CQ Announces Hall of Fame Inductees for 2006

NEWINGTON, CT, May 25, 2006--CQ Amateur Radio magazine has announced this year's inductees into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, the CQ DX Hall of Fame and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. There are 21 inductees into the Amateur Radio Hall of Fame and two new members each for the DX Hall of Fame and the Contest Hall of Fame.

CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors individuals, licensed or not, who have made significant contributions to Amateur Radio and/or as radio amateurs have made significant contributions to Amateur Radio, to their professions or to some other aspect of life on our planet. This year's inductees are, in alphabetical order:

• Art Bell, W6OBB: Syndicated radio talk show host; regularly promotes ham radio in his broadcasts.

• Walt Burdine, W8ZCV: Former CQ Novice editor (1955-1957; 1962-1966); "Elmered" thousands of new hams.

• Francesco Cossiga, I0FCG: Former President of Italy.

• Les Cushman, W1BX: Founder of Cushcraft Antennas.

• Alan Dorhoffer, K2EEK: Editor of CQ, 1976-1999.

• Tony England, W0ORE: Second ham to operate from space.

• Marshall Ensor, W9BSP: Helped track down German "Wolf Pack" submarines during World War II by refining radio direction-finding techniques; taught Morse code and radio theory to thousands of future hams via a nightly on-the-air "radio by radio" course, 1929-1939.

• Clif Evans, K6BX: Inspired certificate-chasing; founded Certificate Hunters' Club and developed the USA Counties Award with CQ magazine.

• Reginald Fessenden, VP9F: Father of radiotelephony; 2006 marks the centennial of the first wireless voice broadcasts.

• Russell A. Hulse, ex-WB2LAV: Shared 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics with Joe Taylor, K1JT, (inducted 2001), for discovery of binary pulsars.

• Edgar F. Johnson, 9ALD: Founder of E.F. Johnson Company, major manufacturer of ham equipment in 1950s and 1960s.

• Alan Kaul, W6RCL: Producer, NBC Nightly News; has covered many of the major news stories of the past 25 years; longtime contributor to Amateur Radio promotional videos.

• Wolfram "Felix" Koerner, DL1CU: Major player in rebirth of Amateur Radio in Germany following World War II; co-founder of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC); first editor and publisher of DL-CQ magazine; later editor and publisher of independent QRV magazine.

• Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI: Organized and coordinated Andaman Islands DXpedition in 2004 that turned into massive emergency communication effort in the wake of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

• Hazard "Buzz Reeves, K2GL: Founder of Reeves Soundcraft, one of the major" manufacturers of magnetic recording tape for many years; president of Cinerama; developed method of affixing magnetic oxide sound stripe to movie film. (Reeves was best known in ham radio circles as a major contester, and he was the first inductee into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 1986.)

• Glynn "Buck" Rogers, K4ABT: Former CQ packet editor; helped popularize packet radio, packet networking and Amateur Radio digital communication.

• Dick Rutan, KB6LQS: Aviation pioneer; completed first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world aboard "Voyager" in 1986.

• Louisa B. Sando, W5RZJ: Longtime CQ YL editor and proponent of women's involvement in Amateur Radio; wife/widow of Clinton B. DeSoto, W1CBD, who was inducted in 2001.

• Dick Spenceley, KV4AA: CQ DX editor, 1952-1957' provided first DX contact for thousands of hams from his station in the US Virgin Islands.

• Terry Sterman, W9DIA: Founder of Amateur Electronic Supply (AES).

• Arne Trossman, W2DTJ: Former CQ editor; helped develop the Cosmophone, an early Amateur Radio SSB transceiver.

CQ DX Hall of Fame

Ralph Fedor, K0IR (right), receives the DX Hall of Fame plaque.

Well-known DXers Ralph Fedor, K0IR, and Don Greenbaum, N1DG, were inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame May 19 at the Dayton DX Dinner, held in conjunction with Dayton Hamvention. DX Hall of Fame membership is accorded those DXers who have made major contributions to the hobby involving "considerable personal sacrifice" and which are "above and beyond the call of duty."

First licensed in 1961, Fedor has been involved in several major DXpeditions since his first outing in 1992 as part of the VP8SSI team to South Sandwich Island. He later participated in the VP8THU DXpedition to South Sandwich. Most recently, he was a co-leader of this year's Peter I Island 3Y0X DXpedition, and was on the earlier 3Y0I DXpedition. Over the years, he's also taken part or led DXpeditions to South Georgia (VP8CBA and VP8GEO); Easter Island (XR0Y); Heard Island (VK0IR) and Reunion Island (TO0R).

Italy's IARU member-society, the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI), and the Ohio DX Foundation (OHDXF) nominated Fedor for the honor. The ARI said few individuals go on DXpeditions with a "positive mood, neither complaining nor pointing the finger, but appreciating that the world is full of differences." The OHDXF said Fedor was a special DXpeditioner. His "efforts for the benefit of Amateur Radio go far beyond DX and DXpeditioning," and that some of the operations he's been involved with would not have happened without him.

"Ralph is no doubt a special DXpeditioner, as he faced not only putting on the rare ones but also facing the harsh environment of the Antarctic," the OHDXF said.

Don Greenbaum, N1DG, hold his DX Hall of Fame Plaque.

The Dateline DX Association nominated Greenbaum to the CQ DX Hall of Fame. First licensed as WN2DND (later WB2DND) in 1962, Greenbaum earned DXCC when he was just 15. During the 1980s he traveled throughout Asia on business, taking time out to operate from several locations along the way.

As an executive of Commodore Computers in the 1980s, he helped bring computers into amateur radio. Greenbaum designed the WB2DND logging software, one of the first DOS-platform computer logging programs that was used worldwide. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was instrumental in much of the ham radio activity from the United Arab Emirates.

He also has been involved with the Web sites or as a pilot station--sometimes both--for several DXpeditions, including K5K, A52A, VK0IR, 9M0C, ZK1XXP, AL7EL/KH9, BQ9P, ZL9CI and the recent 3Y0X operation.

The 3Y0X team holds the South West DX Association banner during its recent DXpedition. SWODXA named the 3Y0X operation DXpedition of the Year.

Also at the DX dinner, the South West Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) announced that the recent Peter I Island 3Y0X DXpedition was the organization's choice for DXpedition of the year. The entire 3Y0X team was on hand to accept a plaque.

CQ Contest Hall of Fame

Tim Duffy, K3LR

Two well-known contesters were inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame May 20 at the Dayton contest dinner, held each year in conjunction with Dayton Hamvention. They are Tim Duffy, K3LR, and, posthumously, Bill Fisher, W4AN.

Nominees to the Contsesting Hall of Fame include, among other criteria, individuals who have contributed to "the sport of contesting," are very active in contesting, have promoted contest activities and have served as role models for contesting.

Duffy regularly hosts many visiting operators at his contest "super station" in Western Pennsylvania. In addition, he moderated the Dayton Hamvention contesting forum from 1980 through 1990, and has been moderator of the Hamvention's antenna forum since 1980. Along with John Kanzius, K3TUP, he started up the Dayton NCC "Super Suite."

Duffy is also the founder and host of the Dayton contest dinner, a member of the CQ Contest Committee and a regular competitor in the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC). He'll compete in WRTC 2006 in Brazil this summer.

Bill Fisher, W4AN (SK)

The North Coast Contesters nominated Duffy to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. First licensed at age 12 in 1972 as WN3SZX, Duffy's first on-the-air operating event was Field Day, when he made 29 contacts on the Novice bands. He went on to be a top competitor in several major contests. He also serves on the CQ World Wide Contest Committee.

Bill J. Fisher, W4AN (SK), promoted the Internet as an integral part of ham radio in general and of contesting in particular as co-founder of contesting.com--the premier contesting Web site--and of e-ham.net, a major off-air gathering places for hams to exchange news and views on a variety of topics. Fisher, who died in 2004, provided space at no charge on those and other ham radio-related sites on his network of Web servers. He also helped develop software to remotely control a ham station via the Internet.

Members of the South East Contest Club nominated Fisher to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. A world-class operator, Fisher got his start in the Society of Midwest Contesters as KM9P, and he was one of many contesters mentored at the K4VX contesting school. After moving to Georgia, he built his own super station. In addition to his contest operating accomplishments, he participated in two WRTCs, placing second with Georgia teammate John Laney, K4BAI, in 1996 in San Francisco.--CQ magazine; The Daily DX

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