CWops co-founder and
former president Rob Brownstein, K6RB, wins this year's Technical Achievement
award for the CW Academy program, through which more than 800 hams have been
mentored in Morse code skills. Dayton's Special
Achievement award goes to S. Ram Mohan, VU2MYH, Executive Vice Chairman and
Director of India's National Institute of Amateur Radio, and the 2017 Club of
the Year is the Clark County Amateur Radio Club, W7AIA, which serves
southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon. The club
licensed 95 new hams last year, has a growing youth program and created the
"Eyewarn" program, which was featured in the October, 2016, CQ Emergency Communications special
issue. The awards will be presented at next month's Dayton Hamvention® in Xenia, Ohio.
Speaking of the
Hamvention and Xenia, the ARRL reports that Xenia High
School has decided to cancel classes on Friday,
May 19, to allow students to attend the Hamvention's opening day. The world's
largest hamfest will be held in Xenia
for the first time this year, following the closure last year of its longtime
home, Hara Arena.
