Volunteer as an RSGB Youth Champion

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Volunteer as an RSGB Youth Champion

Following the recent appointment of two Youth Champions for schools and universities, the RSGB is keen to expand the team.

The Society is looking for a Youth Champion for scouts, guides and cadets, and another to lead activities and create resources to support young people once they have gained their Foundation licence, motivating them to try new things within amateur radio.

The four Youth Champions will work closely as a team, as well as with RSGB Board Liaison, Ben Lloyd, GW4BML and the RSGB Outreach Team. Together, the Youth Champions will also create a youth team and run a net/sked to involve all youngsters.

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New ARDC Director of Technology

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Software developer Schuyler Erle NØGIS has joined the team at Amateur Radio Digital Communications as its new director of technology. Announcing his arrival on their website, ARDC called Schuyler uniquely qualified for the post because of his long history in open source software development, ham radio and wireless technology and engineering management. He has been a licensed ham since 2011 and is a former member of the Auxiliary Communications Service in San Francisco, California, which operates in times of crisis.

Schuyler is the coauthor of "Mapping Hacks," published in 2005 by O’Reilly Media. The book explores the potential held by Free / Open Source geographic information systems. In Sonoma County, California, he was able to establish a cooperative that helped bring high-speed Internet access to a rural community living in the coastal hills.

Canadian Teens Gain Licenses After Ham Radio Coursework

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Canadian Teens Gain Licenses After Ham Radio Coursework

In many parts of the world, school is back in session and regular lessons have resumed. Even before regular classes began, however, 21 teenagers in British Columbia, Canada, were already entrenched in some pretty important homework - or should we say hamwork?

Adam, VE7ZAL, and John, VE7TI, believe that their recent course on radio frequencies and electronics may well be unprecedented for secondary school students in Canada. That was what John wrote in the September/October issue of The Communicator, the magazine of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications. John and Adam, a robotics teacher at Kwantlen Park Secondary school in Surrey, British Columbia, teamed up to help nearly two dozen 13- through 17-year-olds get a better grasp on the principles behind amateur radio and pass the gift of radio on this next generation. By the time the course concluded, the students were able to sit the exam for the Canadian Amateur Radio Certificate.

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