CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inaugural Class Announced

HICKSVILLE, NY, May 23, 2001--CQ magazine has announced an inaugural group of 50 inductees into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Among other luminaries of the past and present, the list includes ARRL co-founders Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW, and Clarence Tuska, 1AY, as well as ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ.

Established in January, the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame recognizes individuals--whether radio amateurs or not--who significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio. It also recognizes Amateur Radio operators who, in the course of their professional lives, had a significant impact on their professions or on world affairs.

More than 100 names were placed in nomination, and 50 were selected for the inaugural class (see sidebar "CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame 2001 Inductees"). CQ's Amateur Radio Hall of Fame joins two other halls of fame administered by the magazine: the CQ Contest Hall of Fame, honoring outstanding participants in on-air competition among Amateur Radio operators; and the CQ DX Hall of Fame, honoring those who have excelled in the art of contacting people in faraway places and in promoting the art of DXing among their fellow ham operators.

CQ Amateur Radio magazine is published by CQ Communications Inc of Hicksville, New York. CQ Communications also publishes CQ Radioamateur (French), CQ Radio Amateur (Spanish), CQ Contest, and Popular Communications magazines.

CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame 2001 Inductees (Note: Amateur Radio call signs listed are those used by the member while licensed or active. Under the FCC's vanity call sign program, some of these call signs may have been reissued.) Armstrong, Edwin Howard: Laid the groundwork for modern radio through such inventions as the regenerative receiver, the superheterodyne receiver and frequency modulation (FM). Bardeen, John: Co-inventor of the transistor, the basis of all modern electronics. Brattain, Walter: Co-inventor of the transistor. Clark, Tom, W3IWI: Leading authority on very long baseline interferometry; amateur satellite pioneer, past president of AMSAT, digital communications pioneer. Collins, Art, 9CXX/W0CXX: Founder of Collins Radio; set the standard for Amateur Radio equipment in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Cowan, Sanford: Founding publisher, CQ magazine. DeForrest, Lee: Invented the vacuum tube, basis for the growth of electronics and radio communication. DeSoto, Clinton W1CBD: QST Editor, originated DXCC, credited with keeping ARRL alive during World War II, when Amateur Radio was shut down Ferrell, Oliver P. "Perry": Propagation expert, CQ editor and propagation columnist, founding editor of Popular Electronics; introduced propagation science to Amateur Radio. Fisk, Jim, W1HR/W1DTY: Founding editor, ham radio magazine; set new standard for Amateur Radio technical publications. Gandhi, Rajiv, VU2RG: Prime Minister of India Garriott, Owen, W5LFL: Astronaut, first ham to operate from space Godfrey, Arthur, K4LIB: Entertainer, radio and television host Goldwater, Barry, K7UGA: US Senator, 1964 Republican Presidential Candidate; Amateur Radio's leading proponent in Washington. Gonset, Faust, W6VR: Amateur Radio author and technician, founder, Gonset Laboratories; brought affordable VHF equipment to amateur market. Green, Wayne, W2NSD: Founding editor/publisher, 73 magazine; former CQ editor/columnist; published Byte, the first consumer computer magazine Gross, Al, W8PAL: Invented hand-held radio transceiver (walkie-talkie), telephone pager and cordless telephone Hertz, Heinrich: Set the stage for radio by proving that electricity can travel in waves and developing the concepts of frequency and wavelength. The hertz is the international unit of frequency Hoover, Herbert Jr, W6ZH: US Undersecretary of State; past ARRL President. Hussein Ibn Talal, JY1: King of Jordan. Jacobs, George, W3ASK: Radio propagation expert, CQ columnist for 50 years, amateur satellite pioneer; HF broadcast engineering expert, developed Voice of America's worldwide broadcasting system. Juan Carlos de Borbon y Borbon, EA0JC: King of Spain. Jue, Martin, K5FLU: Founder and president, MFJ Enterprises; changed the way amateurs buy station accessories. Karn, Phil, KA9Q: Developed basis for wireless internet communications by adapting Internet communications protocol (TCP/IP) for radio use. Kraus, John, W8JK: Authority on radio astronomy, antennas; inventor of W8JK antenna. Krenkel, Ernst, RAEM: Polar explorer, expedition communicator, Russian radio hero, made first Arctic-Antarctic radio contact (RAEM was Krenkel's amateur call sign.) Laine, Martti, OH2BH: Telecommunications expert, noted DXer, DXpeditioner, has introduced or re-introduced Amateur Radio to several countries. LeKashman, Larry, W2IOP/W2AD: President of ElectroVoice; manager at RCA, Lafayette and Bogen; early CQ editor. LeMay, Gen Curtis, W6EZV: US Air Force Chief of Staff; 1968 candidate for Vice President of the United States (American Independent Party). Leonard, Bill, W2SKE: President of CBS News. Marconi, Guglielmo: Developed radio into viable communications medium; experimented with short waves, UHF and microwaves before most people knew they existed. Maxim, Hiram Percy, W1AW: Co-founder, ARRL, founding editor, QST; inventor. McCoy, Lew, W1ICP: Amateur Radio writer, ARRL Headquarters staff member; educated thousands about preventing TVI. Morse, Samuel F.B.: Developed the telegraph, the first viable electronic communication system. Orr, Bill, W6SAI: Prolific Amateur Radio author, historian, CQ and Ham Radio columnist, amateur satellite pioneer, editor of Radio Handbook. Potts, John: Founding editor, CQ magazine. Reber, Grote, W9FGZ: Father of radio astronomy. Scherer, Bill, W2AEF: CQ Technical Director, developed antennascope and brought grid dip meter to Amateur Radio. Senti, Eugene, W0ROW: As engineer for Collins Radio, invented the radio transceiver (transmitter and receiver in a single package, with shared circuitry). Shepherd, Jean, K2ORS: Entertainer, writer/producer, late-night radio host. Shockley, William: Co-inventor of the transistor. Stoner, Don, W6TNS: Amateur Radio writer, CQ columnist, amateur satellite pioneer. Sumner, David, K1ZZ: ARRL Executive Vice President, noted DXer and contester; has guided Amateur Radio through several World Radio Conferences. Taylor, Joe, K1JT: Physicist, discovered binary pulsars, for which he won (along with Russell Hulse, ex-WB2LAV) the Nobel Prize for Physics Tesla, Nikola: Developed alternating current as means of efficiently generating and distributing electricity; also invented HF generators and the Tesla coil. Is said by some to have beaten Marconi in the development of radio itself. The tesla is the international unit of magnetic flux. Tuska, Clarence, 1AY: Co-founder, ARRL. Uda, Shintaro: Co-inventor (with Hidetsugu Yagi) of Yagi-Uda antenna. Vail, Alfred: Built Morse's first telegraph, developed the code that bears Morse's name. Weil, Danny, VP2VB: Popularized DXpeditioning Yagi, Hidetsugu: Co-inventor (with Shintaro Uda) of Yagi-Uda antenna.

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