Minnesota Youth Amateur Radio Council
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About Minnesota Youth Amateur Radio Council
Founded in January, 2001 the Minnesota Youth Amateur Radio Council (MNYARC) is a non-profit educational organization whose goal is to sponsor, support, and provide assistance to youth oriented amateur radio organizations.
To do this we:
- Provide opportunities for youth to learn about amateur radio
- Assist youth in becoming licensed amateur radio operators
- Encourage youth to explore new areas of amateur radio
- Sponsor and assist amateur radio based youth groups through scouting, school, and the community
- Help youth find ways to assit others through amateur radio
- Provide liason between youth involved in amateur radio and other community or government organizations in need of emergency amateur radio communications assistance
- Offer opportunities for youth with common interests an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences with each other
We do this by:
- Equipping and maintaing a mobile emergency communications unit for use by youth in support of various emergency relief organizations
- Having a pool of amateur radio instructors available
- Holding amateur radio license classes
- Arranging for training on advanced amateur radio topics
- Making available a pool of amateur radio equipment for loan to youth organizations
- Organizing and supporting local events where youth interested in amateur radio can get together and learn from each other
- Including representation from scouting, ARRL, emergency communication groups, government and other organizations in need of amateur radio communications services as members of our advisory board
- Providing technical assistance to youth organizations and participating public service agencies
- Providing a pool of Volunteer Examineers to hold testing sessions that are open to all but are designed to be as youth friendly as possible
You Can Help!
MNYARC is in need of many forms of assistance. If you beleive, like us, that youth are the future of ham radio please take a look at the many ways you can help.