CQ magazine is pleased to announce its 2016
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame inductees. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made
significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have
made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional
careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2016 inductees
(listed alphabetically) are:
Bob Arnold, N2JEU (SK) – Co-developer (with Keith Lamonica, W7DXX, see
below) of the first internet-controlled remote base
Grant Bingeman, KM5RG (SK) – Developed "method of moments" antenna
modeling software for AM broadcast stations and 160-meter amateur antennas
Bob Carpenter, W3OTC (SK) – Pioneer of meteor scatter and FM stereo broadcast
technology; longtime AMSAT volunteer
David Dary, W5ZAX – Journalist, author, journalism educator – former
correspondent for CBS and NBC News, journalism professor at University of
Kansas and University of Oklahoma, author of over 20 books on the American West
Matt Ettus, N2MJI – Software defined radio
pioneer; developed first Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) with GNU
radio software support
Terry Fox, N4TLF – Packet radio pioneer;
primary developer of AX.25 amateur packet protocol
Elmer "Bud" Frohardt,
Jr., W9DY (SK) - The original "Elmer" for whom ham radio mentors are
named (courtesy of a 1971 QST "How's
DX?" column by Rod Newkirk, W9BRD/VA3ZBB)
Fred Gissoni, K4JLX (SK) – Adaptive technology
pioneer; co-developer of the Porta-Braille and Pocket-Braille note-taking
devices for the visually impaired, as well as many other devices
Ken Kellerman, K2AOE – Radioastronomer; pioneer of
radio interferometry; co-developer of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI),
which permits multiple telescopes to function as a single instrument
Keith Lamonica, W7DXX – Co-developer (with the late Bob Arnold, N2JEU) of
the first internet-controlled remote base
George Mitchell, K6ZE (SK) – Member of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and
2007 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for his wartime service
Les Mitchell, G3BHK (SK) – Founder of Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), annual
event to introduce amateur radio to scouts and guides around the world
William Moerner, WN6I – Co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry
for his work in high-resolution microscopy
Leigh Orf, KG4ULP – Co-developer of tornado simulator using computer
modeling to simulate conditions under which tornadoes form
Joe Rudi, NK7U – Former Major League baseball player; 3-time
All-Star
Wes Schum, W9DYV (SK) – Co-founder of Central Electronics, developed
first amateur radio SSB transmitter
Garry Shandling, ex-KQ6KA/KD6OY (SK) – Well-known comedian, actor, writer and television
personality
Mason Southwirth, ex-W1VLH (SK) – Head of ARRL International Geophysical Year (IGY)
Propagation Research Project in 1958-59; conducted additional propagation
research at Stanford University
Boris Stepanov, RU3AX (ex-UW3AX) – Leading Russian amateur, deputy editor of Russian
Radio magazine; pioneer of
computerized contest logging and log-checking; developed prototype for World
Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC); first to propose "glass
cockpit" for ham transceiver, combining frequency readout and spectrum
scope on front panel display
Rufus Turner, W3LF (SK) – Believed to be the first African-American radio
amateur in the U.S.; helped develop 1N34A diode; wrote 1949 article in Radio-Electronics magazine on how to
"Build a Transistor"
Perry Williams, W1UED (SK) – Longtime ARRL Washington
Coordinator and League archivist; convinced Congress to approve vanity call
sign program and not to impose a license application fee on amateurs; persuaded
FCC to retain large amateur microwave allocations and to create primary amateur
allocation at 2.4 GHz
Inductees to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame will be announced separately.
