01/31/2017

Twelve-year-old Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO, of New Orleans, is the winner of The Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure (YDXA[1]) essay contest. Not only did he receive a transceiver, 50 feet of coax, a power supply, and a vertical antenna, he'll be headed to Costa Rica this summer to take part in the YDXA DXpedition.

YDXA co-founder Todd Dubon, KD4YHY, made the award presentation[2] at the January 26 meeting of the Jefferson Amateur Radio Club - Bryant's home club.

Bryant got his ticket in May 2015, after being introduced into Amateur Radio through the Boy Scouts Radio Merit Badge program. He's chasing DXCC on phone and is a budding CW contester.

Applications[3] are still being accepted for team members for the August 3-8 YDXA trip. These will also be available at YDXA's Hamvention? booth in May.


[1] http://qsl.net/n6jrl/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w6qewV7B5E&feature=youtu.be
[3] http://qsl.net/n6jrl/TeamApplication.pdf

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