The YASME Foundation in November announced the presentation of five Excellence Awards and one supporting grant for 2017. The awards recognize significant contributions to amateur radio.
According to the ARRL Letter, the five Excellence Awards
go to:
- the Dayton Amateur Radio Association for its smooth transition of the Hamvention® to a newhome on short notice;
- Paul Verhage, KD4STH,
and Bill Brown, WB8ELK, for their ongoing leadership of amateur radio
high-altitude ballooning programs, and through them, introducing hundreds of
students to amateur radio;
- Nathaniel Frissell,
W2NAF, and Magda Moses, KM4EGE, for establishing the Ham Radio Science Citizen
Investigation (HamSCI) program and sponsoring the Solar Eclipse QSO Party,
which YASME says was the largest amateur radio experiment ever conducted;
- the WSJT Development
Team, led by Joe Taylor, K1JT, for their ongoing advancements in digital
communications; and
- Dale Hughes, VK1DSH,
for his work representing the interests of amateur radio at the 2015 World
Radiocommunication Conference, where 60 meters was designated as an amateur
radio band worldwide.
- In addition, Gary
Pearce, KN4AQ, received a supporting grant to help cover his expenses in
producing and distributing videos through his Ham Radio Now podcast.