Dream Rig Contest Underway

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Dream Rig Contest Underway

The 5th annual Youth "Dream Rig" Essay Contest has begun to accept submissions.

The contest is sponsored by The Intrepid-DX Group, a U.S.-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that promotes amateur radio activities around the world and recognizes the importance of including youth in the amateur radio hobby.

Contestants must be USA or Canadian amateur radio license holders aged 19 or younger. All contestants must be in the U.S. (including territories) or Canada. They must write a two-page essay answering the following question: “What do you see as ham radio’s place in society? How can it benefit our society, and at the same time, become attractive to others your age?”

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PRSENTER OPINON : Hurricane Helene has changed my outlook on emergency communications→

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PRSENTER OPINON : Hurricane Helene has changed my outlook on emergency communications

I was never very interested in emergency communications. Perhaps it’s because I live in Michigan, which according to World Atlas, is the second safest state as far as natural disasters go.

With what has gone on lately in North Carolina I’m rethinking my position. I still don’t think that every ham has to go whole hog (pun intended) on emergency communications, but we should have the ability to communicate without grid power and some knowledge of emergency communications techniques and protocols.

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Tunisian Ham Camp for Youngsters Gets Yasme Grant

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Young radio amateurs throughout the north of Africa enjoyed the weekend subregional camp of Youngsters on the Air with the support of a grant from the Yasme Foundation. The grant to the Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs was announced on the foundation website five days before the camp itself got underway on the 18th October 2024. This is the second year that IARU Region 1 YOTA has been able to organise an African subregional camp.

This year's participants included two youngsters each from Mauritania, Morocco, Egypt, Libya and Algeria. Young hams were also joined by members of the Tunisian Scouts who were very familiar with the location as a well-used international scout camp facility. Organisers said that the inclusion of scouts this year will allow the hams to expand their network even more. Camp activities include building antennas, fox hunting, solving problems and of course, getting on the air.

Source - ARNewsline