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2009 Atlantic Division Award Winners Announced

05/30/09 -- The Atlantic Division Awards Committee is pleased to announce that following awards have been named.

AMATEUR OF THE YEAR

The Atlantic Division Amateur of the Year is awarded to George Brechmann N3HBT.

George was the moving force behind Pennsylvania becoming the 27th state having a PRB-1 law on the books. The PRB-1 antenna legislation was presented by George's state senator, Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf.  Several people played very key parts in this effort besides George:  Eric Pauley, Senator Greenleaf's Assistant, Dave Eckman WA3YVR, Eric Olena WB3FPL, EPA-Section Manager, John Rodgers N3MSE, WPA-Section Manager and Chris Imlay W3KD, ARRL General Counsel.  And last, but certainly not least were the number of amateur radio operators in Pennsylvania who took the time to contact their state senator and state representative.

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

The Technical Achievement Award this year was shared by two individuals working together on making digital emergency communication easier and more reliable.  They have been active in making presentations across the Atlantic Division.  The awardees for this category are Dave Kleber KB3FXI and Harry Bloomberg W3YJ.

KEITH  FREEBERG N2BEL EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

This award is named after Keith Freeberg N2BEL who was very involved in amateur radio and amateur radio training in the Western New York Section.  Keith had a unique ability to teach amateur radio to people of all ages.  He had an affinity for working with young people and was very involved with one of the few Radio Coaches programs.  It is very fitting that this award is dedicated to his memory and that the successful candidate demonstrate an ability to successfully train people in amateur radio.  The emphasis is on quality of training and not pure number of people trained.

This is the first year for this award and  the first recipient is Pete Fournia W2SKY.  Pete had worked very closely with Keith over the years in developing, organizing and teaching amateur radio topics to scores of people.

Please join us in congratulating these Atlantic Division Award winners for this year!

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