YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD

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Established in 2008 by the Yasme Foundation (https://www.yasme.org/), the Excellence Award is presented to individuals and groups who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually-engraved crystal globe. The latest recipients, announced on 23 May, are:
* Randy Hall, K7AGE - "Randy is a 40-year active ham, whose biggest contribution is a large library of YouTube videos - many created for the newcomer (https://www.youtube.com/@K7AGE) - of good quality and on many topics.
Video is the way most new hams get started learning about ham radio and he has really done a good job. He is also on Twitter (https://x.com/K7AGE).
There is plenty in his library and any of us might find something new.
Randy exemplifies the ham radio mentor".
* Rudy Severns, N6LF - "If you have an 'ARRL Antenna Book', you have seen Rudy's work. In recent editions, he has been instrumental in revising and expanding the material in the chapter 'Effects of Ground'. For example, he has developed a method of measuring soil characteristics at RF. He has written extensively about how the radials and ground screens affect radiation efficiency. Rudy also builds and measures the systems to verify his models. Rudy was one of the experimental licensees who helped open up the new 630 and 2200 meter bands, as well. He has published an impressive body of work at https://www.antennasbyn6lf.com/". [TNX K4ZW]