Greetings
from Lebanon County, PA! I hope this letter finds your club thriving
and dx s9+. This letter
is a thank you letter for the generous
contribution your club has made to the education of a fellow
ham,
through your Claude H. Haring, Jr W3IIM Memorial
scholarship of $1,000. Thanks to the help from
the Phil-Mont
ARC, as well as the encouragement of hams in my local ham friend
group, I am able to
fully realize the dream that started as a
kid opening up electronics: the dream of becoming an
electrical
engineer.
Currently, I am in my second year as
an electrical engineering student at Penn State University.
This
scholarship will help me to pay for tuition and materials,
as well as allow for more flexibility with my
work schedule when
my school schedule gets more pressuring.
My goal with
engineering is to become a design engineer in electronics or RF
systems. As of right now,
I’m working in an electronics design
and manufacturing facility in south central PA as an
engineering
assistant.
A highlight of my summer was
organizing a small field day consisting of myself and three
other
college ham friends. During field day, I had a blast
racking up contacts as the only CW op on site. Once
in-person
school resumes, I plan to join the Penn State Harrisburg amateur
radio club and get even
more of my fellow college students in on
the field day expeditions.
Thank you again so much for your
contribution to my education. I am blown away time and again by
the
kindness of the many hams I have met throughout my stint in Amateur
Radio. I hope one day to
give back in kind to the community that
has nurtured my interest in electronics and RF.