Youthnet NEWS 006 7/14/94
Alexis Leynes N9KYJ
E-mail: AlexN9KYJ@aol.com
BBS: N9KYJ@W9ZMR.IL.USA.NOAM

Topics:   CQ Video wins Cindy Award
          Feedback: Field Day Aftermath
          Final Note

CQ Video Wins CINDY Award

     [Hicksville, NY] -- Ham Radio Horizons, the CQ video
introduction to amateur radio, has been awarded a bronze medal in
the Association of Visual Communicators' 1994 CINDY awards
competition.  The CINDY awards honor outstanding productions in all
fields of non-theatrical video programming , including radio,
television, cable and non-broadcast categories. Ham Radio Horizons
won in the "public service & information" category.  The
Association of Visual Communicators is a non-profit professional
association formed in 1957. This was the 35th annual CINDY
competition.  ("CINDY" is derived from the award's original name,
the CINema industry award.)
     Ham Radio Horizons is part of the CQ Video Library, which
offers introductory programs on a wide variety of amateur radio
activities.  It is a basic introduction to the hobby, focusing on
the people and activities of ham radio. It was also honored earlier
this year as a finalist in the New York Festivals competition and
received Honorable Mention in the International Television
Association's New Jersey Awards competition.
     Ham Radio Horizons was written, produced and directed by Rich
Moseson, NW2L, who is also Executive Producer of the CQ Video
Library, a division of CQ Communications, Inc., publishers of a
variety of radio-related books and magazines, including its
flagship, CQ Magazine, Popular Communications and Communications
Quarterly.  Richard Ross, K2MGA, is President and Publisher.
     I'm one of the lucky persons able to watch this video. I would
recommend it to anyone to use this video if they are to teach an
introduction ham radio class. Guest appearances on this video are,
Carole Perry WB2MGP, a teacher in New York who uses ham radio in
her classroom, Sam Garret, AA0CR, columnist for Worldradio
magazine; former Sen. Barry Goldwater, K7UGA; King Hussein of
Jorden, JY1, and many more. This video has helpful hints on what to
do before and after one becomes licensed. Also, it gives the
average person of an idea of who they will bump into on the air
waves. Their are other topics of this video which is geared toward
the young, YL's, Handi-Hams, the retired and much much more. Most
importantly, this video shows phone numbers and addresses of
various ham radio organizations to contact for more information.
     The 1994 CINDY Awards were presented in June at the INFOCOMM
trade show in Los Angeles.

Special Thanks to Rich Moseson NW2L.

Feedback: Field day Aftermath

From:KB7ZJZ@KB7WE.#WWA.WA.USA.NOAM

Hello, Alex.  I just read your Youthnet NEWS 005, and was happy to
find it. Pretty good idea. You mentioned Field Day, so I thought I
would share my expiriences with Field Day.
      This last Field Day was my first ever. I have been a ham for
about 9 months and am a General class licencee. I have read about
field day and heard about it quite a bit, so when I got the chance
to go to one, I was very excited.
     I went with the Jefferson County Amateur Radio club, and we
operated as a 3A WWA from an old army base, Fort Worden, on top of
an old radar sight.
     We had a great time putting up antennas on Friday, in
preparation for the contest. I learned more about antenna theory
and practicible ideas for putting them up in that one afternoon
than I have in all my life!  It was ham radio at warp speed, and
very thrilling. The highlight of that day was when we tried out the
antennas, and I got a 599 from Finland on 20 meter CW! I was so
excited, it was hard to get to sleep, even after a long day putting
up antennas.
      The next day, we started right at the first minute of
contest, and got out into everywhere! The novice station was
pulling them in from the east coast on 10 meters, working on an 80
meter loop, and the QSOs were coming so fast and thick, it was hard
to log them quickly enough to keep up! At one point, our operater
on 20 meters was up to 66 QSOs per hour on CW, and the novice was
going even faster on 10 meter voice. It was so exciting, I went
around to all the different operating positions, and tried my hand
at most of them. In the evening, things started to slow down a bit,
and we were more occupied looking for dupes than anything else.
"That's a dupe, old man." was the most commonly heard remark. 
     Things started to get tricky when everyone was so tired, they
would forget whos callsign we were using, in the middle of a CQ.  
Well, I don't know how we made it through the night without doing
anything really terrible, but when the sun shot up over the hills,
we were still plugging away. I was so tired, I would fall asleep
just logging, inbetween QSO's. When the contest finally ended, we
were all tired, but very happy. I went home and slept for 13 hours
right away, and they tell me I was acting rather strange that
night, kept muttering  didididahdah didah......
well, I think Field Day is an EXCELLENT activity, and I wish they
had it EVERY MONTH!!!
    73 de Randy KB7ZJZ @ KB7WE.#WWA.WA.USA.NOAM



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