The Radio Club of America (RCA) issues a series of awards
each year for contributions to the radio art. Several amateurs are among this
year's honorees, including: Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, Lifetime Achievement Award;
James Breakall, WA3FET, Sarnoff Citation, for his antenna designs, including
the OWA, or optimized wideband antenna; Peter Madsen, K2PM, Fred M. Link Award
for achievement in land mobile communications; Michael Kalter, W8CI, Barry
Goldwater Amateur Radio Award for his longtime work with the Dayton
Hamvention®; Robert Hobday, N2EVG, for long-term contributions to radio
broadcasting; and Charles Kirmuss, W0CBK, for his contributions to the RCA
Youth Activities Program.
In addition, the following hams were named RCA Fellows:
David Bart, KB9YPD; Nathan "Chip" Cohen, W1YW; Brent Finster, K6BEF; James Roden,
W5JR, and Bruce Roloson, W2BDR.