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Congrats to Bob and all of you across the globe involved in aprs advancement.<BR>
What an honor to be recognized by the Yasme Foundation<BR>
I too am constantly amazed at the dedication you all have to this mode I have come to love and enjoy so much.<BR>
Programmers rule!<BR><BR>
73'<BR>Clay Melhorn N9IO Bonfield, IL<BR>Webmaster:<BR>KARS - Kankakee Area Radio Society - W9AZ <A href="http://www.w9az.com/">http://www.w9az.com/</A><BR>ARRL (Central Division) <A href="http://www.central.arrl.org/">http://www.central.arrl.org/</A><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:40:49 -0500<BR>> From: Sid@NH7C.com<BR>> To: aprssig@tapr.org<BR>> Subject: [aprssig] WB4APR - 2009 Yasme Excellence Award Winner<BR>> <BR>> Yasme Excellence Awards<BR>> <BR>> http://www.yasme.org/2010-01-04.html<BR>> <BR>> January 4, 2010<BR>> <BR>> Winners ? Yasme Excellence Awards<BR>> <BR>> On January 8, 2008, The Directors of The Yasme Foundation announced <BR>> the establishment of the Yasme Excellence Awards. The Directors stated <BR>> that these awards would be given from time to time as the board feels <BR>> appropriate. These awards are given for service and dedication to <BR>> amateur radio as recognized by the foundation?s Directors. Awards were <BR>> later announced for the year 2007. No awards were given for 2008. The <BR>> Yasme Foundation Board of Directors is now pleased to announce the <BR>> latest winners of the Yasme Excellence Awards.<BR>> <BR>> The Awards for 2009 have been given to the following amateurs --<BR>> <BR>> Jamie Dupree, NS3T ? For his creation of the Radiosport Web site <BR>> (http://www.radio-sport.net/). This takes contest reporting into a new <BR>> genre - the sports reporter. Jamie also created the Radio-Sport.Net <BR>> World Rankings database that has been used by many contesters around <BR>> the world. Radiosport.net is an important new forum for Amateur Radio <BR>> operation.<BR>> <BR>> Bob Bruninga, WB4APR ? For the invention of APRS and the continuing <BR>> enhancement of its capabilities. Recently, Bob has expanded the <BR>> messaging ability of the system to allow sending information in <BR>> support of emcomm and other activities. Since APRS doesn?t require the <BR>> complexity of other systems, such as Winlink, APRS is a valuable <BR>> addition to the amateur's tool kit. Bob is a tireless, personal <BR>> promoter and publicizer of amateur radio.<BR>> <BR>> George Wallner, AA7JV and Tomi Pekarik HA7RY (award divided equally) ? <BR>> In 2009, George and Tomi completed DXpeditions to Mellish Reef, VK9GMW <BR>> and the Chesterfield Islands, TX3A. These expeditions represent a <BR>> somewhat unique and refreshing approach to DXpeditioning. They show <BR>> that a small group can exchange time for equipment and mega-funds and <BR>> come out ahead. By focusing on fewer bands for a longer period, they <BR>> have been able to log more unique calls from smaller stations. This <BR>> brings more operators into the HF DX environment and encourages other <BR>> expeditions to adopt these useful tactics.<BR>> <BR>> Don Hill, AA5AU - Don has been a leader in RTTY contesting for many <BR>> years. His persistent efforts have finally borne fruit as in recent <BR>> years, RTTY/Digital contesting has grown at the fastest rate of any <BR>> contest activity. His Web page (http://aa5au.com/rtty.html) is the <BR>> first stop for all RTTY contesters, and he is well-known as the "RTTY <BR>> Elmer" in digital contesting circles.<BR>> <BR>> Tursoon-Zadeh, EY8MM - Nodir has been a beacon from Central Asia on <BR>> Topband as well as 6-Meters. Not only technically and operationally <BR>> skilled, Nodir has worked to establish a QSL Bureau for Tajikistan and <BR>> is the Vice President of the Amateur Radio Society of Tajikistan.<BR>> <BR>> Rich Strand, KL7RA - Rich was the driving force behind the highly <BR>> successful W1AW/KL7 and KL5O operations, both of which highlighted a <BR>> resurgence in Alaskan contesting and DX activity over the past couple <BR>> of years. Rich works hard to promote operating standards and educate <BR>> the new contest and DX operators about good operating practices. This <BR>> is resulting in more Alaskan HF operation which also encourages <BR>> beginning DXers elsewhere in North America.<BR>> <BR>> For additional information about the Yasme Foundation, visit our Web <BR>> site at www.yasme.org. On behalf of The Yasme Foundation, <BR>> congratulations to the 2009 winners!<BR>> <BR>> Wayne A. Mills, N7NG, President<BR>> The Yasme Foundation<BR>> <BR>> Directors -- K3ZO, N7NG, N0AX, OH2BH, W6BSY, W6RGG, W6SZN<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> aprssig mailing list<BR>> aprssig@tapr.org<BR>> https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<BR> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it now.</a></body>
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