Press Release: Announcing the 6th annual Youth “Dream Rig” Essay Contest.

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The Intrepid-DX Group (Press Release Nov. 4th)

  

Press Release: Announcing the 6th annual Youth “Dream Rig” Essay Contest.

The Intrepid-DX Group is a California based 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization.

Our charter is to promote amateur radio in developing nations.

We have conducted amateur radio exhibitions and youth outreach in Iraq,

South Sudan, Rotuma, Iran, Ethiopia, Eritrea and North Korea. Six years

ago, we began our annual youth “Dream Rig” Essay contest as a further

means to reach young people and interest them in our hobby of amateur

radio.

  This year, we are revising our traditional essay contest and calling

it “Amateur Radio for the Greater Good” We greatly appreciate the support

and sponsorship of ICOM America and DX Engineering for making this year’s

project possible.

  We will be seeking written proposals from young amateurs age 25 or

younger, describing how they would establish a Club, Contest, Community

or Emergency Communication station to be in a school, church, fire station,

community center, hospital or other public building. This station must

be in the USA and only US licensed amateurs may submit proposals. This

year, rather than our past essays, we are seeking well thought-out and

clearly communicated project proposals for a public access amateur radio

station.  

  We will award one complete station: HF rig, VHF/UHF rig, power supply,

coax and antennas to be used by the awardee to establish a station in a

public space to be used for amateur radio training, mentoring, club use,

contesting and emergency communications. In addition, the awardee will

be provided with an additional HF radio for their own use and ownership.

  The equipment provided will include:

  1) ICOM IC-7300 HF Transceiver

  2) ICOM ID-5100AD VHF/UHF transceiver

  3) Power supply 13.8V

  4) Two 100’ lengths of DXE 400MAX Coax

  5) Comet GP15 VHF/UHF antenna

  6) Suitable HF Vertical or Dipole Antenna.

  Project Proposals may be submitted between November 10th and December

10th, 2025.

  We will announce the awardee of the complete station on December 15th,

2025.

  This is a departure from our conventional essay contest. We are looking

for proposals that would place the station in a secure and common area

where it could be enjoyed by other licensed amateurs.

  Once the winning proposal is selected, the proposal author will have

sixty days to secure written permission from the owner or guardian of

the facility. The written permission must indicate approval for the

station and antenna to be installed. The proposal author may be the

trustee of the station.

  Please contact us if you have any questions.

  Submissions may be submitted via email to intrepi...@gmail.com

or via US Mail to:

The Intrepid-DX Group

3052 Wetmore Dr.

San Jose, CA 95148

USA

Thank you,

Paul S. Ewing N6PSE

President, The Intrepid-DX Group