 DY2YJ |
Wolfgang Sommerkamp. | Founder of  . |
| N7ML | Craig M. "Mike" Lamb. | Founder of  . |
 NEW! VK3YS |
Fred Bail. | Co-founder (with his brother) of  Australia. |
NEW! VK3ABA |
Jim Bail. | Co-founder (with his brother) of Australia. |
 W4RNL |
L B Cebik. | Wrote more than a dozen books on antennas and very many articles for amateur radio journals. ARRL Technical Adviser and antenna expert. |
 W8CYE |
Robert Lloyd Drake Sr. | Founder of R. L. Drake Co. (1943). |
 W8PAL |
Alfred Irving Gross (Al Gross) |
Communications Pioneer. Inventor of the "walkie-talkie"; inventor of the Citizens' Radio Service aka "Citizens' Band." Invented the telephone pager. Read his short history here. |
| W9AC | William J Halligan (Bill Halligan) (Wireless Willie) |
Founder of Hallicrafters (1932). |
 WA6HHQ |
Eric Swartz | Co-founder of Elecraft LLC in 1998. |
 WB2AQC |
George Pataki | No, not THAT George Pataki! This prolific traveler / writer / ham is responsible for lobbying Senator Barry Goldwater to sponsor the legislation that eliminated the rule that limited licensing to US citizens only. He also helped supply information that led to the publishing of the first callbook (American Flying Horse) of Soviet radio amateur callsigns. This encouraged other Eastern European radio clubs to send their lists to the Callbook. |
 WB4APR |
Bob Bruninga | Developer of APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System). |