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Hamvention names 2007 Award WinnersThree amateur radio (ham) operators who have made significant contributions to the Amateur Radio Service, will be honored guests when Hamvention® 2007 opens in Hara Arena on May 18. Recipients of this year's Hamvention® awards are Jim Haynie, W5JBP, whose leadership of ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio , helped define amateur radio's role in emergency communication; Ed Hare, W1RFI, whose technical documentation of BPL interference helped defend ham bands; and David Cameron, VE7LTD, whose efforts in developing the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) turned amateur radio repeaters into a worldwide communication network. Pat Johnson, KC8ZZO, Hamvention® Awards Chairman said the number
of worthy nominees presented tough task to the committee. "We believe
the winners all represent excellence in service to the ham radio community.
We were impressed with the quality of the nominations." Jim Haynie, W5JBP, was selected as 2007 Amateur of the Year for his many contributions to amateur radio both before and during his three terms as President of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) from 2000 to 2006. As his nominator noted, "…it was Jim's energy, tenacity and attention to detail that has transformed the American Radio Relay League from the service organization it was prior to 9/11 into the pro-active, vital emergency service clearing house and educational operation that it is today." Haynie began his service to the ARRL Board in 1987 as West Gulf Division Director and was elected ARRL Vice President in 1990. In 1997 he again became Director of the ARRL West Gulf Division and was elected President of the ARRL in 2000 to the first of three terms. One of his first successes as President was to establish the League’s “Amateur Radio Education and Technology Program” also known as “The Big Project” as an effort to bring young people into amateur radio. Among the biggest challenges Haynie faced during his ARRL tenure was the Broadband over Powerline (BPL) battle. He made numerous trips to Washington to testify before Congress and the FCC regarding the threat BPL poses to radio communication. He went on camera in 2005 in the video “The ARRL Goes to Washington” to clearly state the ARRL position on BPL and has been a forceful advocate for limiting BPL communication interference. Homeland security has been another priority for Haynie and in June of 2003, he signed a formal Statement of Affiliation between the Department of Homeland Security and the ARRL. He helped get recognition for the contributions of amateur radio to emergency communication following the World Trade Center attack and Hurricane Katrina. Jim has left an indelible and very positive mark on both the Amateur Radio Service and the American Radio Relay League. The Dayton Hamvention 2007 Special Achievement Award winner goes to Ed Hare, W1RFI, for his extensive work in addressing the Broadband over Powerline (BPL) hazards to radio communication. The Special Achievement is for the special person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of amateur radio. Ed’s single minded determination to protect our radio spectrum from unwarranted interference is such an outstanding contribution. His nominator noted that Hare helped gather the evidence that showed that BPL was a credible threat of interference and kept sounding the alarm. His efforts helped bring BPL "to the forefront of our attention and for this we owe Ed a vote of thanks for his dedication and unwillingness to quit this fight." Hare, who manages the ARRL technical laboratory, has been with the headquarters for more than 20 years and is a member of numerous electrical and electronic engineering professional societies and committees. Ed has written numerous articles for QST magazine and the ARRL Handbook on radiofrequency radiation. He is one of the editors for the ARRL “RFI Book” and “RF Exposure and You.” Hare has brought a tremendous level of technical expertise to bear on the BPL problem and assembled a coherent case for attacking the issue. His modeling of the BPL interference effect has made a convincing argument about the interference threat. Hare even outfitted his own automobile so he could travel the Northeast and document conclusively BPL interference. He has used his technical expertise and devotion to amateur radio to protect the interests of the whole ham community. The Dayton Hamvention 2007 Technical Excellence Award winner is David Cameron, VE7LTD. This award is given for the person who has made an outstanding technical advancement in the field of amateur radio. Cameron was instrumental in development of the software, hardware, and technology that permits repeaters worldwide to be linked together over the worldwide web through the Internet Radio Linking Project or IRLP. His nominator noted that "His work literally transformed FM repeater communication from a local entity into a world-wide communication network that has been of immense value in emergencies and has helped unite the world's radio amateurs over the internet and radio." Cameron was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. While attending the University of British Columbia (UBC), he joined the UBC Amateur Radio Society in 1993. David built his first repeater and computer-based controller in 1995. He took over maintenance of the UBC repeaters in 1996 and began instituting improvements to the operation. The Internet Radio Linking Project was started in November of 1997 in an attempt to use the Internet to link radio systems across Canada. Due to numerous problems it was shut down in early 1998. Cameron set out to design a more robust system and chose Linux for the networking software. He designed an interface board to connect the radio to the computer, wrote and improved software and succeeded in creating nearly seamless radio link between two remote sites on the Internet. The IRLP system runs a large network of dedicated servers and nodes offering excellence in voice communications. IRLP and its derivatives have opened up a whole new world of communications in VHF/UHF repeaters with the power of the Internet. Hamvention®, the world’s largest amateur radio gathering, brings more than 20,000 people to the greater Dayton area each year. The three-day event includes exhibits, a flea market, forums and education sessions. For more information about Dayton Hamvention 2007 (scheduled for May 18-20), visit the website at www.hamvention.org or e-mail media@hamvention.org.
Our thanks to Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF for this item
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