Nobel Prize
winning astrophysicist Joe Taylor, K1JT, can now add Dayton's 2016 Amateur of
the Year award to his long list of recognitions. Taylor is Professor Emeritus
of physics at Princeton University. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics
for discovering the first binary pulsar, which helped confirm Einstein's theory
of gravity waves, a phenomenon that was observed for the first time earlier
this year. In ham radio, Taylor is best known for developing the WSJT suite of
digital modes for weak-signal communications that have revolutionized
moonbounce and meteor-scatter, as well as WSPR, the Weak Signal Propagation
Reporter.
John Burningham,
W2XAB, will be receiving Dayton's Technical Achievement award this year. John
is a leading expert on DMR, a digital voice and data mode that is growing in
popularity. He worked in the aerospace industry and for Motorola before
beginning a second career teaching computer networking at Clayton State University
in Morrow, Georgia.
The 2016 Special Achievement Award goes to Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, recognized
for decades of leadership in promoting cutting edge technology in amateur
radio, from home computers and packet radio in the 1980s to digital signal
processing and software defined radio today. The author of five books and over
1200 articles, Stan is currently editor of Tucson Amateur Packet Radio's Packet Status Register newsletter, as
well as a TAPR director and secretary.
Denver-based Rocky Mountain
Ham Radio is being recognized as Club of the Year. It provides a myriad of
services to its members and its community, including a microwave DMR network
that connects hams from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Cañon City,
Colorado with expansion in progress to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The group also
owns and operates a deployable communications command post with DMR, D-STAR, HF,
VHF, UHF and packet/PACTOR, as well as both terrestrial and satellite Internet
links. It also sponsors a youth organization, the Cherry Creek Young Amateur
Radio Club.
The winners will be recognized at the 2016 Dayton Hamvention® on May 20-22 in Dayton, Ohio. For more information, visit www.hamvention,org..
