05/02/2025

The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, created by longtime amateur radio
publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA (SK), will continue to honor amateur radio
operators on a new section of the Hamgallery.com[1]ÿwebsite.

CQ magazine ceased publication in October 2023. Ross died on April 27, 2024,
and the change was made with the permission of his widow, Cathy.

The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors licensed amateur radio
operators, and non-licensed individuals, who have made significant
contributions to amateur radio, their professional careers, or to another
aspect of world affairs. A select and diverse group of amateurs will administer
the new website and review submissions.

The 2025 inductees are:

Professor Jim Breakall, WA3FET. Dr. Breakall's work has been instrumental in
amateur radio antenna technology development for decades. Dr. Breakall has
authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and books. He is an IEEE
Life Fellow, a Radio Club of America (RCA) Fellow, and has been awarded the
Sarnoff Award, the Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Technical Award, at the RCA, and the
Technical Achievement Award at the Dayton Hamvention¨.

Angel M. Vazquez, WP3R. Vazquez graduated from the City University of New York.
He worked at WNYC as a radio engineer before moving back to Arecibo, Puerto
Rico and taking a job at the Arecibo Observatory in 1977, rising to become head
of telescope operations. He has presented numerous talks on the Arecibo
Observatory and his amateur radio experiences at the Dayton Hamvention¨ Antenna
Forums, RCA Speaker series, HamSci conventions, and multiple amateur radio
clubs around the world. He was awarded Puerto Rico Amateur of the Year in 2017.

Wayne Overbeck, Ph.D., N6NB (SK). Overbeck was co-inventor of the Quagi
antenna, which is part quad, part Yagi. He was active in amateur radio for over
68 year, was a communications law professor and textbook author as well as an
accomplished DXer and contester.

The nomination deadline for 2025 has passed but information can be found at
Nomination Process for Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame[2].


[1] https://hamgallery.com/HOF/AmateurRadio/

[2] https://hamgallery.com/HOF/AmateurRadio/procedure.htm


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