A historical day, the first ARISS contact with YOTA The Chair of the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group, Lisa Leenders PA2LS, described Monday, July 18 as a historical day for youth and amateur radio In the Youngsters On The Air camp in Austria the first YOTA contact ever was made with the International Space Station. More than 100 young radio amateur from about 30 countries were attending this contact. 20 of the young Ham’s had the chance to talk to astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ. The contact was setup as a telebridge contact via VK4KHZ. The Austrian national television channel ORF made a video of the contact. Check out the YOTA website for daily news flashes http://www.ham-yota.com/news/ https://twitter.com/hamyota https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair/ Source IARU Region 1 http://iaru-r1.org/ http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/july/the-first-ariss-contact-with-yota.htm
