Subj : Students to Promote Collegiate Amateur Radio at the 2024 ARRL National Convention at Dayton Hamvention�
To   : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri May 03 2024 07:26 pm

05/03/2024

Young adults planning to attend the 2024 ARRL National Convention at Dayton
Hamvention� can look forward to meeting many other young hams at the event,
including college students representing the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio
Program (CARP)[1]. The convention is on May 17 - 19, 2024, at the Greene County
Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio.

CARP will occupy a booth in the large ARRL exhibit area, which will be staffed
with college students and advisors for the program. CARP will also have a forum
at the end of the ARRL Youth Rally on Saturday, May 18, at 4 PM in Forum Room
3. The forum will be followed by a pizza party at a nearby restaurant. �

"The CARP booth will be a great place to connect with other college-aged hams,
and to learn more about the extensive network of college amateur radio clubs
across the nation," said Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR, from Clermont, Florida. �

Andy and his brother Tony Milluzzi, KD8RTT, from Lenexa, Kansas, are
co-advisors for CARP, and they moderate a monthly Zoom meetup to help network
college radio clubs. The brothers have recruited many college students who are
regular CARP participants to support the booth and related activities at
Hamvention. �

Morgan Lyons, KI5SXY, is one of the volunteers. She's a student at the Missouri
University of Science and Technology and a very active radio amateur. "I'm
super excited to be working with ARRL at the CARP booth at Hamvention! This
will be my second time at Dayton Hamvention, and I had so much fun last year.
I'll also be helping with the Collegiate Amateur Radio Forum," she said. �

The energy around CARP is exciting. Lyons, whose other interests include
rocketry, is an aerospace engineering major and serves as president of the
ARRL-affiliated Missouri S&T Amateur Radio Club, W0EEE, which recently
celebrated 100 years of existence. She says that legacy is one she's proud to
carry at the National Convention. "I love representing the college students in
ham radio and showing folks that ham radio [will continue with the future
generations]!" �

Additional student volunteers will include Andrej Antunovikj, K8TUN, and Adam
Goodman, W7OKE, both undergraduates attending Case Western Reserve University
in Cleveland, Ohio, and members of the Case Amateur Radio Club, W8EDU -- also
an ARRL Affiliated Club. "I'm looking forward to going to an amateur radio
convention and meeting other students from the CARP program in-person," said
Antunovikj. �

The ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program is sponsored in part by the W1YSM
Snyder Family Collegiate & ARRL Affiliated Club Endowment Fund. The program was
first established in 2017, and today includes an extensive community of
participating students, alumni, and faculty. In addition to its monthly Zoom
meetups, students can make connections through the ARRL CARP Facebook group and
Discord. For more information about CARP, visit www.arrl.org/WeWantU[2]. �

See the full list of ARRL National Convention activities at
www.arrl.org/expo[3]. Buy tickets for the convention on the Hamvention
website[4].


[1] https://www.arrl.org/WeWantU
[2] http://www.arrl.org/WeWantU
[3] http://www.arrl.org/expo
[4] http://www.hamvention.org/

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