ARLA/CLUSTER: CQ anuncia os homenageados para o Hall of Fame de 2014

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

CQ announces 2014 Hall of Fame inductees

CQ magazine today announced its 2014 Hall of Fame inductees, adding
two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame, as well as
eight new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.

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 significant
contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers
or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2014 inductees
(listed alphabetically) are:

Clifford Berry, W9TIJ, who helped usher in the computer age as
co-inventor of the Atanasoff-Berry computer (or ABC), the precursor of
virtually all electronic computers.

Warren Bruene, W5OLY, prolific radio designer and innovator who
designed many Collins radios and helped the company introduce
single-sideband voice communications.

John Huntoon, W1RW, former ARRL General Manager, QST Editor, helped
bring about international allocation of the 30-, 17- and 12-meter
bands.

Mike Koss, W9SU, DXer and DXpeditoner; founder and owner of filter
manufacturer ICE (Industrial Communications Engineers); key player in
establishment of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club,
W9IMS; organizer of special event station W87PAX at 1987 Pan American
Games in Indianapolis.

Nancy Kott, WZ8C, former Editor of WorldRadio and WorldRadio Online
and tireless promoter of Morse Code as U.S. coordinator of the FISTS
CW Club.

Paul Laughton, N6BVH, software designer whose accomplishments include
developing Apple's disk operating system and Atari's operating system.

Ralph Showers, ex-W3GEU, expert on electronic interference and leader
of efforts to set national and international standards for
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). He holds several awards from the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Steve Wozniak, ex-WV6VLY and ex-WA6BND, co-founder of Apple Computers.



CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame

The CQ DX and Contest 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 2014 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:

Joe Reisert, W1JR , a DXer and DXpeditioner since the 1950s, Joe has
DXCC Mixed, Phone, CW, Digital and QRP with over 300 entities
confirmed for each, along with 13-band Worked All States, 13-band
Worked All Continents and CQ's USA-CA All Counties award. Joe is also
a pioneer in 432-MHz EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communications, ran his
own antenna manufacturing company (Antennaco) and is a prolific writer
and public speaker.

David Collingham, K3LP, a leading DXer and DXpeditioner who is also
focused on using amateur radio as an educational tool, at home and
around the world. He has equipped a complete station at his hometown
elementary school and has taught amateur radio to young people in
Iraq, Ethiopia and Rotuma.



The 2014 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:

J. Scott Redd, K0DQ, is already a member of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall
of Fame for his service to our nation as an Admiral, Deputy
Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and the
first Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Scott has
always found time within his professional duties for amateur radio and
his first love, contesting. He is one of only two people to have won
the single-operator category of all of the world's major contests.

Ed Muns, W0YK, is a noted RTTY contester with 9 single-op all-band and
one multi-two championships and six world records. Ed is also Director
of the CQ World Wide RTTY DX and RTTY WPX Contests, and manager of the
North American Sprint RTTY Contest. He is also very active in the
Northern California Contest Club and is a past club officer and
director.

Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were
scheduled for the Dayton Hamvention.® More detailed descriptions of
inductees will appear in the official announcement in the July 2014
issue of CQ magazine.