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For Immediate Release (July 5, 2007)

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GRANT H. MORINE, W4GHM, NAMED RECIPIENT OF THE
2007 AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE(tm) "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR" AWARD

(Los Angeles, CA) -- Grant H. Morine (W4GHM), a 17-year-old from
Wilmington, N.C., has been named the 2007 "Young Ham of the Year,"
according to ham radio operators and Award Administrator Bill
Pasternak (WA6ITF) and Award Committee Chairman Mark Abramowicz (NT3V).

Grant Morine was selected based on his commitment to Amateur Radio
along with his work in public service and in promoting the
hobby/service to others through the Boy Scouts of America program.

The son of Bill (N2COP) and Pamela Morine, and the brother of Reid,
W4RSM, Grant was first licensed in June of 2001 at age 10 and holds a
Technician class license. He was nominated largely based on a
far-reaching public service project he spearheaded to earn the rank of
Eagle Scout, which was to construct and donate thirty (30) 220 MHz.
J-Pole antennas to the CARES (Carolinas Amateur Radio Emergency
Services). The antennas are indoor back-ups for the CARES network of
hospitals in some of the storm-prone coastal Carolinas.

To make this project a reality, Grant successfully solicited the
donation of the needed raw materials from the Orchard Supply Hardware
Company. He then organized a group of three adults and ten scouts to
assemble the antenna systems at his home. After completion, each was
tested for proper performance before being handed over to CARES
managers in October 2006 for distribution to the needed locations.
Grant's antennas were recently proofed by CARES when they were
utilized in test run in South Carolina.

Antenna design and construction is not new to Grant Morine. In 2006,
he took First Place in the North Carolina Science Fair with an
environmentally inspired project that he called "Can Homemade Antennas
Made From Recyclable Materials Work As Well As Commercially Made
Antennas?" He proved that they could by designing and constructing a
dual-band 2 meter and 70 cm antenna from a steel can, a soda can and a
wire coat hanger. Grant had previously won county and regional
science fairs in 7th and 8th grades, also using ham radio antenna
projects.

Aside from ham radio, Grant has served as a Page in the North Carolina
legislature in the summer of 2006; he was also appointed by County
Commissioners in 2006 to serve on the Junior Crime Prevention Council
of New Hanover County. During his tenure he was the sole
representative under age 18 on this government panel.

Grant is currently in his senior year at the Lyceum Academy which is
best described as a school within a school. It was created in 1998 by
educator Gordon Massengill at New Hanover High School in Wilmington,
North Carolina and trains Junior and Senior high school students in an
accelerated college preparatory program. (See
https://www.edline.net/pages/Lyceum)

For his long-term future, Grant hopes to enroll in the United States
Naval Academy, after which he plans to attend Duke University's School
of Law with an eye toward a long-term career as a military Judge
Advocate General (JAG).

The 2007 Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) "Young Ham of the Year Award" will be
presented on Saturday, August 18th, 2007 at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Huntsville, Alabama. As the 2007 "Young Ham of the Year," Grant will
receive -- courtesy of Vertex-Standard -- an expense-paid trip to the
Huntsville Hamfest, along with a gift of Yaesu brand ham radio
equipment. CQ magazine will treat him to an expense-paid week at
Spacecamp Huntsville, and will present him with a variety of CQ
products. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) will provide Grant with a
commemorative plaque at the award ceremony. Once again, the cost of
year's plaque has been underwritten by Dave Bell (W6AQ), President of
DBA Entertainment Inc., Hollywood California.

The presentation of the award as a regular feature of the Huntsville
Hamfest has been made possible through the generosity and kindness of
the event's Planning Committee. This year's Huntsville Hamfest also
hosts the 2007 ARRL National Convention. In addition, the
International Amateur Radio Union's Global Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications Conference (GAREC-07) will take place in conjunction
with the Huntsville Hamfest. (See http://www.hamfest.org)

This year's award ceremony will be co-hosted by Bill Pasternak
(WA6ITF) and Don Wilbanks (AE5DW) of Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) along
with representatives of corporate underwriters Vertex-Standard and CQ
Communications, Inc.

Award Program Background

The Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) "Young Ham of the Year" award program,
(formerly the Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year Award ) is now
entering its 21st consecutive year. It is presented annually to a
licensed radio amateur (Ham) who is 18 years of age or younger and who
has provided outstanding service to the nation, his/her community or
the betterment of the state of the art in communications through the
Amateur Radio hobby/service. It maintains a website will full
information on the award program and background material located at
http://www.yhoty.org.

Award Sponsors

The award program is jointly sponsored by the Los Angeles,
California-based Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) with corporate support from
Vertex-Standard Corporation of Cerritos, California and CQ Magazine of
Hicksville, NY.

Since 1976, Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) and its predecessor, the Westlink
Radio Network, have been providing radio amateurs around the world
with up-to-the-minute news at no cost to them. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)
also sponsors the "Roy Neal, K6DUE, Amateur Radio Mentoring Project"
that serves as a clearinghouse to match radio amateurs in need of
educational assistance on the hobby with those able to aid them. (See
http://www.arnewsline.org)

The awards two corporate underwriters are world leaders in their
respective areas of Amateur Radio product support.

Vertex-Standard Corporation is considered the trailblazer in the
design, manufacture and distribution of high quality Vertex-Standard
commercial two-way radio, monitoring and air-band communications
equipment along with its Standard Horizon marine electronics line and
Yaesu brand Amateur Radio equipment. The Yaesu name is known
world-wide among ham radio aficionados and is synonymous with premium
quality ham radio gear. (See http://www.vertexstandard.com)

CQ Magazine and its sister publications, CQ VHF and Popular
Communications, are published by CQ Communications, Inc., and are
considered the trend-setting publications serving today's modern radio
amateur. (See http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com)

Past Recipients

Past recipients of the "ARNewsline Young Ham of the Year Award"
include Shawn Alan Wakefield, WK5P, of Bartlesville, OK (1986); David
Rosenman, KA9PMK, of Muncie, IN (1987); Jonathan Binstock, NK3D, of
Potomac, MD (1988); Erin McGinnis, KAOWTE, of Topeka, KS (1989); Mary
Alestra, KB2IGG, of Staten Island, NY (1990); Richard S. "Sammy"
Garrett, AAOCR, of St. Louis, MO (1991); Angela (Angie) Fischer,
KBOHXY, also of St. Louis (1992); Kevin Boudreaux, N5XMH, of New
Orleans, LA (1993); Allison Daneen Zettwoch, KD4CKP, of Louisville KY
(1994); Adam Weyhaupt, N9MEZ, of Alton IL (1995); Toby Metz, KB7UIM,
of Boise ID (1996); Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, of Albuquerque NM (1997);
Richard Paczkowski, Jr., KF4BIA, of Edgewater, FL (1998); Michelle
Swann, KE4EZI, of Warner-Robins, GA (1999); Christopher Arthur, KT4XA,
of Russelville, AL (2000); Patrick Clark, KC8BFD, of Elkwood, WV
(2001); Josh Abramowicz, KB3GWY, of Reading, PA (2002); Jay Thompson,
W6JAY, of Santa Ana, CA (2003); Andrea Hartlage, KB4IUM, of Grayson,
GA (2004), and Rebekah Dorff, WG4Y, of Hoover, AL (2005), Catherine
Ferry, NC8F, of Streetville, OH. (2006).

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