Nominations sought for Young Ham of the Year Award

Nominations are now open for the 2009 Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award.

The 'Young Ham of the Year Award' or YHOTY is presented annually to a licensed amateur radio operator who is 18 years of age or younger. He or she must be a resident of the United States, its territories including Puerto Rico, or any Canada province, who has provided outstanding service to his or her nation or community, or improved the state of the art in communications through the amateur radio hobby service.

A nominee should be someone who has done something outstanding as an amateur radio operator. Perhaps it was something special he or she did for his or her community through the Amateur service. Maybe it was some outstanding achievement that led to an improvement in amateur radio in his or her area. Or perhaps he or she was successful in recruiting a lot of new hams, as was the case with 2008's honoree, Emily Stewart, KC0PTL.

All nominations must be received by May 30, 2009 on an official application and be accompanied by verification materials. Applications forms are available for a self-addressed, stamped envelope mailed to the Young Ham of
the Year Award, c/o Newsline, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita, California 91350.

These nominating applications are also available for electronic download from www.arnewsline.org. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the words "2009 YHOTY Nominations Now Open."

The Young Ham of the Year Award is sponsored by the Amateur Radio Newsline, with corporate support from Vertex-Standard and CQ Communications, Inc..

Source: ARNewsline™