SKCC Hall of Fame

The Straight Key Century Club Hall of Fame recognizes members who exemplify the ideals of the Straight Key Century Club. The inaugural Hall of Fame members are keeping alive the traditions of CW operation through their on-air activities and have become ambassadors for the club.

Inductees into the Hall of Fame have earned the recognition and respect of the Straight Key Century Club membership. Induction into the Hall of Fame cannot be refused and is irrevocable.

Let it be known, that the following members have earned Straight Key Century Club's highest honor, without whom the Straight Key Century Club would not exist or be as well organized as it is today.

K4VD - Kevin der Kinderen - SKCC #605 - Centurion #4 - Kevin runs the monthly SKCC sprints. He secured the club callsign, then the vanity callsign, proposed the Honor Roll and the Hall of Fame and continues to bring exciting ideas like the Elmer program to the club. His enthusiastic spirit and dedicated promotion of the club has earned him the honor of being the first SKCC Member inducted into the Straight Key Century Club Hall of Fame.

KC9ECI - Tom Peterson SKCC #1 - Without Tom, there would be no SKCC. Tom takes care of new memberships, gives out new numbers and works with the membership database updates.

KB4T Frank Haas - SKCC #981 - Centurion #31 - Frank setup much of the yahoo group and takes care of keeping the spam out of the message boards. He also coordinates the weekly SKCC HighER Speed Gathering.

W5ALT/YV1 Walt Fair, Jr - SKCC #103 - Walt setup the SKCC forum software and the membership certificate generator.

KA3CTQ Dan Rhodes - SKCC #2338 - Dan proposed, setup and manages the SKCC QSL Bureau.

KI4CIA Melinda Alsobrook - SKCC #2 - Melinda has served the past year as Public Information Officer and issues SKCC press releases.

W2LJ Larry Makoski - SKCC #49 - Larry has put together the Centurion and WAS awards certificates for the past year. He creates them and sends them to Tom KC9ECI, to sign.

KB3DNZ Sam Garula - SKCC #1749 - Sam is the SKCC Webmaster. He created and maintains the main SKCC website. He regularly posts updates to the website and works with the membership databases keeping the member search function current.

N6WK Gordon Benjamin - SKCC #3 - Centurion #40 - Gordon provides the SKCC domain name registration and hosting for skccgroup.com. Gordon also regularly works with the membership databases. He approves awards applications and has acted as
moderator for the past year.

 

2007

NT9K - Bill Crosier SKCC #1926 - Centurion #69 - Tribune #9 - Bill created and managed the SKCC Weekend Sprint, which later became the SKCC Weekend Sprint-A-Thon. Bill introduced themes into this event, which make these events both fun and challenging. Bill is also our Webmaster for www.skccgroup.com.

K2RFP - Dick Pav SKCC #2099 - Centurion #59 - Tribune #18 - Dick has written several computer programs for the Straight Key Century Club membership; Awards Tracker, SKCC Helper add-in and K2A Mini Logger.

KJ7BS - Mark Saunders SKCC #2240 - Centurion #56 - Tribune #20 - Mark writes, manages, and publishes The SKCC Centurion, the club's monthly newsletter, and makes it available to anyone wishing to receive it.

 

2008

AC2C - Ron Bower #2748T - Centurion #128 - Tribune #51 - Ron is the SKCC Tribune Manager and is the Manager for the SKCC K3Y 3rd Anniversary event.

K9JP - Jeff Peters #3008T - Centurion #110 - Tribune #31 - Jeff is the Membership Manager and the Elmer program Manager.

K3UK - Andy O Brien #1325C - Centurion #249 - Andy created and maintains the ever popular K3UK SKCC Sked Page.

N2JNZ - George Osier #2835T - Centurion #109 - Tribune #50 - George is the SKCC WAS Manager.

KB4QQJ - Randy Drake #3508T - Centurion #142 - Tribune #81 - 1xQRP #02 - 2xQRP #01 - Randy is the SKCC Event Calendar Manager and K3Y backup coordinator for all areas.

 

2009

KI6BHB - David Bilitch #4186C - Centurion #228 - David has taken over and is now the SKCC SKS Sprint Manager.

KL7GLL - Gene Buck #1098T - Centurion #101 - Tribune #29 - Gene has been working with the Weekend Sprint Awards and Statistics for several years.

W1DV - David Vittum #1433T - Centurion #36 - Tribune #7 - Dave has worked on every SKCC Anniversary Event and also for his recruiting efforts.

AF2Z - Andrew Kowal #2082T - Centurion #74 - Tribune #14 - Drew has worked on every SKCC Anniversary Event and also designed the K3Y QSL cards for 2008 and 2009.

N8CPA - Stephen Stirling #8 - The Halloween CQ Boo and his general promotion of the SKCC.

 

Induction into the Hall of Fame cannot be refused and is irrevocable. Please join us in congratulating these deserving members.