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   NEWS RELEASE   
      
      
      
   For Immediate Release (July 25, 2011)   
      
      
      
   Contact:   
      
   Bill Pasternak (WA6ITF) / Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)   
      
   661-296-7180 / newsline@arnewsline.org   
      
   Dennis Motschenbacher (K7BV) / Vertex-Standard Corp.   
      
   714-827-7600 / d.motschenbacher@vxstdusa.com   
      
   Rich Moseson, (W2VU) / CQ Communications, Inc.   
      
   516-681-2922 / w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com   
      
      
      
   KAITLYN COLE, KS3P, NAMED 2011 AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE(tm)   
   "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR"   
      
      
      
   (Santa Clarita, California) -- At age 11, Kaitlyn Cole, KS3P, of   
   Harvest, Alabama, becomes the youngest person* ever to receive the   
   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) "Young Ham of the Year Award." But her lack   
   of chronologic age is more than made up for by her selfless dedication   
   to her community and the youth of Alabama through her chosen   
   hobby/service of amateur radio.   
      
      
      
   On April 27, 2011, the Huntsville, Alabama area, including the small   
   community of Harvest, was hit by a series of destructive tornadoes. The   
   severe weather took a heavy toll in lives lost and property damaged.   
   Electrical service was out for over a week. Kaitlyn and her father   
   immediately volunteered to help with amateur radio relief activities.   
   Kaitlyn began by logging contacts and running errands, but in short   
   order took on the role of Net Control Station, working for many days   
   from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. With cellular and wireline telephone   
   coverage being spotty to non-existent, Kaitlyn's duties as Net   
   Control involved dispatching amateur radio operators with chainsaws (and   
   other rubble clearance machinery) and debris pickup teams. For her   
   efforts, Kaitlyn received many compliments from veteran operators on the   
   professionalism that she displayed during this crisis situation.   
      
      
      
   Kaitlyn is also Assistant Section Manager for Youth Activities in the   
   ARRL Alabama section. In this role, she visits many hamfests where she   
   speaks to other young hams. Kaitlyn has also volunteered her services   
   the past three years at the ARRL Expo Youth Lounge at the Dayton   
   Hamvention=A9 and ran a special event operation to honor the local   
   Volunteer Fire Department in her hometown.   
      
      
      
   A straight-A student entering sixth grade this fall, the 11-year old   
   also enjoys home-brewing and construction, and has posted on YouTube a   
   video of herself building a QRP transceiver (see   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SK55sbxOj4 and related videos). Kaitlyn   
   hopes her videos will encourage others to pick up a soldering iron and   
   enjoy one of the finest traditions of ham radio.   
      
      
      
   The daughter of Stanley (NX3P) and Amy Cole, Kaitlyn joined the amateur   
   radio fraternity at the tender age of 8. She passed her Technician exam   
   in September 2009, her General in October 2009, and her Extra Class on   
   January 3, 2011. Since then, Kaitlyn has participated in many amateur   
   radio activities, with a special emphasis on the public service and   
   youth activity aspects of the hobby.   
      
      
      
   Award Ceremony   
      
      
      
   The 2011 Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) "Young Ham of the Year Award" will   
   be presented on Saturday, August 20th at the Huntsville Hamfest in   
   Huntsville, Alabama. As the 2011 "Young Ham of the Year," Kaitlyn will   
   receive -- courtesy of Vertex-Standard -- an expense-paid trip to the   
   Huntsville Hamfest, along with a gift of Yaesu brand ham radio   
   equipment. CQ magazine will treat her to an expense-paid week at   
   Spacecamp Huntsville, and will present Kaitlyn with a variety of CQ   
   products. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) will provide Kaitlyn with a   
   commemorative plaque at the award ceremony. Once again, the cost of   
   year's plaque has been underwritten by Dave Bell (W6AQ), President of   
   DBA Entertainment Inc., Hollywood, California. Heil Sound Ltd. will   
   also be presenting Kaitlyn with a ham radio related gift.   
      
      
      
   The presentation of the award as a regular feature of the Huntsville   
   Hamfest has been made possible through the generosity and kindness of   
   the event's Planning Committee and the good offices of Huntsville   
   Hamfest Association Vice President Charlie Emerson, N4OKL. (See   
   http://www.hamfest.org)   
      
      
      
   This year's award ceremony will be hosted by Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, of   
   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm), Rich Moseson, W2VU, and Chip Margelli,   
   K7JA, of CQ Communications, along with representatives of corporate   
   underwriters Vertex-Standard and Heil Sound.   
      
      
      
   Award Program Background   
      
      
      
   The Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) "Young Ham of the Year" award (formerly   
   the Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year Award ) has been presented   
   annually for the past 26 years to a licensed radio amateur (ham) who is   
   18 years of age or younger and who has provided outstanding service to   
   the nation, his/her community or the betterment of the state of the art   
   in communications through the amateur radio hobby/service. A website   
   with full information on the award program and background material is   
   located at http://www.arnewsline.org.   
      
      
      
   Award Sponsors   
      
      
      
   The award program is sponsored by the Los Angeles, California-based   
   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) with corporate support from Vertex-Standard   
   Corporation of Cypress, California, CQ Magazine of Hicksville, New York,   
   and Heil Sound of Fairview Heights, Illinois.   
      
      
      
   Since 1976, the Southern California-based Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)   
   and its predecessor, the Westlink Radio Network, have been providing   
   radio amateurs around the world with up-to-the-minute news at no cost to   
   them. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) also co-sponsors with the Quarter   
   Century Wireless Association the "Roy Neal, K6DUE, Amateur Radio   
   Mentoring Project" that serves as a clearinghouse to match radio   
   amateurs in need of educational assistance on the hobby with those able   
   to aid them. (See http://www.arnewsline.org)   
      
      
      
   The award's three major corporate underwriters are world leaders in   
   their respective areas of Amateur Radio product support.   
      
      
      
   Vertex-Standard Corporation, which has been a corporate underwriter   
   since the inception of the award program in 1986, is considered the   
   trailblazer in the design, manufacture and distribution of high quality   
   Vertex-Standard commercial two-way radio, monitoring and air-band   
   communications equipment along with its Standard Horizon marine   
   electronics line and Yaesu brand amateur radio equipment. The Yaesu name   
   is known world-wide among ham radio aficionados and is synonymous with   
   premium quality ham radio gear. (See http://www.vertexstandard.com)   
      
      
      
   CQ magazine and its sister publications, CQ VHF, Popular Communications   
   and WorldRadio Online, are published by CQ Communications, Inc., and are   
   considered the trend-setting publications serving today's modern   
   radio amateur. (See http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com)   
      
      
      
   Heil Sound Ltd. Is considered as a world leader in the development and   
   manufacture of new technology microphones and related audio products for   
   professional sound reinforcement and Amateur Radio communications. (See   
   http://www.heilsound.com)   
      
      
      
   Past Recipients   
      
      
      
   Past recipients of the "ARNewsline Young Ham of the Year Award" include   
   Shawn Alan Wakefield, WK5P, of Bartlesville, OK (1986); David Rosenman,   
   KA9PMK, of Muncie, IN (1987); Jonathan Binstock, NK3D, of Potomac, MD   
   (1988); Erin McGinnis, KAOWTE, of Topeka, KS (1989); Mary Alestra,   
   KB2IGG, of Staten Island, NY (1990); Richard S. "Sammy" Garrett, AAOCR,   
   of St. Louis, MO (1991); Angela (Angie) Fischer, KBOHXY, also of St.   
   Louis (1992); Kevin Boudreaux, N5XMH, of New Orleans, LA (1993); Allison   
   Daneen Zettwoch, KD4CKP, of Louisville KY (1994); Adam Weyhaupt, N9MEZ,   
   of Alton IL (1995); Toby Metz, KB7UIM, of Boise ID (1996); Brian   
   Mileshosky, N5ZGT, of Albuquerque NM (1997); Richard Paczkowski, Jr.,   
   KF4BIA, of Edgewater, FL (1998); Michelle Swann, KE4EZI, of   
   Warner-Robins, GA (1999); Christopher Arthur, KT4XA, of Russelville, AL   
   (2000); Patrick Clark, KC8BFD, of Elkwood, WV (2001); Josh Abramowicz,   
   KB3GWY, of Reading, PA (2002); Jay Thompson, W6JAY, of Santa Ana, CA   
   (2003); Andrea Hartlage, KB4IUM, of Grayson, GA (2004), Rebekah Dorff,   
   WG4Y, of Hoover, AL (2005), Catherine Ferry, NC8F, of Streetville, OH.   
   (2006), Grant Morine, W4GHM, of Wilmington, NC (2007), Emily Stewart,   
   KC0PTL, of Leavenworth, KS. (2008), Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB of Houston,   
   TX. (2009), Cody Anderson, KI4FUV, from Harriman, TN (2010).   
      
      
      
   (* Note: The previous youngest recipient of the award was Mary Alestra,   
   KB2IGG, in 1990 at age 12.)   
      
      
      
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