The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1565.2
BID: $OPDX.1565.2
May 21, 2022
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network, K4ZW and W2VU for the following DX information.
"Celebrating 31 years (March 1991) of FREE DX News"
"Could this be the final year???"
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CQ NEWS (Announcing: 2022 Inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio and Contesting
Halls of Fame). Dave Pascoe, KM3T, and Craig Thompson, K9CT, Inducted into
CQ Contest Hall of Fame; Seven New Members Added to CQ Amateur Radio Hall
of Fame -- (Xenia, OH - May 21, 2022) - CQ magazine today announced the
induction of two new members to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame, which honors
those contesters who not only excel in personal performance but who also
"give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways. CQ World Wide DX Contest
Director and former CQ Contesting Editor John Dorr, K1AR, presented Hall
of Fame plaques at an induction ceremony held at the annual Dayton contest
dinner on May 21.
The 2022 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:
* David Pascoe, KM3T, a highly-accomplished multi-op and single-op
contester with many championships and record scores to his credit,
who is also responsible for much of the "back room" infrastructure
behind the administration of many major contests. He is the infra-
structure and IT security "departments" for all of the contests
supported by the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF),
including all CQ contests, several ARRL contests and others. He also
maintains the e-mail lists on the contesting.com system, including
CQ-Contest, 3830 and more. He is also a pioneer in live contest audio
streaming, and is a volunteer pilot for two organizations that provide
free medical-related air travel.
* Craig Thompson, K9CT, a world-class contester and promoter of youth
in contesting. He developed the North American Collegiate Championship
(NACC) program, in which college amateur radio clubs compete against
each other in the context of the larger competition of the North
American QSO Party. Craig also worked closely with Tim Duffy, K3LR,
to develop a version of the Contest University (CTU) program speci-
fically designed to integrate with each year's W9DXCC Convention. He
is also involved in several amateur radio organizations, serving as
treasurer of CWops, a board member of the Northern California DX
Foundation (NCDXF), past president of the Society of Midwest Contesters
and is currently chairman of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee.
The CQ Contest Hall of Fame was established in 1986 to recognize those
amateurs who have made major contributions to the art of radio contesting.
This is the 39th annual induction.
CQ DX Hall of Fame -- There will be no inductees to the CQ DX Hall of
Fame for 2022, as the judging committee determined that none of the
nominees met the high standard required for selection.
CQ Amateur Radio 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 signi-
ficant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers
or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2022 inductees (listed
alphabetically) are:
* Franklin P. Antonio, N6NKF (SK), co-founder of Qualcomm, whose chips
underlie much of our modern technology. Antonio was particularly
involved in the company's satellite work and was a philanthropist as
well, donating $30 million to the University of California at San Diego
as seed money for a new engineering building.
* Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC/OE3WHC (SK), journalist and broadcaster on Radio
Austria International; founder of Austria's radio documentary archive
(DokuFunk), now the world's largest archive on the history of radio,
including the YASME/Colvin collection; literary translator and 2017
recipient of the IARU Region 1 Roy Stevens memorial award for his
work on DokuFunk.
* Les Kramer, WA3SGZ, inventor of lower-limb prosthetic devices used
by some 3000 people worldwide, including two survivors of the Boston
Marathon bombing; as well as multiple other inventions in the fields
of electric power generation, IED detection, optical coatings for
industrial processes and more.
* Roy Lewallan, W7EL, author of EZNEC antenna modeling software that
has become the standard platform for designing and modifying amateur
radio antennas.
* Peter Marks, AB3XC, physician and head of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administation's "Operation Warp Speed" program to combat COVID-19.
Dr. Marks leads the team at FDA that reviewed and approved all of
the available vaccines for COVID-19 as well as all intravenous ther-
apeutics such as Convalescent Plasma, Monoclonal antibodies and dia-
gnostic testing.
* Bob Ringwald, K6YBV (SK), well-known blind jazz musician in Sacra-
mento; co-founder of the Sacramento Jazz Festival; known locally as
"the emperor of jazz" and, last but not least, father of actress and
singer Molly Ringwald.
* R. Scott Wright, K0MD, physician and leader of Mayo Clinic team
developing the use of Convalescent Plasma as one of the first treat-
ments for Covid-19; DXer, contester, former editor of the National
Contest Journal.
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REBEL DX GROUP NEWS. The following was reported on the Rebel DX Group's
FaceBook page (https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup), May 19th [edited]:
"Bula folks.
Team is ready to set a sail from Denarau port to Rotuma on Friday
morning Fiji time. Trip should take about 72h. You can call us on
14.183 to say HI or even go to hell if you wish. Let's make the SSB
great again. Radio will be permanently ON. We will use e51dom/mm
callsign during our voyage to Rotuma. More update soon during the
travel."
YASME NEWS (Press Release, dated May 19th). YASME FOUNDATION SUPPORTING
GRANT TO THE OTTAWA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB -- The Board of Directors of the
Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce that it made a grant to the Ottawa
Amateur Radio Club to purchase equipment for training potential amateur
radio recruits. Recruitment and training take place during public service
events.
Ward Silver, N0AX, President
The Yasme Foundation
Board of Directors:
Ward Silver, N0AX, President and Director
Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Vice-President, Secretary and Director
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Treasurer and Director
Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director
Robert Vallio, W6RGG, Director
Marty Woll, N6VI, Director
James Brooks, 9V1YC, Director
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