CQ ANNOUNCES 2016 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
(Press Release, Date May 20th):
CQ magazine today announced its 2016 Hall of Fame inductees, including only the second non-amateurs elected to the CQ DX Hall of Fame, two new inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame and 21 new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2016 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
Bob Arnold, N2JEU (SK) - Co-developer (with Keith Lamonica, W7DXX,
see below) of the first internet-controlled remote base
Grant Bingeman, KM5RG (SK) - Developed "method of moments" antenna
modeling software for AM broadcast stations and 160-meter
amateur antennas
Bob Carpenter, W3OTC (SK) - Pioneer of meteor scatter and FM stereo
broadcast technology; longtime AMSAT volunteer
David Dary, W5ZAX - Journalist, author, journalism educator - former
correspondent for CBS and NBC News, journalism professor
at University of Kansas and University of Oklahoma, author
of over 20 books on the American West
Matt Ettus, N2MJI - Software defined radio pioneer; developed first
Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) with GNU radio
software support
Terry Fox, WB4FJI - Packet radio pioneer; primary developer of AX.25
amateur packet protocol
Elmer "Bud" Frohardt, Jr., W9DY (SK) - The original "Elmer" for whom
ham radio mentors are named (courtesy of a 1971 QST "How's
DX?" column by Rod Newkirk, W9BRD/VA3ZBB)
Fred Gissoni, K4JLX (SK) - Adaptive technology pioneer; co-developer
of the Porta-Braille and Pocket-Braille note-taking devices
for the visually impaired, as well as many other devices
Ken Kellerman, K2AOE - Radioastronomer; pioneer of radio interferometry;
co-developer of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI),
which permits multiple telescopes to function as a single
instrument
Keith Lamonica, W7DXX - Co-developer (with the late Bob Arnold, N2JEU)
of the first internet-controlled remote base
George Mitchell, K6ZE (SK) - Member of the Tuskegee Airmen in World
War II and 2007 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
for his wartime service
Les Mitchell, G3BHK (SK) - Founder of Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), annual
event to introduce amateur radio to scouts and guides around
the world
William Moerner, WN6I - Co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry
for his work in high-resolution microscopy
Leigh Orf, KG4ULP - Co-developer of tornado simulator using computer
modeling to simulate conditions under which tornadoes form
Joe Rudi, NK7U - Former Major League baseball player; 3-time All-Star
Wes Schum, W9DYV (SK) - Co-founder of Central Electronics, developed
first commercially-manufactured amateur radio SSB transmitter
Garry Shandling, ex-KQ6KA/KD6OY (SK) - Well-known comedian, actor, writer
and television personality
Mason Southwirth, ex-W1VLH (SK) - Head of ARRL International Geophysical
Year (IGY) Propagation Research Project in 1958-59; conducted
additional propagation research at Stanford University
Boris Stepanov, RU3AX (ex-UW3AX) - Leading Russian amateur, deputy editor
of Russian Radio magazine; pioneer of computerized contest
logging and log-checking; developed prototype for World
Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC); first to propose "glass
cockpit" for ham transceiver, combining frequency readout
and spectrum scope on front panel display
Rufus Turner, W3LF (SK) - Believed to be the first African-American radio
amateur in the U.S.; helped develop 1N34A diode; wrote 1949
article in Radio-Electronics magazine on how to "Build a
Transistor"
Perry Williams, W1UED (SK) - Longtime ARRL Washington Coordinator and
League archivist; convinced Congress to approve vanity call-
sign program and not to impose a license application fee on
amateurs; persuaded FCC to retain large amateur microwave al-
locations and to create primary amateur allocation at 2.4 GHz
CQ DX and Contest and DX Halls of Fame
The CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only
excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio but
who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways.
For only the second time in its history, this year, we induct a non-amateur
- in fact, a group of non-amateurs - to the CQ DX Hall of Fame (The first
was Islands on the Air founder Geoff Watts in 1977). The 2016 inductees
are:
Nigel Jolly and the Crew of the RV Braveheart - Jolly and his crew (and
ship) have provided transportation for - and assured the
safety of - many of the major DXpeditions to southern islands
in the past 15 years, DXpeditions that likely would not
otherwise have taken place.
Roger Balister, G3KMA - As manager of the Islands on the Air program
since 1985, Roger has seen IOTA grow from a few hundred early
participants to more than 10,000 today, making it one of the
most popular award programs in amateur radio.
The 2016 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:
Tod Olson, K0TO - Tod is the founding editor of the National Contest
Journal and has served the general amateur radio community
as an ARRL Section Manager, Vice Director, Division Director
and International Affairs Vice President
Richard Strand, KL7RA (SK) - A radio astronomer taking advantage of the
quiet of the northern latitudes for his research, Rich Strand
built and maintained highly competitive contest stations in
a very difficult environment and was, for many hams, their
first (or only) CQ Zone 1 contact.
Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were conducted in conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention® in May. Contest Hall of Fame presentations were made at the Dayton Contest Dinner by CQ World Wide DX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD; DX Hall of Fame inductions were conducted at the Dayton DX Dinner on our behalf by noted DXers and CQ DX Hall of Fame members Bob Allphin, K4UEE, and Ralph Fedor, K0IR.
Our thanks to all and congratulations to the inductees!
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