This photograph was taken at the ARRL Kansas State Convention when the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award was presented to Rebecca by the late ARRL Midwest Director Wade Walstrom WØEJ. In 2005 Rebecca was awarded the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award for her dedication to the amateur radio service, along with her academic excellence, her emphasis on community service activities and her continued effort to introduce others to amateur radio. See the following link for the complete story: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/07/20/3/?nc=1 Rebecca Rich, KBØVVT, is nineteen years old and a sophomore attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Both of Rebecca’s parents are amateur radio operators. Rebecca became interested in amateur radio while watching her mother study for her amateur radio license. Rebecca’s father developed a computer program to help her mother study amateur radio. Rebecca began playing with the program, and along with help from her parents, she started learning the material. Rebecca earned her Technician Class license when she was seven years old. This accomplishment was overshadowed because she would soon pass all written and code exam requirements, including the 20 word per minute code exam, to earn the Extra Class license when she was just eight years old. Rebecca is proud to tell people that she has been an amateur radio operator for more than half of her life. Rebecca’s 2004 Dayton Youth Forum presentation was entitled “Half My Life In Amateur Radio.” In 2005, KBØVVT set a new all time record in SS CW operating in the School Club Category: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/ss-alltime-cw.html I am proud to have been a member of the PJ2T team that finished first place in the world during the 2006 ARRL DX Phone contest. Check out the following link to see photographs of my recent PJ2T adventure: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=104&call=pj2%2Fkb0vvt Thanks for all the PJ2/KB0VVT radio fun that I had on the island of Curacao before and after the ARRL DX Phone contest. It was most likely me or perhaps my mother if you worked a YL at PJ2T during the 2006 ARRL DX Phone contest: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2006-03/msg00161.html I recently operated ARRL DX CW contest at the K5GO Super-station: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=103&call=k5go My NAQP Phone contest soapbox: http://lists.contesting.com/_3830/2006-01/msg00900.html GO Raytown South High School Amateur Radio Club ! ! ! This year's team roster has the following operators: Rebecca Rich KBØVVT (myself) Joe Watts KCØUNB (Sometimes, having an operator with the name Watts is all the edge a team needs. HI HI .... .. .... ..) I LOVE THE NOVEMBER SWEEPSTAKES! Please see the following soapbox write-up for SS Phone: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=97&call=kb0vvt Please see the following soapbox write-up for SS CW: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=96&call=kb0vvt Please see the following link if you want to see photographs and read about our awesome 2005 KØGQ Raytown ARC Field Day Operation: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=90&call=k0gq I was recently selected as a CW operator to represent ARRL Headquarters during the IARU HF World Championships contest. Please go to the following link to see my write-up and photographs: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=91&call=w1aw%2F5+cw Also, you can read about the contest from another W1AW/5 operator’s perspective at the following link: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=91&call=w1aw%2F5 73 and Good DX, Rebecca Rich KBØVVT |
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