Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2075, for Friday, August 4, 2017
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The following is a closed circuit advisory and not for broadcast.
Newscast #2075 is an expanded edition of Amateur Radio Newsline,
containing a special report about this year's winner of the Bill
Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. This newscast
has three segments, and there are two breaks for identification.
And now, here's this week's report.
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2075, with a release date of
Friday, August 4, 2017, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. We have a winner! Meet Amateur Radio Newsline's
Young Ham of the Year for 2017. Amelia Earhart tribute pilot Brian
Lloyd, WB6RQN is safely home -- and are you ready for this month's
solar eclipse? All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report
2075, comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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MARTY SULLAWAY KC1CWF NAMED 2017 YHOTY
DON/ANCHOR: He's just 15. But he impressed a distinguished panel of
independent judges who came to a unanimous concluson that he is worthy
of special recognition for his contributions to amateur radio. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, the chairman of the Young Ham
of the Year award committee, has his story....
MARTY: "That's an honor, that's just such an honor, and I'm so grateful.
I think's that's so special and I'm so happy."
MARK: And that's Marty Sullaway, KC1CWF, Amateur Radio Newsline's 2017
Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Young Ham of the Year.
The 15-year-old resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is the son of Robert Sullaway
and Gail Schulman.
Marty got his Technician ticket in November 2014 - a month before his
13th birthday. He says it was an app about amateur radio that piqued
his interest, and motivated him to study to get a license.
MARTY: "After I got licensed, I got a Handi-talkie and got on local
2-meter repeaters. I didn't know a ton of people, but I started to go
to different club meetings to see if I could meet some other local
hams. And, then I studied again by myself and passed the General exam."
MARK: That was February 2015, and Marty was on his way to starting the
Eastern Massachusetts Contesting Club in suburban Boston, and applying
for a club call sign - KR1DX - for which he serves as trustee.
MARTY: "And we held contests where kids could get on the air, and make
contacts and together we do radio," Marty says. "And, I'm quite involved
in contesting, and I've done a lot of serious contest operations on HF.
And I just live and breathe the radio."
MARK: Of course, if you're from New England, and you're into contesting,
it doesn't take long for the Yankee Clipper Contest Club to find you.
Marty says he's an active member of that group, and has earned the
respect of his contesting peers.
He was the winner of the 2015 CQ Worldwide Phone plaque as the top rookie
in the USA.
Using K1VR's station, Marty put up an impressive score of more than 1.3
million - a record that still stands on CQ's "1-land" records.
Marty also quickly got connected to the Yukon Canam Contest Club, and
serves as QSL manager for three call signs.
MARTY: "Whenever I do something, people are generally very excited to
work with me, or talk with me, or learn from me, and I've never really
felt that I've been put down because I was a kid."
MARK: He's also serves as a board member for the Clay Center Amateur
Radio Club at the Dexter/Southfield School in Brookline, Massachusetts,
and has been involved in that club's Field Day operaton, as well as
working with antenna and HF station design.
Marty also launched a podcast with Sterling Coffey, N0SSC, and he has a
lot of followers tuning in for stories, interviews and information
about contesting, home brewing, and activities of youth in amateur radio.
MARTY: "I kind of touch on a lot of different things and I think I really
try to make an effort to make amateur radio not just something that I do,
but something, you know, I can spread to other people."
MARK: Marty was part of the Youth Forum at the 2016 Dayton Hamvention,
where he presented "Homebrewing Fun: Making Your Own Gear for Contest Stations."
He also likes taking part in public service activities, and has served as
a net control at the Boston Marathon.
Marty, who earned his Extra ticket just last February, will begin his
sophomore year at Meridian Academy in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, this
fall.
He says amateur radio has lit a spark for a future career...
MARTY: "I love engineering, I love science, I love technology, I love, you know,
soldering something together, and designing my own antenna systems
or antenna arrays, or control systems, or whatever it may be. And, I see
myself kind of pursuing this because I love it so much."
MARK: Because of his outstanding contributions in promoting amateur radio,
and immersing himself in, and participating in so many aspects of the
hobby, the Amateur Radio Newsline judges are privileged to have selected
Marty Sullaway, KC1CWF, as the 2017 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Young
Ham of the Year.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.
DON/ANCHOR: Marty will receive the award at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday, Aug. 19.
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