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QST contributing editor H. Ward Silver, N0AX, named hamvention "Amateur of the Year" |
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Written by Xavier
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
 The 2008 Dayton Hamvention Awards Committee has named QST Contributing Editor and author H. Ward Silver, N0AX, as its 2008 Amateur of the Year.
The committee said Silver's "books and teaching materials have helped many become hams." Tom McDermott, N5EG, will receive Hamvention's Technical Achievement Award to recognize his technical contributions that helped digital ham radio expand. Emery McClendon, KB9IBW, was named the recipient of the Special Achievement Award for starting Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD) in 2003 as a way for Amateur Radio to express support and appreciation for our service men and women.
The winners will be feted at a dinner held May 17 at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton.
Silver, an ARRL Life Member, was first licensed at age 17 in 1972 as
WN0GQP and upgraded to Amateur Extra and changed his call sign to N0AX
in 1976. A contester and DXer, he is on the DXCC Honor Roll.
Silver's award nomination cited his "many contributions, including 'Ham
Radio for Dummies,' his first effort to show that becoming a ham does
not have to be a difficult challenge. His additional books, magazine
articles and his 'Hands On Radio' column in QST have all helped many
hams develop their knowledge and skills." Silver was awarded the ARRL's
Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award in 2003. He is also the editor
of the ARRL's Contester's Rate Sheet and the ARRL Antenna Design Course.
Silver has also written feature articles and product reviews for QST and compiles QST's "Contest Corral" column.
Silver, who lives on Vashon Island near Seattle, Washington, worked
closely with community leaders and the Vashon-Maury Island Radio Club
(W7VMI) to provide effective emergency communications. According to the
awards committee, radio club members, along with the fire district and
the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), have created one of the
"best local communications systems in the state of Washington."
Calling it "really, really nice and a complete honor" to be named
Amateur of the Year, Silver told the ARRL that "It's a humbling
experience to even be nominated, much less be chosen. To whomever is
responsible for the nomination and to the Hamvention Committee, thank
you. Receiving the award would be impossible without readers,
colleagues, mentors and friends -- so it's just as much for them as it
is for me. Being recognized will keep my fires lit to go on producing,
strive for better accuracy and clarity and figure out how to make it
all be fun, too. I'll just try to act like I deserve it -- most of the
time."
 The Hamvention Technical Achievement Award goes to Thomas C.
McDermott, N5EG, for his "more than 20 years of involvement in projects
which further the development of Amateur Radio." According to the
awards committee, McDermott co-developed the TexNet packet switching
network in 1986; based on datagram routing, it covered much of the
South Central United States in the 1990s.
McDermott, an ARRL Life Member, received ARRL's Doug DeMaw, W1FB,
Technical Excellence Award in 2004. Licensed for almost 40 years,
McDermott is a member of the IEEE and holds a bachelor's in electrical
engineering. His Amateur Radio interests lie in HF digital
communications, hardware and software design, and an occasional HF
contest.
McDermott was the founder of the Texas Packet Radio Society. As part of
that group, he designed the hardware and some of the protocols for the
TexNet packet switching network; he has been involved in numerous
Tucson Area Packet Radio (TAPR) projects and has written a textbook on
wireless communications. McDermott holds eight patents.
 Emery McClendon, KB9IBW, is to receive the Hamvention award
for Special Achievement for his efforts in starting Amateur Radio
Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD) in 2003. He said he started ARMAD "as
a way to have Amateur Radio serve as a tool for the people of our
communities to be able to express 'live' support and appreciation for
our troops, veterans, retired military and first responders."
McClendon, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, became an Amateur Radio operator 16
years ago. His interest in organizing Military Special Events derives
from his four years of service in the US Air Force and two years in the
Indiana Air National Guard.
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day has become a popular event,
spreading to other communities. Several military support groups have
developed an interest in having Amateur Radio as a part of their
activities. According to McClendon's award nomination, this has
resulted in introducing Amateur Radio "to thousands of people worldwide
who otherwise would have never known about our public service."
McClendon is active with two local Amateur Radio clubs; he also gives
presentations about Amateur Radio to community groups. His activities,
including ARMAD, have resulted in many TV, radio and media stories
during the past five years, giving exposure to the Amateur Radio
community.
Hamvention Chairman Carl Rose, K8CPR, praised the winners, saying: "On
behalf of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and Hamvention 2008, it
is my pleasure to congratulate this year's award winners. I ask all
hams to join me in recognizing the outstanding contributions and the
many years of service the winners have given to the Amateur Radio
Service."
The world's largest Amateur Radio gathering, Hamvention attracts more
than 20,000 people to the greater Dayton area each spring. Dayton
Hamvention is May 16-18 at Hara Arena near Dayton, Ohio.
[ARRL Letter]
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