[SCCC] Fwd: NEWS RELEASE: CQ Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees

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Subject: NEWS RELEASE: CQ Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees 




From: Richard Moseson 
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Subject: NEWS RELEASE: CQ Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees 

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From: CQ Communications, Inc. 
Date: Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:44 PM 
Subject: NEWS RELEASE: CQ Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees 

Embargoed until 10:00 PM EDT Saturday, May 20, 2023 (DX HOF Embargoed Until 10 PM EDT Friday 5/19) 

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE 10:00 PM EDT SATURDAY MAY 20, 2023 
Announcing: 2023 Inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio, 
DX and Contesting Halls of Fame 
CQ Amateur Radio, Contest and DX Halls of Fame Welcome 9 New Inductees 
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE – 10:00 P.M. EDT SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023 
(DX Hall of Fame Info may be released at 10:00 PM EDT Friday, May 19) 
(Xenia, OH – May 20, 2023) – CQ magazine today announced the induction of two new members to the CQ DX Hall of Fame, three inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame, and four new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. The CQ DX Hall of Fame (started in 1967) and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame (started in 1986) were established to recognize those amateurs who have made major contributions to DXing and contesting, respectively. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, started in 2001, recognizes those who have made major contributions to amateur radio as a whole, and radio amateurs who have made major contributions to society at large. 

DX and Contest Hall of Fame inductees were announced at the respective Dayton DX and Contest dinners. 

CQ Contest Hall of Fame 
The 2023 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are: 

Kirk Pickering, K4RO – Founding member, past president and past vice president of the Tennessee Contest Group; webmaster of TCG website; has hosted many new contesters at multi-ops from his home station; 3-time US winner in ARRL Sweepstakes CW/QRP category and regular top-ten finisher in multiple contests; past editor and columnist ("Contesting 101") for National Contest Journal . 

Ken Claerbout, K4ZW – Accomplished contester both domestically and as DX, operating from over a dozen countries around the world. A driving force in the ongoing training and mentoring of students at ET3AA, the radio club at the Addis Ababa University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. On a recent visit, he helped students install one of the few HF skimmers in Africa to feed the Reverse Beacon Network. He has served in multiple positions for the YASME Foundation and is past president of the Potomac Valley Radio Club. In that role, he began a series of contesting-related webinars that has morphed into today's Contest University. 

Bernhard "Ben" Buettner, DL6RAI – Avid contester and contest administrator who has operated from 49 different DX entities. Co-founder and past president of the Bavarian Contest Club (BCC), Ben helped develop and maintain the club's DX cluster, the first in Germany. He is also a past director of the Worked All Europe DX Contest (WAEDC). In that role, he spearheaded the conversion from paper to electronic logging and the introduction of electronic log checking. Ben is also a former member of the CQWW Contest Committee, served as IT manager for WRTC-2018 in Germany, and has been a beta tester for Win-Test contest logging software. 


CQ DX Hall of Fame 
The 2023 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are: 

Arecio "Al" Hernandez, K3VN – Al has been deeply involved in DX expeditions to many rare and difficult to reach destinations. He has traveled to more than 100 countries, operated from at least 20 of them and has participated in close to a dozen award-winning expeditions. Al is a prolific public speaker and author. His first DX expedition article was published in CQ magazine in 1976. He is an expert in electromagnetic interference and compatibility and holds seven patents in the field. 

Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA – Adrian has been on 30 DXpeditions in just over seven years, including the recent 3Y0J expedition to Bouvet Island. He actively promotes amateur radio to young people in places that he visits (assuming it's a location with people!) and is frequently the voice or face of various trips to the amateur community, appearing on interview shows and writing about the adventures for CQ and other publications. Adrian is also the tech support person for 4U1UN, the amateur station at United Nations headquarters in New York City and can frequently be found operating there when he isn't traveling to some remote part of the world. 


CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame 
The 2023 inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (listed alphabetically) are: 

Andrew "Andy" Andros, W0LTE (SK) , and brother Theodore "Ted" Andros, W0URN (SK) , founders of Hy-Gain Corp. Their first antenna, the TH-3 triband trap beam, got the company off to a solid start. The company went on to become a major antenna manufacturer for the amateur, CB, military and diplomatic markets; later sold to Telex and then to MFJ Enterprises, which continues to produce Hy-Gain antennas, rotors and accessories. 

John G. "Jack" Curtis, K6KU (SK) – Revolutionized CW keying by developing circuitry for an iambic memory keyer and putting it on a chip. The chips were later integrated into many commercial transceivers featuring built-in electronic keyers. 

Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, WA6LVN (SK) – Pioneer of home video games, helping to develop the first cartridge-based video game controller, which allowed users to switch between multiple games. Also one of the few African-American engineers working in the computer industry as the first video games were developed. 
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