ARLA/CLUSTER: Novas nomeações para o CQ DX Hall of Fame

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Tony Gonzalez, EA5RM, and Ned Stearns, AA7A, inducted to CQ DX Hall of Fame

CQ magazine today announced the induction of the two newest members of the *CQ
DX Hall of Fame*, which honors those DXers who not only excel in personal
performance but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways. CQ
DX Editor Bob Schenck, N2OO, made a virtual presentation on the Ham Nation
podcast on May 20.

The 2020 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:

*Tony Gonzalez, EA5RM* - has been an active DXpeditioner for 20 years,
often organizing and leading teams to operate from difficult and
challenging locations. Tony and his teams have also helped establish or
re-establish amateur radio activities in several countries, including
Rwanda (where it had been banned for a decade due to civil war) and the
newly-independent country of South Sudan.

In addition, Tony has made 10 trips to Bolivia to establish and maintain HF
communication links between medical facilities and remote villages in the
Amazon rain forest, and has operated as CP1XRM during his free time. Tony's
work in South America earned him the ARRL International Humanitarian Award
in 2015.

*Edward "Ned" Stearns, AA7A* - is an accomplished DXer, DXpeditioner (he's
been on 32 of them and led 8) and technical innovator. He introduced the
use of switchable vertical dipole array antennas on island DXpeditions and
designed "dual-band discone" antennas for use with the Northern California
DX Foundation's worldwide beacon network. Ned also worked with 2019 DX Hall
of Fame inductee Joe Taylor, K1JT, on developing the "Fox/Hound" mode for
FT8 used by DXpeditions.

Ned also maintains two remote stations in Arizona, has made presentations
at many technical conferences and has served in a variety of leadership
roles in the hobby. On the air, he is at the Top of the Honor Roll for DXCC
Phone and Mixed, was the first recipient of 11-band DXCC and has worked
over 160 countries via EME (Earth-Moon-Earth).

This year's induction ceremony was scheduled to be conducted online on
Wednesday, May 20, on the Ham Nation podcast (<
https://twit.tv/shows/ham-nation>).

The CQ DX Hall of Fame was established in 1967 to recognize those amateurs
who have made major contributions to DXing and DXpeditioning. This is the
54th annual induction, and the first to be conducted online.
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