Hamvention Awards – 2016
Dayton, Ohio March 17, 2016
Frank Beafore, chairman for the 2016 Hamvention® awards has announced winners for the annual Hamvention awards convocation
This prestigious set of awards honors the top amateur radio operators in the achievement areas of: Technical, Special and Amateur of the year. Hamvention has also been recognizing the Club of the Year.
Amateur of the Year – Joe Taylor – K1JT.
Joe was first licensed as KN2ITP in 1954, and has since held call signs K2ITP, WA1LXQ, W1HFV, VK2BJX and K1JT. He was Professor of Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1981 and since then Professor of Physics at Princeton University, serving there also as Dean of the Faculty for six years. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993 for discovery of the first orbiting pulsar, leading to observations that established the existence of gravitational waves. After retirement he has been busy developing and enhancing digital protocols for weak-signal communication by Amateur Radio, including JT65 and WSPR. He chases DX from 160 meters through the microwave bands.
Technical Achievement – John S. Burningham, D.I.T., W2XAB
John was first licensed in 1970 as WB8GZR, later as WB9GQM, WB8PUF, and currently as W2XAB. He has been involved with amateur repeaters for over 40 years. After working in the Aerospace industry and Motorola, he has been teaching in higher education for over 20 years, currently as a Senior Lecturer at Clayton State University in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology teaching computer networking; he will retire this May. He is a life member of the ARRL and QCWA and has belonged to AMSAT and TAPR in additional to a number of local clubs as he moved between ten different states. John is currently active in the DMR community, having published a beginner’s guide [http://guide.k4usd.org] and a DMR article in QST and a contributing author in the ARRL 2016 Handbook. He has also presented a number of forums at ham fests including the Hamvention promoting DMR.
Special Achievement Award – Special Achievement Award: Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
The Special Achievement Award recognizes WA1LOU as an advocate for cutting edge technologies that are now commonly used in amateur radio. Stan authored five books and wrote over 1,200 pieces for the ARRL and TAPR while evangelizing the use of home computers, packet radio, APRS, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Software Defined Radio (SDR) in amateur radio. Licensed in 1969 as WN1LOU, Stan has sampled almost every entrée on the ham radio menu and served in a slew of roles including Section Manager of Connecticut. Presently, Stan is a director and secretary for TAPR and serves as editor of TAPR’s newsletter (PSR). “LOU” has driven the 735 miles to Hamvention most years since 1978 and looks forward to doing so forever. “My fondest memories of ham radio are rubbing elbows and making friends with the makers and shakers of our hobby who show up at Hamvention every year.”
Club of the Year – Rocky Mountain Ham Radio is not your typical Amateur Radio club. The organization—based in the Denver, Colorado suburbs— offers its services to other Ham radio clubs and A.R.E.S. groups to help them be successful. Technical assistance, classroom training on a myriad of subjects, mentoring, equipment/system design and public service are among the services provided. The group owns and maintains fixed analog and digital/DMR repeater assets including one of the premier DMR private networks in the nation linked with an Amateur band microwave network that spans the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Cañon City, Colorado with expansion in progress to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The group also owns and operates a deployable communications command post in a 26 foot trailer with capabilities that include satellite Internet, terrestrial 4G Internet, D*Star, IP telephone, DMR, HF, VHF, UHF and packet/PACTOR. Working hand-in-hand with partner clubs and ARES groups, team members are proud to serve our communities. Rocky Mountain Ham Radio also maintains a VE team to support licensing and upgrades and we work jointly with our associated youth organization, the Cherry Creek Young Amateur Radio Club to ensure a steady stream of new Hams are ready to become the next generation of members. There are no dues; membership is granted by ongoing participation in our events throughout the year. Rocky Mountain Ham Radio is not in competition with anyone; it exists to serve everyone!
“These awards are the given to radio amateurs who have contributed much to the arts and science of our avocation. Please join me in congratulating all of the winners” said Frank Beafore, Chairperson of the awards committee.
Additional details on the winners can be found on the Hamvention website.
Hamvention has been bestowing these awards since 1955. Recipients have covered all facets of ham radio including inventors, scientists, astronauts, public service, and contributors to mankind.
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has been sponsoring the Dayton Hamvention since 1952.
More
![Are We Entering a Maunder Minimum? [PODCAST]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/solar-cycle-sunspot-number-265x168.gif)
![ICOM IC-R8600 [ VIDEO ] – Hands on !](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Icom-IC-R8600-New-Image-With-SP-39-265x168.jpg)
Raspberry Pi for Ham Radio This is a Raspberry Pi 3 kit with a 7 inches touchscreen that I build in about 30 minutes Raspberry Read more
— Tomas / Amateur Radio Operator, NW7US ( http://NW7US.us ) – Twitter: https://Twitter.com/NW7US – Facebook: https://www.facebook.co... Read more
Basic HF kit 1M Diameter loop model ZMXMLA1 The main loop 1M size the feed ring and insulator. This suits shortwave listeners and amateur radio. Basi... Read more
Will Hara Arena still be open when it’s time for the 2016 Dayton Hamvention®? That is the basic question being faced by the Dayton Amateur Radio... Read more
by:Al Williams One thing has stayed with the James Bond movie franchise through the decades: Mr. Bond always has the most wonderful of g... Read more
BaoFeng DM-5R PLUS Transceiver Compatible with Motorola VHF/UHF 136-174/400-480Mhz 2000mAH High Capacity Battery High Power/Low power Repeater Mode Ti... Read more
Warm up the ham shack! The ARRL International Grid Chase 2018 is nearly here! The Grid Chase gets under way on January 1 UTC (New Year’s Eve in US tim... Read more
ARRL has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and di... Read more
Registration is open for the 68th International DX Convention, set for April 21-23, 2017, in Visalia, California. This year’s format has been expanded... Read more
Amateur Radio Roundtable and host Tom Medlin, W5KUB, will be back at Dayton Hamvention to livestream the activity and action before, during, and after... Read more
The sale of a vintage Collins transmitter has made it possible for a Connecticut Amateur Radio club to fund a seat for a future ARRL Teachers Institut... Read more
Key Features There are a lot of home brew SDR-related projects on the internet at the moment. I believe the key features of this project are: Small bu... Read more
WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (WLOX) – This weekend, Amateur Radio operators are honing their skills and pr... Read more
Amateur Radio will have a role in Cuba’s soon-to-be-launched “Operation Meteor,” aimed at aiding the island nation in preparing for natural disasters.... Read more
“Even though the eclipse is over the Sun remains busy. We have some fast wind expected to hit Earth in the next 24 hours that should raise us to... Read more
Yaesu FT-4XR FM DUAL BAND TRANSCEIVER Range: 136-174, 400-480MHz Antenna Connector: SMA Power Source: 12.6 VDC Nominal, Battery Operated Exclusively R... Read more
On Friday 25 May, ICASA published the National Radio Frequency Plan 2018 in which amateur radio was allocated 100 kHz on a shared basis in the 60-metr... Read more
Earthquake in Taiwan An earthquake measuring 6.4 has hit Taiwan, and caused buildings to collapse. HARTS (Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society... Read more
LOTW Updated TQSL configuration file released (config.xml v11.7) — Config.xml version 11.7 has been released. This is a update release containi... Read more
More
Raspberry Pi 3 projects for Ham Radio with 7 inches touchscreen
Highlights of Five Years of SDO / NASA (2015-04-15) by NW7US
Pro-Loop Antenna Kits – ZMXloop
Uncertainty Over Status of Hara Arena
SECRET RADIO STATIONS BY THE NUMBERS
2017 BaoFeng DMR Upgraded Version! BaoFeng DM-5R PLUS Dual Band DMR Digital Radio 2000mAH
ARRL International Grid Chase Kicks Off with the New Year!
ARRL Requests Expanded HF Privileges for Technician Licenses
Registration Open for the 68th International DX Convention
Amateur Radio Roundtable to Livestream 50 Hours of Dayton Hamvention®
Sale of Vintage Transmitter Funds Opportunity for ARRL Teachers Institute Participant
Home-Brew HF SDR Receiver by G0ETP
All female amateur radio group puts a feminine touch on emergency communications
Cuba’s “Operation Meteor” will Involve Amateur Radio
No Post-Eclipse Rest for this Sun: Solar Storm Forecast 08-31-2017
Yaesu FT-4XR / FT-4VR : ANNOUNCEMENT
South Africa gets 100 kHz on 60 Meter Band
Emergency Frequencies -14 dead after magnitude-6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan
Updated TQSL configuration file released – LOTW