Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jun 30 2023 14:25:02 WORLD OF DX In the World of DX, listen for the special callsign IL3P on the air between the 1st of July and the 30th of September throughout the Italian region of Veneto. Be listening especially on the 28th through the 31st as the team activates Pellestrina Island, IOTA number EU-131, holiday style and participates in the IOTA contest. See QRZ.com for QSL details. Bo, OZ1DJJ, is using the callsign OX3LX from Qaanaaq, Maidenhead locator FQ57jl, from Greenland, IOTA number NA-018 until the 18th of July. He will be operational on 4 and 6 metres, but he will also be active on the HF bands. He may include a side trip to Herbert Island, IOTA number NA-134 or Meteorite Island. See QRZ.com for QSL details and some great pictures. Dave, G4OSY, will be active holiday style as VP9/G4OSY from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, IOTA number NA-005, until the 8th of July. He'll be using SSB most of the time and operating on 40 through 10 metres. You may also hear him on 6m. QSL direct to his home call. Several operators in Germany will be using the special callsign DL0SOP for the month of July, marking the 65th edition of the Sea of Peace award. A small silk pennant is to be given for QSOs with the Baltic neighboring states and regions all month long. Annual stickers are available for hams participating during other years. See QRZ.com for QSL details. (425 DX BULLETIN) ** KICKER: MEET 2023'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR, KEES VAN OOSBREE W0AAE NEIL/ANCHOR: And, for our final item this week, we're proud to announce the winner of the 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of The Year award. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Mark Abramowicz (Abram-oh-vich), NT3V, is chairman of the award program, and he spoke with our latest honoree. KEES: "Oh my gosh! Thank you so much. Yes, that is so cool. Thank you so much!" MARK: And that was the reaction of Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE, of Maple Grove, Minnesota, in suburban Minneapolis upon learning he had been selected as the Young Ham of the Year. Kees recently turned 19 years old - just making the cut-off for the award. He is the son of Mark and Jean Van Oosbree. He is a recent honors graduate of Heritage Christian Academy in Maple Grove and was the valedictorian for his class. Kees says when he was 12, during a museum visit he spotted a fascinating exhibit that sparked his curiosity about amateur radio. KEES: "And I saw this cool amateur radio shack there. There was this cool map with all of their markers where they made contacts, and I saw Antarctica." MARK: He says that prompted some online research. KEES: "I got a book on Amazon, studied and took the two licenses [Technician and General] and it was on from there. I got a Baofeng Handie Talkie. I still have it." MARK: But Kees says he wanted to explore more. KEES: "HF was my life. I got involved with a few radio clubs the Minnesota Wireless Association which is contesting. Contesting is pretty much my main thing that I do in Amateur Radio although I do branch out and do other things." MARK: Among those other things was getting connected to youth in amateur radio through the Youth on the Air - Americas program where he has taken up leadership roles in training of operators, QSL manager and sharing his interest in remote operating. Kees says he did some on-line research on remote operating and found a mentor - Ray Higgins, W2RE - who opened a door to a whole new world. KEES: "He gives us unlimited access to these highly competitive stations that use FlexRadios. I was able to do very, very well through that and contesting through DX contesting...He gave us the tools and we branched off of there. I was one of the five youth that kind of started the program. And now we have over 80, 100 youth." MARK: Kees says he taught himself Morse Code through on-line computer programs. And, while he says his ability to copy CW exceeds 35 words per minute, his sending speed is a little slower and he prefers a key to paddles. Kees has picked up several awards for his DX and domestic contest SSB and CW entries over his short time in ham radio. MARK: He's only been licensed for nearly five years. His favorite contest, he says, is the North American QSO Party. KEES: "It's just 12 hours long and it's just on Saturday only, and I love that, because I can work on homework on Sunday." MARK: Kees will begin college in August at Iowa State University. KEES: "I’m really excited because they have a really great aerospace engineering program three-a-half hours away from me so not too far away. There are only a few colleges in the country that do this particular major." Congratulations Kees, from all of us at Amateur Radio Newsline! I’m Mark Abramowicz, NT3V. 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