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LCARC Sponsored Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u200bThe Lake County ARC hosts two major awards.  One, the Ham of the Year, is  presented by the club, at its discretion, to the LCARC member who has shown leadership, who has accepted responsibility, and is active in multiple areas of  ham radio and in service to the club (not just the best DXer, or the oldest club
officer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other major award, the Herb S. Brier award,  honors the  memory of long time CQ Novice Editor Herb Brier.  This award is presented in the spirit of effective, caring Amateur Radio instruction. The ARRL and the  Lake County Amateur Radio Club, co-sponsor this award in Herb’s memory. The award is bestowed by the ARRL to recognize the very best in volunteer Amateur  Radio instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Herb Briar Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Herb S. Brier, long time CQ Novice Editor, represented the sprit of effective,
caring Amateur Radio instruction. The ARRL and the Lake County Amateur Radio  Club, co-sponsor this award in Herb’s memory. The award is bestowed by the ARRL  to recognize the very best in volunteer Amateur Radio instructions. The name  of the award is the \u201cARRL Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award”.   

Past  recipients are:
1978 \u2014 Sam May, AD7F
1979 \u2014 Arthur Smith, N3DR
1980 \u2014 Dan Hoover, W9VEY
1981 \u2014 Eddie Miller, W5EXI
1982 \u2014 Vera Woodland, WD5BOW, and Paul  Woodland, W8EEY
1983 \u2014 Peter Kemp, KZ1Z
1984 \u2014 Gordon West, WB6NOA 
1985 \u2014 No Award
1986 \u2014 No Award
1987 \u2014 Larry Odams, K7NUL
1988 \u2014  Fred Cady, KE7X
1989 \u2014 Lyle Aufranc, AA6DJ
1990 \u2014 William Helmetag,  WA2VQG
1991 \u2014 Tom Hammond, N0SS
1992 \u2014 James Stafford, W4QO
1993 \u2014  James (Jim) Dalley, W0NAP
1994 \u2014 Chris Townsend, NU7V
1995 \u2014 Andrew J.  Blackburn III, WD4AFY
1996 \u2014 Eric J. (Rick) Lagerstrom, KN6FR
1997 \u2014  Frank J. Mc Nally, KF0WF
1998 \u2014 Jerry Paquette, WB8IOW, and Roland Anders,  K3RA
1999 \u2014 Allen Wolff, KC7O
2000 \u2014 Mary Lau, N1VH
2001 \u2014 Richard  W. Crockett, W0PC
2002 \u2014 Edmund Weiss, W1NXC
2003 \u2014 Donald P. Wright Jr.  AA2F
2004 \u2014 Rich Davidson, K9RD
2005 \u2014 No Award
2006 \u2014 Dr. William  P. Birmingham, KC8WDB
2007 \u2014 No Award
2008 \u2014 Doug Loughmiller, W5BL 
2009 \u2014 Brian Short, KC0BS
2010 \u2014 Delvin Bunton, N7QMT & Phillip  Peterson, AC7NB
2011 \u2014 ?
2012 \u2014 Joe  Lowenthal, WA4OVO
2013-2020 — No Award
2021 \u2014 David Ritter, ND4MR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ham of the Year Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each year, at its discretion, the LCARC names a member who has shown leadership,  who has accepted responsibility, and is active in multiple areas of ham radio  and in service to the club (not just the best DXer, or the oldest club officer).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following members have shown dedication and service to the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1971, William “Cy” Payne, W9EHZ (SK)
1972, Richard Hardt, AD9V (SK)
1973, Bill Ellis, WB9CAC
1974, Bill DeGeer, W9TY (SK)
1975, Herb Brier, W9AD  (SK)
1976, Sam Pence, WB9KBV (SK)
1977, Dave Howe, WB9PIO
1978, Tom  Trojan, WB9HCH (SK)
1979, Dave Wojcinski, W9IA
1980, George Kelly, K9WWT 
1981, Ernie Redipenny, WB9TIZ (SK)
1982, Greg Zonca, WD9FMS
1983,  Charlies Sufana, AJ9N
1984, Don Starr, N4MOW
1985, Gloria Starr, N4MOX  (SK)
1986, Mike Evanson, WY9R (SK)
1987, Ken Brown, KE9TC
1988, Jim Harney, KF9EX
1989, Charlie Dahn,  WD9FIG and Midge Dahn WD9FIH
1990, Lucy Schendera, N9DTG (SK)
1991, Lee Raue,  WD9GQO
1992, Nick Cominos, W9UM (SK)
1993, No Award
1994, John Gianotti,  W9WY (SK)
1995, Rick Terpstra, WN9Z (SK)
1996, Malcolm Lunsford,  W9MAL (SK)
1997 – 2001 No Awards
2002, Mark Skowronski, K9MQ
2003-2007 No  Awards
2008, Tom Ruggles, W8FIB
2009-2015, No Awards
\u200b2016, Bill Young, N9QLS (SK)
\u200b2017, Russ McComb, KB9HO
\u200b2018, Dr. Tim McGillen, N9CA
2019-2023,  No Awards
2024, Andy Finick, W9FXT (SK) and Pat Finick, N9FXT
\u200b2025, Paul Petrie, KD9NPC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

LCARC Ham Of The Year Award Guidelines:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1.  Must be well rounded in the  hobby. 
2.  Must have served as an officer of the  club.
3.  Must be above  reproach.
4.  Must not have received any admonishments from the club. 
5.  Must be public service oriented. 
6.  Must have made significant  contributions through amateur radio to\/for the  club. 
7. Must conduct himself in an  exemplary manner at all times. 
The nominee must be nominated by and agreed to by a majority of previous Hams of the Year. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LCARC Sponsored Awards Awards \u200bThe Lake County ARC hosts two major awards.  One, the Ham of the Year, is  presented by the club, at its discretion, to the LCARC member who has shown leadership, who has accepted responsibility, and is active in multiple areas of  ham radio and in service to the club (not just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w9lj.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}