[QCWA Hotlist] 2018-008 - QCWA Director Carole Perry - Inducted Into CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

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May 23, 2018

 From QCWA Headquarters

http://www.qcwa.org/

QCWA Bulletin  2018-008 -  QCWA Director Carole Perry - Inducted Into 
CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

The QCWA Board of Directors congratulates Ms Perry on her recent 
induction into the 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 QRZ.com, 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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73,
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.


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