Our 2000 Hamvention award winners were:
Martti Laine,
OH2BH, AMATEUR OF THE YEAR.
Martti is well known in the international amateur radio community
as our #1 Ambassador of Good Will. Martti has been responsible
for promoting the activation of new DXCC countries – traveling
under difficult and often dangerous conditions to promote the
hobby worldwide. Additionally, Martti is the only person to
be inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame as well as the CQ Contest
Hall of Fame.
Dr. H. Paul Shuch, N6TX, TECHNICAL
EXCELLENCE. Paul is being honored for his pioneering work in the 1970’s
in VHF, UHF and microwave receiver design; and for his recent
design of amateur radio astronomy equipment for the 21-cm hydrogen
line region.
Prose Walker, W4BW, SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT. Prose is being honored for his early involvement in developing
the concept of obtaining new amateur frequency bands. Prose
first went public with this concept in a speech to the Swiss
Amateur Society in Geneva, Switzerland in 1974. Additionally,
Prose was the guiding force behind the development of ACAR (Advisory
Committee of Amateur Radio), having established the committee
and serving as its first Chair.
