06/15/2016
The Yasme Foundation[1] has announced three grants in furtherance of its goal
of encouraging youth participation in Amateur Radio and in operating
activities. The Yasme Foundation encourages amateurs to support activities that
promote Amateur Radio and result in new licensees around the world. The Yasme
Foundation grants will make it possible for some young radio amateurs, who
otherwise might be unable to do so, to attend the sixth Youngsters on the Air
(YOTA[2]) conference this July in Austria. More than 100 young hams from all
three IARU regions will gather to participate in a series of programs and
workshops about Amateur Radio, and to get acquainted with one another.
"Gatherings such as YOTA exemplify the ability of amateurs to work together
across national borders and ethnicities in the best 'ham spirit' of
friendship," the Yasme Foundation announcement said.
A Yasme grant will enable two young radio amateurs from Kosovo to attend the
YOTA conference - the first time these young people will travel outside their
home country. Kosovo's national Amateur Radio association SHRAK[3] was recently
admitted to the IARU as a member society.
Two young operators from the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society (EARS) also will
attend the YOTA conference, thanks to a Yasme Foundation grant. This extends
the foundation's past support of the ET3AA club station and a previous grant
enabling travel by EARS members to participate in the 2016 ARI International DX
Contest from Estonia. "EARS member participation furthers Amateur Radio
activity from eastern Africa and encourages interest in Amateur Radio by other
African youth," the announcement said.
Three young US radio amateurs will also attend the YOTA meeting as invited
members of IARU Region 2, with the assistance of a Yasme grant and a similar
grant from the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF[4]). The boards of both
foundations expressed the hope that they will return with ideas for extending
the successes of YOTA to young North American amateurs.
The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to support
scientific and educational projects related to Amateur Radio.
[1] http://www.yasme.org/
[2] http://www.ham-yota.com/
[3] http://www.shrak.org/en
[4] http://www.ncdxf.org/
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