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.
2006
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.
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