NOMINATE YOUR "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR"
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: This is another reminder that the nomination period has
opened for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of
the Year Award. We accept nominations through May 31. Candidates must be
18 or younger, and be a resident of the United States, its possessions,
or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our website
arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be presented on
August 19th, at the Huntsville Hamfest in Huntsville, Alabama.
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SHE'S A SCHOLAR - AND A TOP HAM
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Ham radio may have just helped launch the physics career
of one Indiana teenager. Here's Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
NEIL: Maria Lysandrou, KD9BUS, is one of 150 students nationally to be
named a Coca-Cola Scholar. Maria was selected from over 86,000 applicants.
The scholarship program focused mostly on community involvement, which
included her music -- and of course ham radio. The senior at Bloomington
High School South in Bloomington, Indiana, who is the president of the
Amateur Radio Club, plans to study physics next year... partially due to
her involvement in the school's ham radio program. Maria explains how ham
radio played a role in landing this $20,000 scholarship.
MARIA: For some of the essays, they were just mainly about leadership,
and how you've been a leader throughout your community... and one of my
communities, was that I talked about ham radio. So, I talked about how I'm
a woman in science, and how I go to my research lab, and I'm one of the
only people in my astrophysics research lab. I'm the only woman in my
research lab, and it makes me want to continue to pursue science, because
I want to merge that gender gap in science, especially in physics. And so,
I talked about ham radio, and how during contests, I'm like one of the only
women on air, and how I went to the Dayton Hamvention. Mr. Rapp invited me
to the Dayton Hamvention, and he contacted the people there, and I actually
talked at the educator forum... at the teachers' forum. And, I talked about
how to get more women in science, and more women in ham radio specifically.
And so, I talked about how I hope to, in my future, to be a leader in ham radio,
and be a leader for women in ham radio, especially younger women.
NEIL: Maria will be making her college selection soon, as she puts the finishing
touches on AP Chemistry.
Basking in the sunlight radiating off of Maria, I'm Mr. Rapp, WB9VPG,
reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline.
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K2BSA ACTIVATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND OHIO
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Radio Scouts are back on the air with more activations
this week, as we hear from Newsline's Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting, we have 2 activations of the
K2BSA callsign in LA and OH, 2 activations from Scout Camps on the Air,
and we're eight months out to Jamboree On The Air.
Michael Nolan, KD5MLD, will be the control operator for the K2BSA portable
5 station, at the Istrouma Area Council Centennial, at Airline Highway
Parish Park in Baton Rouge, LA, on March 23rd to 26th. Michael will be operating
on Friday evening from 6pm until 10pm central, on 3905
(+ or - 5k) and on Saturday during the day from 8am to 4pm central on 7225,
(+ or - 5k) or 14270 (+ or - 5k), depending on band conditions. There will
be demonstrations of CW, and other digital modalities during the
celebration. Those frequencies will primarily be in the 40 & 20 meter band
plans. Code will be around 10 to 13 wpm. They are expecting around 5000
scouts to attend this event.
John Baddour, KC8KI, will the control operator for the K2BSA portable 8
station at the Radio Merit Badge Midway Classes at Lorain County Joint
Vocational School in Oberlin, OH, on March 25th. John will be working
with scouts on their Radio Merit Badge, and will most likely be on VHF
and possibly HF for the on-air component of the program.
Gary Hinton, AC7R, will be the control operator for KJ7BSA at the Mesa
District Varsity Scout Mongollon Mountainman Rendezvous at Camp Geronimo
in Payson, AZ, on March 18th. Gary will have scouts on the air on HF, VHF,
and UHF. Scouts will also be doing a Fox Hunt.
Chuck McBride, WS5ADV, will be the control operator for WS5BSA at the
Webelos Woods for Sooner District of the Last Frontier Council at John
Nichols Scout Camp in Oklahoma City, OK, on March 25th. Chuck will have
a FT-817 QRP rig on 17 and 20 meters on a half-wave dipole antenna. This
group will also be monitoring VHF and UHF.
We're eight months out for JOTA, so hopefully you've been following our
countdown suggestions on our website. This month, you should be
contacting your local clubs for support and personnel, and get on the
agenda at a club meeting to inform the members of what JOTA is and how
they can help. Now is also the time to register your event on the
JOTA-JOTI registration system, last year this was a slightly complicated
process. So, the earlier the better to get started on that! Also, try to
look for events on the scout calendars where you can do a demostration
station.
For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit
http://www.k2bsa.net/.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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