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2007 Atlantic Division Award Winners Announced

06/01/07 -- The Atlantic Division Awards Committee is pleased to announce that following awards have been named.

AMATEUR OF THE YEAR

The Atlantic Division Amateur of the Year is awarded to Luke Calianno N2GDU. 

Luke has a rich history of helping new amateurs into the service.  Luke is involved with amateur radio classes and VE sessions.  He is usually the guiding force during any special events that his club hosts such as Field Day, ARRL VHF Contests and the Dunkirk Lighthouse/Lightship. 

In his position as President of the Town of Lancaster’s Office of Emergency Management, Luke has been able to have the town’s EMA office recognize the value of amateur radio, but also to support the Lancaster ARES group.  He was able to encourage several members of the OEM to earn their amateur radio licenses.  Luke is the net manager for our Monday night ARES net.

“If the door to the club house is open, you will Luke standing in the doorway with the light on when you arrive.”

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

The Atlantic Division Technical Achievement Award is awarded to Jim Sanford WB4GCS.

Jim was first licensed in the sixth grade and was a 1976 graduate of the US Naval Academy.  While active in the Navy, he was active with Navy MARS stations both on ships and on shore.

Jim was nominated for his involvement with the AMSAT program.  He is currently serving as the Project Manager for the AMSAT OSCAR Eagle project.  This project is the next generation high earth orbit satellite under construction now by AMSAT North America.  Eagle will provide many services and reliable communications on bands not previously available and will build upon technology developed by AMSAT-NA for use in P3E.  Eagle is currently in development stage although the major components are finished (and installed on P3E) and other components such as the software defined transponder have been demonstrated.

Please join us in congratulating each of our awards recipients!

Bill Edgar N3LLR

Atlantic Division Director

Tom Abernethy W3TOM

Atlantic Division Vice Director

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