Larry Price, W4RA, ARRL President
from 1984 to 1992 and president of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
from 1999 to 2009, is the recipient of the 2014 Amateur of the Year Award. This
year's Special Achievement Award goes to ARRL CEO Dave Sumner, K1ZZ. Yet
neither man's affiliation with the League is cited in the DARA announcement.
Price is recognized for his
"significant and direct impact on the development of amateur radio
throughout the world" in his role as IARU President, and Sumner is cited
for his work as a member of the "IARU observer team" as well as his
ongoing "efforts in crafting broadband over power lines (BPL) regulations
in conjunction with the FCC to reduce (harmful BPL) emissions." The fact
that he has led the ARRL for the past three decades is completely ignored.
Also honored this year are FLDIGI
developer David Freese, Jr., W1HKJ, with the Technical Achievement Award, and
the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society in suburban Atlanta with the Club of the
Year Award. All awards will be presented at the Dayton Hamvention® on May
16-18.
