[RRDXA] WG: [Qsl-Net] Dayton 2002 Award

[Carsten Steinhofel]

Hallo Leute,

mit Grussen von Al, K3TKJ nachfolgende Mail.

Ich sage nur: BRAVO!

Ohne Al ware die Internet-Kommunikation innerhalb der RRDXA nicht da, wo
sie heute ist.

73 de Carsten, DL1EFD

>
> To all QSL/QTH.net users,
>
> Last Thursday I was notified that I had received the Dayton Hamfest 2002
> award for Technical Excellence
>
> "Mr. Alan Waller, K3TKJ, of Laurel, DE has been chosen to receive Dayton
> Hamvention's Technical Excellence award for 2002. Mr. Waller, first
> licensed in 1961, combined his decades-long love for Amateur Radio and a
> burgeoning interest in the then-new Internet (1993) to design and manage
> the www.qsl.net and www.qth.net web sites. Mr. Waller's web sites have
> served the interests of tens of thousands of Hams worldwide by providing
> technical references, email and web page hosting services, and links to
> thousands of other sites. In the true spirit of the Amateur Radio
> Operator,
> Mr. Waller's initial work utilized "leading edge" experimentation to see
> "what can we do with this" and has developed into a mature, reliable mode
> of communication. Hamvention congratulates Alan Waller, K3TKJ, for his
> Technical Excellence"
>
>
> I am honored to have been selected for this and will accept the award in
> the name of all the financial supporters and volunteers that have
> made this
> all possible. In the past 6 years I have received help from countless
> individuals and groups and if I neglected to thank you please let
> me do it
> now or do it again.
>
> QSL/QTH does not "belong" to me. I was fortunate to have a few
> good ideas,
> and the resources to get it started. The real award winners here are the
> supporters and volunteers, without you this would never have happened.
>
> We as a "team" have broken new ground, and many more exciting things are
> planned in the future.
>
> I would be  like to acknowledge the following for their major support.
>
> Every person who took the time and effort to nominate me. To quote the
> awards committee, "the campaign to nominate you was impressive"
>
> K7ON  Brian Short  for all the early development.
> AA9ZT  Mike Imrick for thousands of hours of programming, technical
> support, and friendship.
> W8DBF Duane Fisher for his incredible insight as to what is important and
> what is not.
> W4KMA Ed Griffin for his major financial support and just being a
> great friend.
> KB8ZGU Tim Miller for the many hours of hard work and enhancements.
> Every person who has ever contributed financially to keep us growing.
> The 255 volunteers who run the mailing reflectors, they make my job easy.
>
> And finally my wife Denise for the total support of my "out of control
> hobby" (her famous words).
>
> It's still fun to do....I can't wait to see what the next six
> years will bring.
>
> See you at Dayton!
>
> 73, and thanks to all again
>
> Al  K3TKJ
>