In line with the DXing theme of this year's Dayton Hamvention®, the Dayton Amateur Radio Association has selected people from three different continents as 2013 Hamvention award winners.
Retired airline pilot Mustapha Landoulsi, DL1BDF, has been
named Amateur of the Year, in recognition of his work in promoting and
developing amateur radio in the Middle East and for organizing delivery of
emergency medical equipment and medication to countries in Africa.
The 2013 Technical Excellence Award is shared by Dave
Witten, KD0EAG, and David Rowe, VK5DGR, for development of FreeDV, a program
that encodes high-quality digital voice in a bandwidth of 1.125 kHz, less than
half that of a single-sideband transmission.
George Thomas, W5JDX, will receive the 2013 Special
Achievement Award for his work promoting building and other technical topics on
internet TV programs HamNation and AmateurLogic TV.
Finally, the West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group in Florida
has been named Club of the Year, in recognition of its work with the South
Florida Science Museum, youth recruitment and other activities.
Congratulations
to all!
