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THAT FINAL ITEM: HONORING ERIN KING, AK4JG - THE ARNEWSLINE
2012 YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
And finally this week, we want to take a moment to
congratulate 18 year old Erin King, AK4JG, and receiving her
award as the 2012 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the
Year. The ceremony was held at the Huntsville Hamfest where
I had the honor of being the award presentation emcee, but
it was truly AK4JG's moment to shine:
--
AE5DW: "Ladies and gentlemen it is my pleasure to introduce
to you a very impressive young lady. This is Erin King.
She is your 2012 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the
Year. Erin, the floor is yours. (Applause)
AK4JG: "Thank you. Thank you. Thanks Don. Thanks to
everyone who has helped to make this possible.
"When I did my project with the tube and with all the ham
radio stuff that I've been doing so far, I had no idea that
it going to bring me this far. I had no idea that I was
going to have the opportunity to earn this award or that any
of this would be possible.
"Its been a lot of fun. I've been a ham for about four
years now and I have learned so much and have met a ton of
great people and ham radio has become an integral part of my
life and its one of the primary reasons that I'm making the
decisions for the future that I'm going to have.
"So it's all very exciting. I'm very excited to be here to
earn this award, so thank you very much (applause).
--
The Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award is
jointly underwritten by Yaesu USA Corporation, CQ Publishing
and Heil Sound. Yaesu has been with the award since its
inception some 27 years ago. This year the company was
represented by its Executive Vice President of Amateur Radio
Sales and Marketing Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV:
--
K7BV: "Hi Erin and congratulations from Yaesu. We don't
want you to go off the air while you are traveling around
with all of your schooling, We want you to have a radio that
you get on the air with no matter where you go and that
would be our portable FT-817ND. We hope that you will pack
it in your bag and take it with you all the way to your CEO
position with a Fortune 500 company sometime soon. So
congratulations."
AK4JG: "Thank you. (applause)"
--
Part of the award is an expense paid trip to Spacecamp
Huntsville courtesy of CQ Publishing. CQ Magazine Editor
Rich Moseson, W2VU, took a bit of time to comment on quality
of those nominated:
--
W2VU: We've had a tremendous time being involved with the
Young Ham of the Year Award and I've been honored to be one
of the judges since we became involved and the quality of
the young people who have been nominated has been just
wonderful and it makes me very optimistic for the future of
our hobby. And this is year after year."
--
Last but by no means least the awards newest corporate
sponsor Heil Sound. Not only did founder Bob Heil, K9EID,
present Erin with a pair of the company's new headphones,
but he also gave her a very special invitation to appear
with him on his TWiT TV program Ham Nation:
--
K9EID: "Well we are so happy for you and we want to stay in
touch with you as you get through all the wonderful things
that happen in ham radio. Come and visit us on Ham Nation
and I really hope that we can have you as a guest real
soon."
--
And there you have it for yet another year. The 27th
consecutive year that this award has been presented and the
19th consecutive year that the presentation has been made at
the Huntsville Hamfest. And in that regard we want to
express our thank you to Charlie Emerson, N4OKL, and his
team that puts on this annual event and to Dave Bell, W6AQ,
who sponsors the Young Ham of the Year plaque. And also to
Tom Medlin, W5KUB, who live streamed the presentation over
the Internet for all to see on W5KUB.com and to Gary Pearce,
KN4AQ, of Amateur Radio Video News who video recorded it for
posterity. We thank you all. (ARNewslineT)
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