[KCDXC] Kansas City Area Fox4 Reporter Wins ARRL Bill Leonard Professional Media Award

[DR]

On behalf of the Raytown Amateur Radio Club, I would like to thank the ARRL for selecting Kim Byrnes as the 2009 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award recipient.

"Kim Byrnes, a reporter for WDAF, a television station in Kansas City, covered the Raytown Amateur Radio Club's 2009 Field Day operation for her station's Sunday morning news magazine. She covered diverse aspects of Amateur Radio, specifically highlighting ham radio as a hobby, as an emergency communications source, as radiosport and contesting and chronicling the evolution of two-way radio technology with what the Board called "a fascinating video report." "

Please see the following link for more details:     http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/21/11300/?nc=1

I would like to thank our club members and guests that worked so hard that weekend to create the environment in which the newscast was filmed.

For 2009, the Raytown Amateur Radio Club KØGQ placed 4th nationally in class 2A with 3,211 total QSOs and a final score of 11,914 points.

Please see the following links for those interested in watching the videos:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3gRWG-EUGU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDPO8vnDZ-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr80l5gqOXo

I would like to thank KCDX club members that participated in the 2009 KØGQ Field Day activities.  A special thanks to Lee Ward KØLW, Alex Tkatch KU1CW, Bill Henderson KØVBU, and Russ Woirhaye KØVXU.  

Lastly, a very special thank you to Bob Brown WØNQX (a.k.a. Doctor Smoke) for any influence that he had in persuading WDAF to accept the Raytown Amateur Radio Club invitation to our Field Day event.
Thank you and 73, 

Barbara Rich, KGØUT
President, Raytown Amateur Radio Club