[SCCC] CQ HALLS OF FAME

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> CQ ANNOUNCES 2009 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
>
> (Dayton, OH - May 15, 2009) -- CQ magazine today
> announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees,
> welcoming 15 new members into the CQ Amateur
> Radio Hall of Fame, two new members of the CQ DX
> Hall of Fame and one new member of the CQ Contest 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 2008
> inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
>
> Baker, Bill, W1BKR - President Emeritus, WNET-TV
> (Thirteen), New York PBS flagship station.
>
> Barton, Loy - Developed class B plate modulation,
> primary method of modulating tube transmitters for decades.
>
> Bauer, Frank, KA3HDO - NASA Chief Engineer for
> Exploration Systems; International Chairman,
> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
> (ARISS), 1996-2009; AMSAT VP Human Spaceflight, 1991-2009.
>
> Bridges, William, W6FA - Laser pioneer; developed
> first "noble gas" lasers (argon, krypton, xenon)
> and the dominant modulation system for feeding
> data into fiber-optic cables; Professor Emeritus of Engineering at 
> CalTech.
>
> Fernandez Martin, Fernando, EA8AK - Member of the
> European Parliament, representing Spain; former
> President of the Government of the Canary
> Islands, former President of URE (Spanish IARU organization).
>
> Floyd, George, WA4DGA (SK) - Author of "Scratchi"
> column in CQ over four decades. An engineer and
> executive at General Electric, he also wrote the
> "Lighthouse Larry" column in GE employee newsletters.
>
> Haseltine, Eric, AB3DI - Former Associate
> Director of National Intelligence for Science and
> Technology; former Director of Research, National
> Security Agency; former Executive Vice President
> of Research and Development, Walt Disney Companies.
>
> Hollingsworth, Riley, K4ZDH - Former Special
> Counsel for Amateur Radio, Federal Communications
> Commission. "Cleaned up" the ham bands after 15 years of neglect by the 
> FCC.
>
> Kilby, Jack - Inventor of the integrated circuit,
> which revolutionized electronics, including amateur radio equipment.
>
> Krischke, Alois, DJ0TR - Prolific German author
> of antenna books. Rothammels Antennenbuch, a
> 1000-page reference showing virtually every
> amateur radio antenna ever designed, is in its 12th edition.
>
> Maxwell, Walt, W2DU - Antenna designer
> (specializing in spacecraft communications) and author.
>
> Miller, Lt. Gen. Thomas, K4IC (SK) - Deputy Chief
> of Staff for Aviation, USMC (1975-79) - in charge
> of all Marine Corps aviation; "father" of
> short-takeoff & vertical landing (STOVL) aviation
> in the USMC. Close friend of Sen. John Glenn;
> quietly watched out for amateur radio interests on Capitol Hill.
>
> Morgan, Wilse, WX7P- Conducted first amateur
> radio license exam session under the Volunteer
> Examiner program in 1984; helped get VE program
> approved; also designed innovative antennas.
>
> Parise, Ron, WA4SIR (SK) - Astronaut and active
> ham in space. First ham to operate packet radio
> from space and pioneered "telebridge" concept for
> making more frequent school-shuttle contacts
> possible. Also helped develop Radio JOVE,
> educational program for monitoring natural radio signals from Jupiter.
>
> Whitehead, Clay, W6WW (SK) - First Director of
> the White House Office of Telecommunications
> Policy in the 1970s; reshaped America's
> television landscape by bringing competition to
> the domestic satellite market and making it
> feasible for cable companies to distribute their own programming via
> satellite.
>
>
>
> The CQ Contest and DX 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.
>
> The 2009 inductee to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame is:
>
> The Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH - Paul's contest
> station near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is known in
> Midwestern contesting circles simply as "The
> Farm." Spreading across 120 acres, Paul's farm
> grows a wide variety of antennas as well as
> regular crops of new contesters. Paul constantly
> seeks out and trains new contesters at his
> multi/multi station, and welcomes visiting hams
> from around the world. He was nominated by the Minnesota Wireless
> Association.
>
> The 2009 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:
>
> Neville Cheadle, G3NUG - Nominated by both the
> Chiltern DX Club and the Southeastern DX Club,
> Neville this year is celebrating his 50th
> anniversary in amateur radio. During that time,
> he has confirmed 366 DX countries and nearly 1000
> islands. As founder of the Five Star DX
> Association, Neville has been instrumental in
> organizing four major DXpeditions, which have
> involved more than 90 hams from 14 different
> countries and have accounted for over a half
> million radio contacts! Neville is also the
> co-author of DXpeditioning Behind the Scenes, a
> handbook for hams on planning, setting up and
> operating successful DXpeditions.
>
> Tom Harrell, N4XP - Tom has confirmed 361 DXCC
> entities, holds 9-band DXCC, 5-band Worked All
> Zones and WPX awards for SSB, CW and mixed-mode.
> Tom has also operated from 19 different DXCC
> entities, including two DXpeditions on which he
> was Team Leader and three on which he was co-Team
> Leader. Most recently, he served as Director of
> Off-Island Support for the BS7H operation from
> Scarborough Reef, providing regular news reports
> for the DX community. Tom was nominated by the German DX Foundation.
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