Chambers Award
Bill Smith, K0CER, introduced the John T. Chambers Award in 1970. It commemorates and serves as a lasting tribute to John Chambers, W6NLZ, for his many contributions to VHF radio science, most notably his work with KH6UK proving the existence of the West Coast to Hawaii duct.
Nominations may be sent to Kent Britain, WA5VJB.
Chambers Award Recipients
1971 — Mel Wilson W2BOC for his dedicated observation and reporting of VHF propagation phenomena.
1972 — Ed Tilton W1HDQ for his many years of research and serving as Editor of "The World Above 50 Mc." in QST Magazine.
1973 — Tommy Thomas W2UK/KH6UK for his numerous VHF exploits, particularly exploring the Hawaii to West Coast duct with W6NLZ. Along with W4HHK, he demonstrated the utility of meteor scatter for working DX on 144 MHz.
1974 — Dick Knadle K2RIW for his amplifier designs and parabolic dish antennas.
1975 — John Fox W0LER for his studies of OSCAR telemetry.
1976 — Joe Reisert W1JR for his many technical contributions to VHF and UHF and his willingness to help other amateurs.
1977 — Bob Sutherland W6PO for his dedicated efforts to develop and disseminate technical information via the Eimac EME Notes.
1978 — Wayne Overbeck N6NB for his technical accomplishments and contest activities.
1979 No award presented.
1980 — Jan King W3GEY for his work in amateur satellites.
1981 — Louis Ancioux WB6NMT for his promotion of and technical contributions to the 220 MHz amateur band.
1982 — Al Katz K2UYH for his many technical accomplishments.
1983 No award presented.
1984 — Ron Dunbar W0PN for his technical contributions to the Amateur Satellite program, including software development and serving as a command station.
1985 — Don Hilliard W0PW (ex W0EYE) for his technical contributions to VHF/UHF including the W0EYE Yagi.
1986 — Paul Wilson W4HHK for his continuing technical contributions to UHF, especially EME on 2.3 GHz.
1987 — Leroy May W5HN (ex W5AJG) for over 50 years of contributions to VHF and UHF.
1988 — Al Ward WB5LUA for his many outstanding technical contributions in the field of VHF, UHF and microwave equipment.
1989 — Kent Britain WA5VJB for his promotion of the microwave bands, including numerous articles on simple, easy-to-build equipment.
1990 No award presented.
1991 — Jim Vogler WA7CJO for his many outstanding technical contributions, including participation in the first 10 GHz EME QSO.
1992 — Chip Angle N6CA for his practical amplifier and equipment designs and contributions to trans-pacific microwave communications on 3.4, 5.7 and 10 GHz.
1993 — Dr. Paul Shuch N6TX for his many years of outstanding technical contributions to the Society and VHF+.
1994 — Jim Davey WA8NLC and Rick Campbell KK7B for developing no-tune transverters for the microwave bands.
1995 — Zack Lau KH6CP for his many technical designs of equipment from DC to microwave and his generous advice and assistance.
1996 — Tom Clark W3IWI for his many contributions to amateur satellites.
1997 — Paul Wade N1BWT for his numerous microwave construction articles.
1998 — Greg McIntire AA5C for his outstanding technical articles in QST and the CSVHFS Proceedings and helping others achieve 10 GHz EME capability.
1999 — Les "Lucky" Whitaker W7CNK for pioneering EME operations on 220 MHz, 3.4 GHz, 5.7 GHz, and 10 GHz.
2000— Barry Malowanchuk VE4MA for his work on dish feed design, low noise preamplifiers, and EME activities.
2001 — Will Jensby W6EOM for his record-breaking millimeter-wave work and helping hundreds of amateurs get on the microwave bands.
2002 — Mike Staal K6MYC for many years of design, development, and production of antennas for VHF+.
2003 — David Robinson WW2R for hundreds of articles published about VHF+ and being part of the 24 GHz DX record.
2004 — Gerald Youngblood AC5OG for his ground-breaking work with Software Defined Radio.
2005 — Gary Lauterbach AD6FP for his pioneering EME work on 47 GHz.
2006 — Jeffrey Leer KG0VL for his research on aurora propagation, expeditions, and operations.
2007 — Bob McGwier N4HY for his work with AMSAT flight hardware and contributions to Software Defined Radio.
2008 — Barry Malowanchuk VE4MA and Al Ward W5LUA for the completing the first EME QSOs on 24 and 47 GHz.
2009 — Ronald Stefanskie W9ZIH for achieving record-breaking DX on the microwave bands and providing a greater understanding of microwave propagation.
2010 No award presented.
2011 — Joe Taylor K1JT for developing the WSJT suite of software programs that have revolutionized VHF+ communication via meteor scatter and moonbounce.
2012 — Jim Kennedy KH6/K6MIO for his investigation and explanation of extreme DX on 50 MHz.
2013 — Zack Lau W1VT for his continuing work in VHF+.
2014 — Jim Klitzing W6PQL for his solid-state amplifier designs.
2015 — Wayne Overbeck N6NB for his work on California-Hawaii microwave propagation.
2016 No award presented.
2017 — Gerald Youngblood AC5OG for his outstanding contributions to VHF and UHF amateur radio.
2018 — Tom Williams WA1MBA for his extensive work with millimeter-waves and helping others become operational on these bands.
2019 No award presented.
2020 No award presented.
2021 No award presented.
2022 — Dave Olean K1WHS for his continuous efforts to promote 222 MHz activity.
2023 — Tommy Henderson WD5AGO for decades of improving dish feeds and preamplifier designs to improve EME performance.
2024 — Steve Kostro N2CEI for many years of developing high-performance, quality products for the VHF, UHF, and microwave bands.
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