On Tuesday evening at the Old Barney ARC club meeting, I was honored to present Olivia Lee KD2UYX with a Certificate of Excellence for her exceptional performance in the 2nd Annual Youth “Dream Rig” Essay Contest sponsored by the Intrepid DX Group (of which I am a member). Olivia came in 2nd place and will be receiving a brand new Yaesu FT-65R dual band handheld which I will be presenting to her at the next Old Barney ARC meeting in January.
In case you missed the full press release, here it is:
Press Release-Winners of the 2nd Annual Intrepid DX Group Youth “Dream Rig” Essay Contest.
It brings us great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual Youth “Dream Rig” Essay Contest.
We received essays from US licensed young amateurs from all over the world. The essays were all unique in thought and very well-articulated. Extra points were given for correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. Most of the essays gave unique perspectives on how to reach out and connect with the youth of today. We will be sharing those ideas in subsequent postings.
First Place winner, and recipient of the ICOM IC-7300 is Silas Davis W3SED. Silas will receive the ICOM IC-7300 as the first-place prize.
Second Place winner, and recipient of the Yaesu FT-65R radio, is Olivia Lee KD2UYX.
Third Place winner, and recipient of a Yaesu FT-65R radio, is Isaac Schmidt K6IAS.
Having read your many essays this week, we can tell you that our youth are full of great ideas, and they are brimming with enthusiasm to keep our hobby alive well into the future.
Thank you to our sponsor, ARDC (ampr.org) for supporting this year's prizes.
Thank you to all of the youth participants for helping us make our second annual Youth Essay Contest a success. Let’s do this again next year!
73 everyone,
Paul N6PSE
President, The Intrepid-DX Group
The Intrepid DX Group is a 501 C-3 non-profit organization devoted to promoting amateur radio and providing STEM education in developing countries.
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73!
Bob Schenck, N2OO
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