The Dayton Amateur Radio Association has announced that nominations are open for the 2020 Hamvention awards. Nomination deadline is February 15, 2020. There are four categories: Technical Achievement, Special Achievement, Amateur of the Year
and Club of the
Year.
The Technical Achievement Award will be given to a selected amateur
radio operator
who has achieved technical excellence in the world of amateur
radio. Examples
are inventions, processes, discoveries, experiments and other
technical
accomplishments or any other outstanding technical achievement
that contributed
to amateur radio.
The Special Achievement Award will be given to a deserving amateur
that made an
outstanding contribution to the advancement of the radio art and
or science.
This award is usually given to a respected amateur who
spearheaded a single
significant project.
The Amateur of the Year Award is given to a ham that has made a
long-term
commitment to the advancement to amateur radio. This individual
will have a
history of ham radio contributions and has had a dedication to
service,
professionalism and the advancement of the avocation of amateur
radio.
The Club of the Year will be honored for clearly demonstrating their
involvement in varied
aspects of Amateur Radio for the greater good of their community
and/or their
nation.
Nomination forms, available at
https://hamvention.org/event-details/awards/,
are dedicated to
the appropriate award nomination. At a minimum, each form should
be completed
with the information indicated. Please make sure that the
nominating person is
identified with a method to reach-back to them in the case of
questions from
the nominating committee.
Forms may be submitted
using the following methods:
Email:
awards@hamvention.org
US Postal Mail:
Hamvention
Attn:
Awards Committee
Box
964
Dayton,
OH 45401-0964
The nomination
process will close on 15 February. Soon after, the committee
selection will
take place, and an announcement will be made through selected
media outlets.
The winners will be posted with details on their accomplishments
in the
Hamvention program as well as this website.
An honors convocation and award presentation will be held
on Saturday evening
of Hamvention. at a location yet to be announced. Presentations of
the award
winners will also be made at the general Hamvention audience on
Sunday
afternoon prior to the prize award activity.
Please
address any questions to awards@hamvention.org