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    AWARDS

    Sep 01, 2019 5 minutes
    BY EDDIE DEYOUNG,* AE7AA

    We are pleased to welcome Eddie DeYoung, AE7AA, as our new Awards Editor. A ham since 1954, Eddie currently lives in Montana — where he works each summer as a ranger at Glacier National Park — but spent many years in Australia as well. For several years, he was Awards Manager for the Wireless Institute of Australia (the VK version of the ARRL), where he helped modernize the program and developed software to improve award processing. Eddie will fill you in on more of his ham background next month, but we’re glad to have him join the CQ team. Welcome, Eddie! –W2VU

    s this is my inaugural column, I thought it was a good time to reflect on the beginning of the CQ awards program. itself!

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