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YOTA SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE WAS PACKED WITH HANDS ON WORKSHOPS COVERING MANY
SUBJECTS.  AFTER AN ENGAGING CAMP ORIENTATION ON SUNDAY, INCLUDING A
KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM DX ENGINEERING CEO TIM DUFFY, K3LR, WE WERE ALL
EXCITED FOR ACTIVITIES TO COMMENCE.  MONDAY MORNING STARTED EARLY, AS
CAMPERS WERE SHUTTLED TO THE MUSEUM EACH DAY BEFORE THE WORKSHOPS BEGAN AT
9 AM EXCEPT FOR WEDNESDAY, WHEN CAMPERS COULD SLEEP IN.  SAM ROSE, KC2LRC,
LED A BUILD FOR AN 80 METER RECEIVER KIT.  ONE OF THE CAMPERS, TAYLOR LAUB,
KE8KWZ, ESPECIALLY LOVED KITS, SHARING, I HAD BEEN WANTING TO LEARN TO
SOLDER SINCE BECOMING A HAM.  I SOLDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT YOTA CAMP
AND FEEL LIKE A WHOLE NEW WORLD HAS BEEN OPENED UP TO ME.  NEXT ON THE
SCHEDULE WAS CONTESTING SKILLS WITH BRYANT RASCOLL, KG5HVO, WHO GAVE AN
EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION TO HF CONTESTING THAT SEGUED INTO PRACTICING RUNNING
PILEUPS ON THE RADIOS.  SEVERAL ATTENDEES MADE THEIR FIRST HF CONTACTS WITH
OUR SPECIAL EVENT CALL SIGN, W8Y, USING IC 7300 TRANSCEIVERS PROVIDED BY
ICOM.  BRYANT ALSO ORGANIZED AN IN PERSON SPRINT TO PRACTICE CONTESTING
SKILLS IN A FUN ENVIRONMENT.  EVERYONE ENJOYED TRYING TO EXCHANGE
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