The VK YOTA Contest is coming to shacks Down Under as the Fisher's Ghost Amateur Radio Club has announced it will be hosting the event, encouraging hams anywhere in the world to join in. The contest is being held in cooperation with Youngsters on the Air, a programme of Region 1 of the International Amateur Radio Union. The purpose isn't so much to be the highest-scoring operator but to simply be on the air enjoying new contacts and renewing some old ones.

In other words, rag chews are absolutely encouraged! The contest begins 00:00 UTC on the 1st of December and ends at 23:59 UTC on the 31 of December.There will be a bit of overlap with the YOTA contest organised by the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society. Three days before the Fisher's Ghost club contest ends, Round 3 begins for the YOTA contest hosted by the Hungarian operators. That's on December 29th beginning at 10:00 UTC and ending at 21:59 UTC.

It looks like December is already heating up down here in Australia.