Re: Ashhar Farhan Inducted into CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
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Congratulation Ashhar!?? What a wonderful contribution to amateur radio.
Paul K0ZYV
On Friday, May 18, 2018, 10:22:47 PM CDT, atouk <atouk@...> wrote:
Congratulations!
But the nice part for us users?? We can now claim that we have
Hall of Fame radios!
Someone should design a decal...
On 5/18/2018 8:54 PM, Doug W wrote:
congratulations OM
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Announcing: 2018 Inductees, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
(Xenia, Ohio - May 18, 2018) - The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
has 11 new members for 2018, CQ magazine announced today. This
brings to 321 the total number of members inducted since the
hall's establishment in 2001.
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 2018 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
- Marlon Brando, FO5GJ (SK), iconic movie actor
- David Brown, KC5ZTC (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003
Columbia disaster
- Kalpana Chawla, KD5ESI (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003
Columbia disaster
- Laurel Clark, KC5ZSU (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003
Columbia disaster
-
Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE, pioneer in popularizing
open-source Bit-X "semi-kits" using Arduinos for
affordable QRP transceivers
- Grady Fox, W4FRM (SK), SSB pioneer; worked on Manhattan
Project during World War II and the camera for NASA's lunar
landers
- Wendell King, ex-2ADD (SK), African-American pioneer of
broadcasting and college radio
- Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ, founder of , the most
widely-accessed amateur radio website
- Mark Pecen, KC9X/VE3QAM, wireless communication and
networking pioneer, inventor, cybersecurity expert
- Carole Perry, WB2MGP, longtime advocate for youth in amateur
radio; moderator of Dayton youth forum for more than 30 years
- Ed Westcott, W4UVS, photographer who chronicled the
Manhattan Project during World War II and later helped the FBI
with its investigation of the Jonestown massacre
Two new members each are also being inducted into the CQ DX and
Contest Halls of Fame at the respective Dayton DX and Contest
dinners. Their names will be announced separately.
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