Youth Team #2

Team Leader:	Alexandru Mancas, YO8TTT
Other callsigns:	n/a
Country:	Romania
Age (WRTC 2018):	24
Previous WRTC experience:	n/a
Occupation:	Student
At age of 10 in 2003, my father YO8DOH took me to the Children's Palace where I learned Morse Code. I got the license in 2006 and after I did the first QSO in 2007, I liked contests immediately. Since 2007, YO8SS has become my coach at HST (High Speed Telegraphy). From 2009 I am a member of the Romanian HST Team and I was European and World Champion of several times at Morse Runner and RufzXP, also won many medals at Receiving Tests and Transmitting Tests. I like also DXing, expeditions and collecting new countries. From 2012 to 2016 I studied Electronics in my hometown, University "Stefan cel Mare" from Suceava, and now I'm studying Communication and Computer Networks till 2018 at the same university. Since 2013 I am mainly operating from YR8D. Also worked from: YP8T, YR8V, YR8E, YU5R, YU/YO8TTT, 4O/YO8TTT, LY4A, LY/YO8TTT, YL1S, YL/YO8TTT, ED8X. To take part in WRTC was a dream for me. Hope this dream will become true in July 2018 in Germany.

Team Mate:	Leonid Kharchenko, UT5GW
Other callsigns:	US1GCU
Country:	Ukraine
Age (WRTC 2018):	21
Previous WRTC experience:	n/a
Occupation:	Student
I was born in south part of Ukraine, in city of Kherson and I still live there. I did first QSO at club school station in 2008, and in 2009 I got the license with callsign US1GCU. In April 2018 I got a new callsign UT5GW. Also I am member of UT2G contest team. I am student in 4th year in University of Tourism. I want to thank to my friend YO8TTT who inviting me to be his teammate for this event. See you in Germany!