[RRDXA] Fwd: [bcc] CQ-Hall of Fame

[Walter Skudlarek]

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Walter, DJ6QT
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(Dayton, OH - May 15, 2015) -- CQ magazine today announced its 2015 Hall 
of Fame inductees, adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest 
Halls of Fame, as well as nine new members of the 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 2015 
inductees (listed alphabetically) are:

*Tim Allen, KK6OTD *- Actor and star of the ABC comedy, "Last Man 
Standing," on which his character is also a ham, Mike Baxter, KA0XTT.
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*Charles Apgar, ex-2MN (SK) *- uncovered German spy transmissions from 
Telefunken shore station WSL in New York during WWI.
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*Dan Benishek, KB8TOW *- Member of Congress from Michigan. Medical 
doctor and advocate for veterans.
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*Olof Lundberg, G0CKV *- Leader of the communications satellite industry 
for a quarter-century. Founding Director General of Inmarsat; founder, 
CEO and Chairman of ICO Global Communications and CEO of Globalstar, Inc.
**
*Bre Pettis, W2BRE* - 3D printing pioneer and founder of MakerBot.
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*Alvino Rey, W6UK (SK) *- A leading musician of the swing era, Rey is 
considered the father of the electric guitar and inventor of the talk 
box, pickups and other electronic musical devices. He combined his love 
for music with his love of radio to transform the music world.
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*Bob Twiggs, KE6QMD* - Co-inventor of the cubesat design standard.
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*Greg Walden, W7EQI *- Member of Congress from Oregon. Chairman of the 
House Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
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*Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, YD2JKW *- President of Indonesia.

*CQ DX and Contest and DX 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 2015 inductees to the *CQ DX Hall of Fame* are:

*Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT** -* is a DXer, DXpeditioner, educator 
and philanthropist. Zorro is the founder and CEO of the Seisa Group, 
which runs schools in several countries; and founder/CEO of the 
Foundation for Global Children, which provides medical and educational 
support for children in Japan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia and Bangladesh. 
Zorro has also helped promote or re-introduce amateur radio to many of 
these places, and has donated money and/or equipment to help amateurs in 
rare locations get or stay on the air.

*Michael Wells, G7VJR *- is founder of Club Log, an online DXpedition 
log-hosting tool that has changed the face of DXpedition operating by, 
among other things, allowing operators to upload their logs while still 
on the air and permit hams around the world to know if they are "in the 
log" on a given band or mode. Michael is a DXpeditioner himself, having 
been part of a half-dozen major operations and having operated from 25 
different DX entities over the past 10 years.

The 2015 inductees to the *CQ Contest Hall of Fame* are:

*Doug Grant, K1DG -* is not only a world-class contester, but has not 
hesitated to share his knowledge and skills with others. He has built or 
helped to build several championship contest stations, is a founding 
member of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club, a founding director of the 
World Wide Radio Operators Foundation, is a regular instructor at 
Contest University and has run the Contest Forum at the Dayton 
Hamvention® for the past 20 years. In addition, Doug has competed in 
five World Radiosport Team Championships (WRTCs), and has medaled three 
times.

*Ward Silver, N0AX* - has been a contester for over four decades and has 
operated from some of the world's top contest stations, spanning four 
continents. A founder of the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) 
competitions in 1990, Ward is currently Secretary of the WRTC 
Sanctioning Committee. He is also president of the YASME Foundation, 
which supports DXpeditions and contest operations around the world, QST 
contesting editor and author of Ham Radio for Dummies and 
Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself for Dummies.

Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame are scheduled 
for the Dayton Hamvention.® More detailed descriptions of inductees will 
appear in the official announcement in the July 2015 issue of CQ magazine.

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