[NCC] CQ News Release -Announcing: 2020 Inductees, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame - congrats K8CX!!!

[Patrick Barkey]

Excellent and well deserved, Mr. Roscoe!  Clap!  Clap!

  - Pat
    N9RV

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 5:52 PM Tim Duffy <k3lr at k3lr.com> wrote:

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> NEWS RELEASE
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>  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday May 15, 2020
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> Announcing: 2020 Inductees, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
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>      (Hicksville, NY - May 15, 2020) - The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
> has seven new members for 2020, CQ magazine announced today. This brings to
> 333 the total number of members inducted since the hall's establishment in
> 2001.
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> 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.
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> The 2020 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
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> ·     Chet Atkins, W4CGP (SK), legendary musician known as "Mister
> Guitar," and music producer; ushered in "the Nashville sound" on RCA
> Records (Note: Chet's call has subsequently been re-issued)
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> ·     Les Barclay, G3HTF (SK), propagation expert, leader of International
> Telecommunication Union propagation study groups and Chairman of the ITU's
> first Radiocommunication Assembly in 1993; top official in the UK's
> telecommunication regulatory agency
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> ·     George Laurer, K4HZE (SK), developer of the UPC (universal product
> code) or "bar code"  on merchandise, permitting items purchased at stores
> to be scanned on checkout rather than manually rung up
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> ·     Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, whose Foundation for Global Children
> helps fund educational and medical programs for children around the world;
> FGC also works with several countries to help them organize and train teams
> for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
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> ·     Champ Muangamphun, E21EIC, is a DXer and DXpeditioner who has been a
> sparkplug for growing interest in ham radio in Thailand and throughout
> Southeast Asia; Champ also accompanies JH1AJT on many of his humanitarian
> missions and operates DXpedition-style ham stations while Zorro works with
> government officials and non-governmental organizations on behalf of the
> Foundation for Global Children.
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> ·     Sultan Qaboos bin Said, A41AA (SK), Sultan of Oman from 1970-2020;
> transformed impoverished country into a modern and prosperous state with
> influence throughout the Middle East
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> ·     Tom Roscoe, K8CX, a champion of amateur radio history who collects
> and makes available online his "Ham Gallery" of old QSL cards and other
> historic photos
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> New members are also being inducted into the CQ DX and Contest Halls of
> Fame in separate online ceremonies, due to the cancellation of the Dayton
> Hamvention and related DX and Contest dinners. Contest Hall of Fame
> inductees were announced on May 14; new members of the DX Hall of Fame will
> be announced on May 20.
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