[NCC] N9RV...from the ARRL Letter today

[Ray Fallen]

Pat Barkey, N9RV, Named as Next *National Contest Journal* Editor

Well-known contester Pat Barkey, N9RV, of Bonner, Montana, will become the
15th editor of *National Contest Journal* (*NCJ* <http://ncjweb.com>)
effective with the January/February 2015 issue. He takes over from Kirk
Pickering, K4RO, who has served as *NCJ*'s editor since 2012. Pickering
said he believes Barkey will bring a fresh perspective to *NCJ* readers.

*NCJ* Editor-designate Pat Barkey, N9RV [Tom Rosco, K8CX, photo]

"I am delighted that N9RV has stepped up to take the role as the next *NCJ*
Editor," Pickering said. "Pat has decades of experience in both the
multioperator and single-operator categories. His results from his
formidable home stations and from multioperator stations such as K3LR speak
for themselves."

Barkey said he considers it "an honor and a privilege" to be tapped as *NCJ*'s
next editor. "When you take a look at the call signs of the people who have
held this job over the years, it reads like a contesting hall of fame --
literally in many cases," he said this week. "I am particularly humbled to
be following in the footsteps of Kirk Pickering, K4RO, who has done such an
outstanding job in managing and growing *NCJ*."

Barkey said he'd like to see *NCJ* continue and expand its role as *the*
face of Amateur Radio contesting, while continuing to provide a gateway for
newcomers to radiosport.

"I come to contesting as a station builder and contest operator," Barkey
said. "I know there are a lot of people who are totally devoted to
contesting who have just as much passion for building and planning as they
do for operating. I want to make sure that *NCJ* always has something for
them."

N9RV has been contesting since he was 11 years old, and he continued to be
active in radiosport through graduate school and into his adult life. His
day job is as an economist directing a business research center at the
University of Montana, a position he's held since 2007.

First licensed in 1967 as WN8YVR in Michigan, Barkey attended the
University of Michigan (also attended by N4KG, K8QKY, and N8UM) in the
1970s and has contested from numerous top-tier contest stations over the
years.

"I'm mostly a CW guy," he allowed, "but I do dust off the mic every now and
then." Barkey is an ARRL Life Member.