Central States VHF Society
Wilson Award Recipients
Through 2007
The Wilson Award was instituted in 1982 in memory of long time Society member Melvin S.
Wilson, W2BOC. It is given for outstanding and continuing service to the Society or to
VHF/UHF in general. Nominations may be sent to
Kent Britain, WA5VJB.
1982 Bill Tynan, W3XO, for his continuous service and dedication towards promoting VHF and
UHF amateur radio activity.
1983 Ed Fitch, W0OHU, for 16 years of devoted service to the Society.
1984 Ray Nichols, W5HFV, for his many years of service to the Society as its historian.
1985 Al Ward, WB5LUA, for his many years as Prize Chairman and his numerous fine technical
talks at various CSVHF conferences.
1986 Mark Thorson, WB0TEM, for his continued and valuable service to the Society, particularly
in maintaining the VHF antenna range.
1987 Jimmy Treybig, W6JKV, for his many DXpeditions to sometimes difficult spots to give us
all new countries on 6 meters.
1988 Lionel Edwards, VE7BQH, for his many hours spent conducting the 2-Meter EME Net on 20
meters. In so doing, he has helped many new EMEers get started and many old-time moonbouncers
increase their stations worked totals.
1989 Joe Muscanere, WA5HNK, for his many years of service to the Society, including serving
as its Treasurer for ten years from 1979 to 1989.
1990 No award presented.
1991 Kent Britain, WA5VJB, for his numerous contributions to the Society, especially in
maintaining the microwave antenna range.
1992 Bob Taylor, WB5LBT, for his many years of service to the Society as a member of the
Board of Directors, as President for 1982, and Treasurer for 1990-91 and as Chairman of the
1982 Conference.
1993 Rod Blocksome, K0DAS, for his many years of service to the Society, twice serving as
President, and as editor of the director's newsletter.
1994 Gerald Handley, WA5DBY, for his dedicated and continuing service as Chairman of the
Society's Board of Directors.
1995 Charlie Chennault, WA5YOU, for his continuing service to the Society as Treasurer, and
his efforts to ensure compliance with government regulations.
1996 Bill Olson, W3HQT, the founder of Down East Microwave, for making quality equipment and
parts readily available to all.
1997 Dave Meier, N4MW, for his many years of service to the Society, serving as President
for 1994 and many years as Assistant Treasurer.
1998 Larry Hazelwood, W5NZS, for his many years of service to the Society as Secretary.
1999 Gary Gerber, KB0HH, for his many years of working on the prize committee.
2000 Picture Steve Kostro, N2CEI, For his work in helping so
many hams come on the air with low cost equipment.
2001 Picture Joel Harrison, W5ZN, Past CSVHFS President, active
VHF/UHF/Microwave operator, ARRL VP and for his support of our VHF bands.
2002 Wilson Award Bruce Richardson, W9FZ, for energy and effort to the Society as Treasurer,
Board Member, Conference Host, and Newsletter Editor.
2003 Sam Whitley, K5SW, for years of service to the society. Sam has been President,
Vice-President, and Treasurer many times in the early years of the society. The CSVHFS
would not be where it is today if not for his efforts. This presentation marks the first
time the award was presented via RF (cellphone) due to Sam's departure from the banquet
just minutes earlier.
2004 Picture Emil Pocock W3EP for his work supporting
the VHF Community with his many QST Columns 1992-2002.
2005 Picture Emily Ward, for sustained service to the society
supporting and sponsoring conference family programs.
2006 John Fox, WØLER, for his sustained service to the society over a forty year span. John played
key roles at the time of the society's birth. Later, during the 1970's, John served as President,
Treasurer, and conference host. Today, John again serves on the conference host team as mentor
and Family Program specialist.
2007 Tommy Henderson, WD5AGO, for his work organizing CSVHFS Conferences and conducting the Noise
Figure Measurments.
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