[NCC] K3LR Recognized

[John S Comella]

*Tim, congratulations!*


*And THANKS*

*N8AA*

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Thomas Roscoe <k8cx at hamgallery.com> wrote:

> Congrats Tim! You have been the amateur of the year for several years in
> my book...
> K8CX
>
>
> tleek8az wrote:
>
>  From tonight's mail bag:
>>
>> Three amateur radio (ham) operators and one ham radio club who have made
>> significant contributions to the Amateur Radio Service, will be honored
>> guests when Hamvention® 2015 opens in Hara Arena on May 15.   Recipients
>> of
>> this year's Hamvention® awards are Tim Duffy, K3LR, Amateur of the Year;
>> Thomas C. Medlin, W5KUB, Special Achievement Award; Rev. George Dobbs,
>> G3RJV, Technical Excellence Award; and the Orlando Amateur Radio Club,
>> Club
>> of the Year.
>>
>> Awards Chairman Dave Crawford, KF4KWW, said the committee was impressed
>> with the efforts of all this year’s winners. Hamvention® Chairman Jim
>> Tiderman, N8IDS, praised the winners, saying: “On behalf of the Dayton
>> Amateur Radio Association (DARA) and Hamvention® 2015 I would like to
>> congratulate this year’s Award Winners.  Their outstanding contributions
>> and many years of devotion to the amateur radio service are recognized and
>> appreciated."
>>
>> Tim Duffy, K3LR, of West Middlesex, PA, has a long history of giving back
>> to Amateur Radio. He is founder, promoter and chairman of the successful
>> Contest University (CTU) which has helped to teach radio sport contest
>> operating with excellent volunteer professors. The first CTU was held
>> in Dayton in 2007. Since then more 3,700 radio radio sport enthusiasts
>> have
>> attended 25 CTU’s held in eight different countries under his watchful
>> guidance.
>>
>> Since 1984 K3LR has moderated the Dayton Hamvention antenna forum,
>> coordinating the presentation of more than 100 papers about antennas. He
>> is
>> also involved in scheduling many contesting activities during Hamvention
>> including the Contest Super Suite, the Contest Dinner and recently the
>> annual Top Band Dinner.
>>
>> Duffy serves as an officer of several radio clubs and was recently elected
>> to the position of ARRL Section Manager for Western Pennsylvania. He
>> became
>> a ham at age 12 in 1972 and lives in Pennsylvania on 11 acres with over 50
>> antennas.
>>
>>
>> Congrats to founding member and NCC President Tim.  Very well deserved,
>> OM.  We're proud of you.
>>
>> 73,
>> Tom, K8AZ
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