[NLRS] Aurora 2011: NLRS Limited Rover & Wesslund Awards

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Hello NLRS land

The antenna range got rained out, but the technical conference went on without a hitch.  Thanks once again to K0AWU, our Technical Chairman, W0JT, A/V & IT Specialist, and our presenters.   At the end of our NLRS business meeting we presented the 2010 NLRS Limited Rover Awards and the 2011 Wesslund Award.  For those who were unable to attend this years conference, those presentations are attached below.   

73, Jon
W0ZQ


NLRS Limited Rover Award:  The Northern Lights Radio Society Limited Rover Award is presented to the top two ARRL UHF Contest rover scores for those rovers who are running with three bands or less. The award winners can be located anywhere in North America. The purpose of this award is to stimulate UHF activity, promote roving, and to recongize those limited rovers who are not equipped with DC to light.  This years second place award winner is Mike Metroka, WB8BZK/R. Mike activated four grids during the 2010 ARRL UHF contest running 222, 432, and 1296. Mike generated 60 contacts by 16 grids on 222, 66 contacts by 12 grids on 432, and 25 contacts by 7 grids on 1296, with a final score of 18,480 points.  This years first place NLRS Limited Rover Award winner is John Kalenowsky, K9JK/R.  John activated six grids also running 222, 432, and 1296. John generated 59 contacts by 16 grids on 222, 59 contacts by 13 grids on 432, and 33 contacts by 8 grids on 1296 with a final score of 20,424 points. 

2011 Wesslund Award:  This years Wesslund Award winner is another long time veteran who has contributed so much to the World Above 50 MHz.  In the spirit of the Wesslund Award, our award winner is positive, friendly, supportive of his fellow VHFers, is always willing to help a newcomer with equipment ideas, fixes and solutions, and through the years has provided equipment, antennas, feedline, and encouragement to those who are interested in the World Above.  In short, our award winner is a great model to his fellow amateurs and exemplifies the meaning and purpose of the Wesslund Award.  So who is this years Weslund Award winner?   I suggest that just stating a few details about his contributions will quickly allow you to identify this years winner.  Our award winner was first licensed using his fathers call in 1974.  Since then, our award winner has been an active EMEer on bands from 432 MHz to 47 GHz and has authored various papers at many different amateur conference papers on such subjects as EME, dish feed horns, and solid state and vacuum tube power and low noise amplifiers.  Our award winner received the Central States VHF Society's John Chambers Award in 2000, co-received this same award in 2008 for his work on 24 and 47 GHz EME, and received the ARRL's Microwave Development Award in 2003.  Many of you may have met our award winner for the first time at one of the Central States VHF Society's conferences helping out at the pre-amp measurement table.  By now you should have easily identified this years winner.  If you still need a little help, here is one more clue.  For the first time ever, the NLRS Wesslund Award winner is traveling to a different country.  This years Wesslund Award winner is Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA. 
This years Wesslund Award winner is another long time veteran who has contributed so much to the World Above 50 MHz.  In the spirit of the Wesslund Award, our award winner is positive, friendly, supportive of his fellow VHFers, is always willing to help a newcomer with equipment ideas, fixes and solutions, and through the years has provided equipment, antennas, feedline, and encouragement to those who are interested in the World Above.  In short, our award winner is a great model to his fellow amateurs and exemplifies the meaning and purpose of the Wesslund Award.  So who is this years Weslund Award winner?   I suggest that just stating a few details about his contributions will quickly allow you to identify this years winner.  Our award winner was first licensed using his fathers call in 1974.  Since then, our award winner has been an active EMEer on bands from 432 MHz to 47 GHz and has authored various papers at many different amateur conference papers on such subjects as EME, dish feed horns, and solid state and vacuum tube power and low noise amplifiers.  Our award winner received the Central States VHF Society's John Chambers Award in 2000, co-received this same award in 2008 for his work on 24 and 47 GHz EME, and received the ARRL's Microwave Development Award in 2003.  Many of you may have met our award winner for the first time at one of the Central States VHF Society's conferences helping out at the pre-amp measurement table.  By now you should have easily identified this years winner.  If you still need a little help, here is one more clue.  For the first time ever, the NLRS Wesslund Award winner is traveling to a different country.  This years Wesslund Award winner is Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA. 


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