Youth Contesting Program (YCP) – 2020

Youth members from IARU R1 member societies are invited to take part in a contest from so called “Top-Gun” stations. These young HAM’s will learn how to operate the contest station, improve their contest skills and will aim for the best results together as a team.
A youngster will probably be coming for the first time to the host country and will get the chance to experience this country and share amateur radio knowledge with local youngsters.

Contest locations 2020:

More contest stations for the second part of 2020 will be announced later.

07.-08. March LX20I (@LX7I), ARRL SSB DX
28.-29. March 9A1A, CQ WPX SSB
27.-28. June EC2DX, King of Spain SSB

Are you interested? You can apply via this form.

Rules:

Young people aged under 26 years.
Participant should be member of IARU R1 member society
All levels of contest experience are accepted. A participant should have at least basic knowledge about contesting and using a transceiver.
Member societies are asked to select young people who are willing to experience a contest in a “big-gun”station, eager to learn more about amateur radio and who are aiming to get the best results out of the contest. A group of ±6 international youngsters and ±6 domestic youngsters will take part per contest.
Participants are asked to fund their own travel costs. All other costs will be covered.

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