Ed Engleman KG8CX

YACHT NEWS for March 22, 2025
Connecting Young Hams, Creating Friendships, Expanding the Voice of Youth in Ham Radio
Inspiring Youth with Enjoyment & Technology of Amateur Radio
Sailing Through Radio Waves & Making a Difference
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website https://yachtyouth.net

YOUTH NET REVIEW… Nice net.  Heard from:  KE2EGF, KJ7AGQ, KN6ULC, KJ5EWP, KI5KGE, KF8AMV, KF0QNO, AC1QD.  Also climbing on board:  AB9PJ, KC8KLM, K5DCC, KC3CDU, KF9KI, K3TEL i/o

WEEKDAY EVENING CHAT SESSIONS… Monday:  KJ7AGQ, KF8AMV, KC3RAP, KF8CZF, KE8ZYD, KI8AN, N8APR, N8STH, N8NJR, N8KMR.  Also climbing aboard were:  KC8KLM, K3DCR, K4KDP, K5NO, K7JKA, K8APR, KC3CDU.
Tuesday:  On deck for this evening:  KJ7AGQ, AC1QD, KF8AMV, KC8KLM 3rd party Chris, along with KC8KLM, KA4RCV, K5NO, VU2MDA, and KC3CDU.
Come and join us for the Wednesday chat session.  All welcome especially our younger hams.

NEW MEMBERS… We welcome our newest members, WA7BUG Nathan from WA, DL7PIA Pia from Germany, and KE9CDQ Mason from WI.  We have now added 14 new members to our team in 2025.  Hope to hear all of them soon.  They all have interesting QRZ pages.  Look them up.

NEW MICHIGAN YOUTH MANAGER… We congratulate Kanushi KE8RNA, member #379 for her recent appointment as ARRL Youth Section Manager for Michigan.  Another honor for a team member.

YOUTH IN AMATEUR RADIO POST… This was just written by Katie KE8LQR and merits reading by current and future youth hams   https://www.onallbands.com/what-do-young-hams-do-for-amateur-radio

YACHT YOUTH & DAD… Walker KC3RAP (left), Dad K3DCR (middle) at a recent radio club meeting

OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH MEMBERS…
A number of our youth have already been involved in these outstanding events.  An exciting time  https://youthdxa.org/2025-team

Applications are now Being Accepted for 2025

David Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventures!

The Youth DX Adventure team will be returning to K3LR from June 13th- 15th, and will be returning to PJ2T (in Curaçao) from July 17th-22nd! If you are a young amateur operator between the ages of 12 to 17 (flexible), you are encouraged to apply!

To apply and for more information, please visit https://youthdxa.org/2025-team

IVAN’S YOUTH PROJECT… Here is member Ivan KE2EGF with his school Science project.  Well done and impressive.  This photo will be in our online newsletter (The one you are reading now) and able to be enlarged there.  

EMAIL RESPONSE FROM A YL… An inspirational response to my recent email.  Enjoy  …

Hi Ed,

Thank you very much for your email and your kind words. Your information about YACHT was very interesting!

I also had a look on your website. It is really fantastic what you are doing for our wonderful hobby and how you support young ham radio operators! 

I am very active in amateur radio. For me it’s very important to keep this wonderful and unique hobby alive. I try always to make amateur radio more visible for the public and to get more people especially young ones interested in it. Especially when I am operating portable in a park or from the mountains, there are a lot of interested people, asking me what I am doing. That’s the perfect way to tell them about our hobby and to show them what we are doing. It is not just words, but something real you can see, hear and experience.  I think there is no other hobby that is such versatile and connecting as amateur radio is. Meanwhile I speak 6 languages and there are more to come. It’s so great if you can talk to someone in his or her native language. Also important for me is to show other young people, that it is not necessary to work on a big gun station to have a lot of fun in our hobby. I am working here still with simple homemade wire antennas and a Yaesu FT 991 A. Everything I have been able to achieve so far in world wide contests for example, was with my simple equipment. Sure it’s maybe easier to work at a big station, but it’s a great feeling if you can win a contest with your simple equipment and homemade antennas. Not every young person has the opportunity to operate from a big station or the financial resources to buy expensive equipment, but that doesn’t reduce the fun and enjoyment you can have!

It would be great to join your evening chat sessions or Sat. youth net, but as you said, it will be very difficult for me because of the time difference…

It would be an honor for me to become a member of YACHT! I saw on your website, that I can join YACHT with filling out a form and I will definitely do that.

I wish you a good new week and hope to hear you soon on the bands!

All the best to you and your family and greetings from the edge of the Black Forest!

73 de Pia, DL7PIA

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73, and welcome to 1st day of Spring on Thursday.
Ed Engleman KG8CX

YACHT NEWS for March 15, 2025

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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webpage https://yachtyouth.net

NET REVIEW… Nice youth net with these connections:  KJ7AGQ, KN6ULC, AC1QD, KF8AMV, KI8AN, KF0QNO, KE8LQR. A  KC8KLM 3rd party Chris.
Also joining in:  KC8KLM, KF8DOU, K4KDP, KN4CLK, K5DCC.

CHAT SESSIONS… Monday:  Checking in:KI8AN, KJ7AGQ, AC1QD, KE8ZYD, KF8AMV and adult member K7JKA
Tuesday:  Climbing aboard were:  KF0QNO, KJ7AGQ, KK7MNM, KF8AMV, AC1QD, KC8KLM 3rd party Chris, KF8CZF, KR4AXO (new member).  Also joining up:  KC8KLM, KC8CDU
Don’t forget tonight, a sub N.C. may be on board, and I will check in later.
**I am net control on Sunday for our local 2 meter “Kandy Net” on W8PIF-R 481872.  Check in with me if you have a few spare minutes.

NEW MEMBERS… Welcome to James Wright  https://www.qrz.com/db/kr4bja  He is #9 so far this year.  Always nice to see a new ham join our elite group of youth. 
We also are pleased to welcome Jackson KR4AXO from TN.  He is 17  https://www.qrz.com/db/kr4axo  He is our 11th new member in 2025.   We also welcome John KJ7AGQ Dad to the adult crew. AI7TK https://www.qrz.com/db/ai7tk

DX ENGINEERING PODCAST…Watch Tim Duffy interview Michael W8CI and find out the award winners for Hamvention 2025.  https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=968142448636987

YOUNG GIRL PIANO & SINGING… You’ll love this YL with a Carpenters’ classic tune  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1143656147228299

INTERVIEW WITH A YOUNG HAM… This is worth watching, a young ham who is an inspiration and an example of the future of ham radio DL7PIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrglGU3o3bo&t=45s

A YOUNG HAM INTERVIEW… Watch as Tim Duffy K3LR interviews McKenzie KO4GLN  https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1379056979785534

YOUNG GUITARIST… This fellow is awesome.  Only 11years old and took the B.G.T. (Britians Got Talent) crew by storm   https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1322551072352438

LICENSE CLASS INFORMATION…  https://www.onallbands.com/what-are-the-3-current-amateur-radio-licensing-levels-what-can-you-do-with-them/

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73,
Ed Engleman KG8CX

YACHT NEWS 

March 8, 2025

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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website https://yachtyouth.net

NET REVIEW… One of our best nets.  Checking in:  KI5KGE, KJ5EWP, AC1QD, KJ7AGQ, KI8AN, KF8CZF, KN6ULC (Japan), KF8CZS (Mexico), KF8AMV, KK7MNM, KL5IS, VA3BHT, KC8KLM 3rd party Chris.  Also had AG5QU, KC8KLM, KF4RHZ, N9XTT
Appreciate all of your support.

CHAT SESSIONS… Monday:  Nice session with these youth check ins:  KF8CZS (Mexico), AC1QD, KJ7AGQ, KF8AMV, KE8ZYD, KI8AN, K9GVN.  Also had K3TEL, KC3CDU join in. 
Tuesday:  Heard:  AC1QD, KJ7AGQ, KF8AMV, KF8CZF, also K3TEL i/o, KC8KLM, KF4RHZ, KC3CDU

* Remember to turn clocks ahead 1 hour on Sat. evening.  Our youth net will still be on CST, but after that on CDT (00:00Z).
Also, at this time, I will need a sub net control for both Wed. and Thurs of next week.  If no one accepts, then we’ll have no chat sessions on those days.  I know many of you are capable of handling this opportunity and have done so previously.

YACHT AWARD… The current “Friendship/Recognition” award goes to Elias Sloan KF0NJT https://www.qrz.com/db/kf0njt  He recently turned 12 and comes across our chat sessions and youth nets in fine style.  His connects often and is always enjoyable to listen to.  Thank you Elias. 

ARRL PAGE… Here is their Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/ARRL.org/

RHF YOUTH NETWORK… Stations that are especially configured for young hams including Europe  https://www.remotehamradio.com/youth-network/

ROBOTICS COMPETITION…Ian KI8AN participated in a statewide event on Saturday with other middle schoolers from lower Michigan 

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73,
Ed Engleman KG8CX 

YACHT NEWS  for March 1, 2025

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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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website https://yachtyouth.net

NET REVIEW… 17 stations checked in with these youth ops:  KJ7AGQ, W8LIL, KQ4BZZ, KN6ULC, KE8ZYD, KI5KGE, KJ5EWP, KK7MNM i/o, KC8KLM 3rd party Chris.  Also heard from KE2AVB i/o, AG5QU, KC8KLM, K4KDP, K8LK, KA9ARZ, K7JKA (chat box)

CHAT SESSIONS… Monday:  KF8AMV, LU1XOP, KE8ZYD, KI8AN, KJ7AGQ, KE8LQR
Tuesday:  Joining us were youth ops:  KJ7AGQ, AC1QD, KI5YQL, KF8AMV, KF0NJT, KC8KLM 3rd party Chris, also his dad KC8KLM, KJ7JKA.
See many of you on Wednesday.
If you are a member and have never or seldom checked in to one of our echolink sessions, please consider doing so this week or soon.  There are quite a few of you out there I have not heard from.  You are part of one of the highest level of youth ham groups and we would very much like to hear you.  Enjoy the wonderful world of ham radio…

CONTEST DINNER AND MORE… This is a request from Katie KE8LQR  …

Hello Ed! K3LR has put me in charge of rounding up youth to fill spots at Contest University and Contest Dinner, and I was wondering if you would be willing to put this google form in the Yacht news this week? 

https://forms.gle/KY27iVaUF32Z65Hi9

Thanks! 

Katie KE8LQR

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Katie Campbell KE8LQR

Assistant Youth Ohio Section Coordinator
YLRL Youth Correspondent

YOTA SUMMER CAMP IN FRANCE… 

Youth on the air

Call for Applications: YOTA Summer Camp 2025!

Applications for the 13th edition of the Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) Summer Camp, to be held in Jambville, France from August 18-25th, 2025, are officially open!

Thanks to REF (Réseau des Émetteurs Français), this year’s camp will host ambitious young radio enthusiasts from IARU Region 1, along with special guests from Regions 2 & 3.

Contact Neil, WB9VPG to find out how to apply as a camper from the Americas!

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HAM RADIO FILM… An excellent film on ham radio evolution by ARRL.  I recommend you watch it   https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/retrotectacular-ham-radio-as-it-was/

YL RADIO LEAGUE AWARDS… For all you young ladies out there, this is for you   https://www.arrl.org/news/ylrl-scholarships-available-for-students

INTL. WOMENS DAY… Their special day is March 8. We can celebrate their achievements, especially in the area of amateur radio

CHILDREN’S CHOIR… One Voice Children’s Choir sings this as one of their recent videos.  You’ll love it.   https://youtu.be/beQ8dVMPdSk

QUARENTINE KIDS & DAD… Here is that kool group again with “I Can’t Dance”   https://youtu.be/a4-8Mg-712Q

MORSE KEY REPLICA… Kate AC1QD made this key out of clay in her H.S. class 

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73,
Ed Engleman KG8CX