CQ Amateur Radio Hall of
Fame
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| Vice Admiral (Ret.) Scott Redd, K0DQ (R), receives CQ Contest Hall of Fame plaque at induction ceremony from CQ WW DX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD (L). (Photo courtesy Bob Wilson, N6TV) |
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
2014 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
Clifford Berry,
W9TIJ, who helped usher in the computer age as co-inventor of the
Atanasoff-Berry computer (or ABC), the precursor of virtually all electronic
computers.
Warren Bruene,
W5OLY, prolific radio designer and innovator who designed many Collins
radios and helped the company introduce single-sideband voice
communications.
John Huntoon,
W1RW, former ARRL General Manager, QST Editor, helped bring
about international allocation of the 30-, 17- and 12-meter bands.
Mike Koss, W9SU,
DXer and DXpeditoner; founder and owner of filter manufacturer ICE (Industrial
Communications Engineers); key player in establishment of Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Amateur Radio Club, W9IMS; organizer of special event station W87PAX at
1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.
Nancy Kott,
WZ8C, former Editor of WorldRadio and WorldRadio
Online and tireless promoter of Morse Code as U.S. coordinator of the FISTS
CW Club.
Paul Laughton,
N6BVH, software designer whose accomplishments include developing
Apple's disk operating system and Atari's operating system.
Ralph Showers,
ex-W3GEU, expert on electronic interference and leader of efforts to
set national and international standards for electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC). He holds several awards from the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Steve Wozniak, ex-WV6VLY
and ex-WA6BND, co-founder of Apple Computers.
CQ DX and Contest 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 2014 inductees to the CQ DX
Hall of Fame are:
Joe Reisert,
W1JR, a DXer and DXpeditioner since the 1950s, Joe has DXCC Mixed,
Phone, CW, Digital and QRP with over 300 entities confirmed for each, along with
13-band Worked All States, 13-band Worked All Continents and CQ's USA-CA All
Counties award. Joe is also a pioneer in 432-MHz EME (Earth-Moon-Earth)
communications, ran his own antenna manufacturing company (Antennaco) and is a
prolific writer and public speaker.
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| CQWW DX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD (L), presents CQ Contest Hall of Fame plaque to 2014 inductee Ed Muns, W0YK. (Photo courtesy Bob Wilson, N6TV) |
David Collingham,
K3LP, a leading DXer and DXpeditioner who is also focused on using
amateur radio as an educational tool, at home and around the world. He has
equipped a complete station at his hometown elementary school and has taught
amateur radio to young people in Iraq, Ethiopia and Rotuma.
The 2014 inductees to the CQ
Contest Hall of Fame are:
J. Scott Redd,
K0DQ, is already a member of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame for his
service to our nation as an Admiral, Deputy Administrator of the Coalition
Provisional Authority in Iraq and the first Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center. Scott has always found time within his professional
duties for amateur radio and his first love, contesting. He is one of only two
people to have won the single-operator category of all of the world's major
contests.
Ed Muns, W0YK,
is a noted RTTY contester with 9 single-op all-band and one multi-two
championships and six world records. Ed is also Director of the CQ World Wide
RTTY DX and RTTY WPX Contests, and manager of the North American Sprint RTTY
Contest. He is also very active in the Northern California Contest Club and is a
past club officer and director.
Formal inductions to the CQ
Contest and DX Halls of Fame were held at the respective Contest and DX Dinners at the Dayton Hamvention.® More
detailed descriptions of inductees will appear in the official announcement in
the July 2014 issue of CQ magazine.