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 8 March, are:
* Philip Gladstone, N1DQ: "The Gladstone Signal Spotting Challenge is named for Philip, the creator and maintainer of the PSKReporter.info website, also known as the Digimode Automatic Propagation Reporter. Philip has made a tremendous contribution to Amateur Radio operating, citizen-science, and ionospheric research through the data ('spots') which are collected and stored on PSKReporter.info".
* Paul Schreier HB9DST (AA1MI): "Mr. Schreier serves as a Board member of the Helvetia Telegraphy Club and is very active in the Summits On The Air program. Paul is always available when it comes to organizing events (e.g. World High Speed Telegraphy Championships in 2012 in Switzerland) or to introduce newcomers in the wonderful world of CW and SOTA".