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New Blood: Drafting the Next Generation
Presented by 2018 Young Ham of the Year:
Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO
Fifteen-year-old Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO, of Montgomery, Alabama, was selected as the Newsline 2018 Young Ham of the Year. Bryant was the youngest participant in the recent World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018) in Germany. In addition, he was a part of the Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure (YDXA) team in 2017, which operated from Costa Rica.
Bryant says he became enthusiastic about Amateur Radio after joining the Boy Scouts and earning the Radio Merit Badge. Listening to a counselor’s contact with a station in the Netherlands during an ARRL DX contest fueled his desire to become a radio amateur. Currently a Star Scout in Troop 307 in Montgomery, he is well on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout. He is a member of the CW Operators’ Club (CWops) and the Montgomery Amateur Radio Club, and is the ARRL Alabama Section Youth Coordinator.
In addition to his ham radio accomplishments, Bryant earned a First Place Award and the People’s Choice Award in the Classical Conversations Montgomery Science Fair for his project “Antenna Height Effectiveness”. He has played baseball for eight years and is a member of the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bryant says he became enthusiastic about Amateur Radio after joining the Boy Scouts and earning the Radio Merit Badge. Listening to a counselor’s contact with a station in the Netherlands during an ARRL DX contest fueled his desire to become a radio amateur. Currently a Star Scout in Troop 307 in Montgomery, he is well on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout. He is a member of the CW Operators’ Club (CWops) and the Montgomery Amateur Radio Club, and is the ARRL Alabama Section Youth Coordinator.
In addition to his ham radio accomplishments, Bryant earned a First Place Award and the People’s Choice Award in the Classical Conversations Montgomery Science Fair for his project “Antenna Height Effectiveness”. He has played baseball for eight years and is a member of the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame.