The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1469.1
BID: $OPDX.1469
June 24, 2020
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network, and N0AX for the following DX information.

Virtual YOTA Day 2020
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. EDT (1800Z - 0000Z)
Youth and leaders that were accepted to YOTA Camp 2020: Follow the Zoom
link in your email.

Other youth, interested people: Watch on our YouTube channel (link is at the bottom of
YouthOnTheAir.org): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LVWge18cxFh0SnHemQ2zQ

Schedule for June 24: (all times are Eastern Daylight Time)
2:00 - 2:05 p.m. Welcome - Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, Camp Director
2:05 - 2:50 p.m. Up, Up, and Away! A Medium Altitude Balloon Launch with APRS
 - Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN
2:50 - 3:35 p.m. Improve Your Contesting Skills - Marty Sullaway, NN1C and
 Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO
3:35 - 4:05 p.m. 1st Camper Competition (prizes donated by Heil Sound and R&L
 Electronics) - Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX, YOTA Committee
4:05 - 4:35 p.m. Find the Location of a Transmitter Without Leaving Your Chair
 - Sterling Mann, N0SSC
4:35 - 5:05 p.m 2nd Camper Competition (prizes donated by Heil Sound and R&L
 Electronics) - Sterling Mann, N0SSC, YOTA Committee
5:05 - 5:50 p.m. History, Tips, and Awards for Satellite Operation
 - Ruth Willet, KM4LAO
5:50 - 6:30 p.m. Break
6:30 - 7:15 p.m. Using Online Software Defined Receivers - Sam Rose, KC2LRC
7:30 - 7:45 p.m. 3rd Camper Competition (prizes donated by Heil Sound and R&L
 Electronics) - Sam Rose, KC2LRC, YOTA Committee
7:45 - 8:00 p.m. Closing, Door Prizes, and Grand Prize Drawing - Door Prizes
 donated by DX Engineering $100 gift certificate to a YOTA
 Camper on Zoom
 $100 gift certificate to a YouTube viewer
 Grand Prize donated by R&L Electronics to a YOTA Camper
 - Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, Camp Director

Other Events this Week:

Special Event Station W8Y continues through Friday:
During the week of June 21-26, when the camp was supposed to take place, we
will have a special event station on the air! Youth who were selected to attend
YOTA camp 2020 will take turns operating as W8Y throughout the week from the
station of their choosing. Campers should sign up at YouthOnTheAir.org to be
added to the schedule. A remote station may also be available to use (ask for
details). Contact Marty, NN1C at special@youthontheair.org with questions.
If you were not selected as a camper for 2020, be sure to work W8Y on the
air this week!

Field Day Club Entry:
If you choose to operate Field Day from your home station, you can add your
score to a club for this year only. Enter ?Youth on the Air? as the club name
on your Field Day score entry if you are not contributing to another club
already. This is for ALL hams who are age 25 and younger . Do NOT use
acronyms (i.e. YOTA).

Field Day W8Y Remote:
If you want to operate Field Day from a remote controlled station, we have
one for you! You can log in by a Remote Desktop Connection (Windows) to
access the RemoteHams station provided by Jay, K4ZLE as well as the logging
software so that we have one location and one log. The station is located
between Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. Youth who were selected to attend
YOTA camp 2020 can sign up for a time slot on the remote station provided
by Jay, K4ZLE.

Sign up for times at YouthOnTheAir.org no later than the end of Virtual
YOTA Day (8 pm EDT) on Wednesday, June 24. If you have questions, contact
Chris KD8YVJ, at fieldday@youthontheair.org . Chris will make a schedule
and send you the approved times and login information. We will accommodate
your schedule requests as much as possible. You MUST have a US amateur
radio license