[SECC] Youth CW Academy

[John Laney]

Pass on to your local clubs,,,   TNX  de Dallas K1dw

     From: k6rb58 at gmail.com
     Youth CW Academy

     The CWops club has added a new program to its popular CW Academy. For
     young people between 11 and 19 years old, there is a Youth CW Academy
     program focused on them. They learn in age-peer groups using the same
     method from CWA. The key advantage is they learn with other kids 
and are
     encouraged to get on HF CW and participate in contests and to ragchew
     with their age peers. CWops conducted two pilot semesters of YCWA 
and it
     works.

     If you know someone in that age group who is interested in attaining CW
     skills and on-air competence, have them go to the regular CWA signup
     page: http://cwops.org/cwa-student-su.html

     There is a field for indicating age under 20 and another field for
     entering one's age. If the under-20 field is asserted ("yes" 
reply), the
     application is automatically routed to YCWA for assignment. CWops is
     working very hard to keep CW vibrant. In 7 years, the beginner,
     intermediate and advanced courses have served over 5000 learners. Now,
     we are focused on increasing the number of younger CW operators and
     getting the increasing average age of hams to stop and begin going down
     from its current 60+ years.

     If you have any questions, email me (k6rb58 at gmail.com).

     Rob K6RB