Famous Ham List
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Callsigns
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Name
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Claim to Fame
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Notes
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QSL rcv
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JY1
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King Hussein
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(SK) 07-FEB1999 (63)
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YES
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HZ1TA
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Talal bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud
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Prince Talal bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
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NO
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LU1SM
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Carlos Saul Menem
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President of Argentina (1989 - 1999 )
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NO
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SV2ASP
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Father Apollo
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Father Monk Apollo, Missionary - Mount Athos, Greece
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YES
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GM3ITN
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Les Hamilton
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Scottish printer who first alerted England of Argentine invasion of the Falklands on April 2, 1982. See article
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YES
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M0SDX
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Sergey Rebrov
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Professional soccer player; (ex-UT5UDX); reportedly, Rebrov is now playing for a Turkish club and using call TA2ZF; QRZ! profile. QSL card.
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NO
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W1AW
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Hiram Percy Maxim
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Inventor, radio pioneer, early aviation pioneer; ARRL Founder also known as "The Old Man." Full biography; short bio; a picture of Maxim's 1915 Station (1ZM); his card; picture of his invention, the firearms silencer (for which he may be more famous than ham radio); Burial site.
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(SK) 17-FEB-1936 (66)
wked 10/12/15/17/20/30
need qsl for 10/12/30
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YES
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KA1FZQ
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Lawrence S. Bacow
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NO
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KZ1Z
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Peter Kemp
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ARRL Professional Teacher of the Year ( co-winner)
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two recent QSO jan 2006 RTTY 20 and 40m
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NOT YET
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WB2AQC
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George Pataki
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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 and the secrecy and prohibition was ended! Official Web Site
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YES
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KA2ORK
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Mark Barettella
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YES
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NE2Q
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Jay Kolinsky
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NO
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WB2TED
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Ted David
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NO
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KA2WEU
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Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde
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NO
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W3DEF
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Stephen Aug
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YES
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W3SON
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Richard Dean
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Radio & TV Station Owner, including KNZZ Grand Junction CO.
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NO
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KD3P
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Scudder Georgia
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Medal of Freedom recipient, WWII OSS operative, founding member and senior communications chief of Central Intelligence Agency. remembrance here ;
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(SK) 26-DEC-2000 (86)
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NO
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K4EB/m
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Larry Junstrom
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NO
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K5AQ
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Donald Hall
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Director of the Institute for Pacific Asia at Texas A & M University
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NO
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N5IN
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Dr. Ronald A. Stordahl
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YES
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W6AQ/8
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Dave Bell
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NO
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K6DUE/4
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Roy Neal
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(SK) 12-AUG-2003 (82)
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NO
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K6DXK
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Ernest P. Lehman
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Writer, Producer, Actor, Director; won Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement 25-MAR-2001. Links.
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NO
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K6FG
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Mark Weiss
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Cpmmissioner LA. CO. Superior Court
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YES
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W6FY
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Ben Moses
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Emmy-winning writer and TV/movie director and producer, who produced 1987 movie "Good Morning, Vietnam" (ex-W6TJR, W2GGV). QRZ! profile/pix; movies
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E-QSL
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W6KHJ
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Beau Weaver
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YES
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K6MYC
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Michael B. Staal
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YES
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K6UI
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Ross Adey (DR)
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Former Withe House advisor on electromagnetic radiations
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NO
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N6VL
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Joe Westheimer
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Optical Effect Expert
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NO
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W6NL
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Dr. David B. Leeson
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Founding Chairman and past CEO of California Microwave, Inc.; Consulting Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University; IEEE Life Fellow; author of "Physical Design of Yagi Antennas," published by ARRL; (ex-HC8L, ex-W6QHS). Links.
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NO
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W6RJ
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Robert Ferrero
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President of the Ham Radio Outlet
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YES
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W6UK
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Alvino Rey
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Radio/TV/Records, reportedly invented the electric guitar; OOTC# 1047; ex-6UE; article with picture and bio; Walt Maxwell, W2DU, played trumpet in Rey's band in the 40's according to this article. Obituary in the "New York Times" 27-FEB-2004. QSL.
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(SK) 24-FEB-2004 (95)
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NO
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W6VIO
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Robert R Smit
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena CA
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YES
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N7ML
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Craig M. "Mike" Lamb
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Founder of AEA Electronics.
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NO
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K7UGA
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Barry Goldwater
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late US Senator/vociferous friend of amateur radio. (ex-6BIP and K3UIG - his Washington, DC, callsign); QSL card. Special Event Station QSL card. In China, QSL card.
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(SK) 29-MAY-1998 (89)
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YES
Special
Event
Station
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W0BC
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Wade H. Williams Jr
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Founded Associated Radio right after WWII, retiring in 1991. He had over 1000 hours of flight time over the Pacific routes in WWII and has contributed to amateur radio in many ways. His last commercial product was the BC-Matcher a small mobile antenna matcher. QRZ ! profile;
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(SK) 21-APR-2003 (81)
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NO
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KH6IJ
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Kathasi Nose
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Radio columnist and former Phisics Professor
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(SK)
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YES
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