‰ NOW 5 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM NOVEMBER 2012 QST PAGE 87 ‰ NORTH CAROLINA TEEN NAMED RECIPIENT OF ARRLS 2011 HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AWARD DEREK BROWN, W4DTB, OF CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS NAMED THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2011 HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AWARD. BROWN, WHO IS 14, HAS BEEN LICENSED ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ SINCE 2010 AND HOLDS AN AMATEUR EXTRA CLASS LICENSE. DEREK FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN AMATEUR RADIO AFTER READING AN ARTICLE IN MAKE MAGAZINE. ‰ END OF 5 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ