For more than 10 years, the club has solicited and honored those who have made a significant contribution to the world of QRP. Inductees are honored at the Dayton Hamvention with a plaque presented at the annual banquet.

The following, in alphabetical order, are the current QRP Hall of Fame members.

Chuck Adams, K7QO	Tony Fishpool, G4WIF
Rich Arland, K7SZ	Dieter ("Diz") Gentzow, W8DIZ
Brice Anderson, W9PNE	Paul Harden, NA5N
Dave Benson, NN1G	Wes Hayward, W7ZOI
Harry Blomquist, K6JSS (silent key)	Doug Hendricks, KI6DS
Fred Bonavita, K5QLF (silent key)	George Heron, N2APB
Mike Bryce, WB8VGE	Bill Kelsey, N8ET
Wayne Burdick, N6KR	Ian Keyser, G3ROO
George Burt, GM3OXX	Hank Kohk, K8DD
Jim Cates, WA6GER (silent key)	Jim Kortge, K8IQY
L. B. Cebik, W4RNL (silent key)	Roy Lewallen, W7EL
Mike Czuhajewski, WA8MCQ	Rick Littlefield, K1BQT
Arnold ("Arnie") Coro, CO2KK	Dick Pascoe, G0BPS
Tom Davis, K8IF	Randy Rand, AA2U
Doug DeMaw, W1FB (silent key)	C. F. Rockey, W9SCH
Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV	Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ
James Duffey, KK5MC	Gus Taylor, G8PG
Ken Evans, W4DU	Steve Weber, KD1JV
Joe Everhart, N2CX	Adrian Weiss, W0RSP
Graham Firth, G3MFJ	Peter Zenker, DL2FI

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QRP Hall of Fame Nomination Guidelines

If you feel someone has had a significant impact on the QRP community through outstanding accomplishments (technical, operating, organizational, etc.), they would be a candidate for this honor. The nominations will be collected and sent to the voters, we'll take a week or so to discuss them before voting, and the inductees (if any) will be announced at Dayton. (A 2/3 vote is required for induction.) The voting body consists of the QRP ARCI Board of Directors, President, Vice-President and last eight members inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Nominations may be submitted by anyone, whether a member of the QRP ARCI^SM or not. Similarly, membership is not required for someone to receive the honor, since this is an award to recognize those who have made great contributions to the QRP community, not just to the QRP ARCI^SM.

If submitting a nomination, you must do more than simply toss out a name. We need to have a few paragraphs giving some details of the accomplishments, telling us why the person is worthy of being in the QRP Hall of Fame. Don't count on all of the voters knowing everything about your favorite QRP hero; you think they are worthy of the honor and it's your duty to convince us. In the past, it was not unusual to see comments to the effect that since someone didn't bother to write more than a line or two, then the nominee must not be very worthy of getting the vote.

While we have no list of specific requirements to meet for induction, we do have some guidelines. In general, nominees should be someone who has made significant contributions to QRP in one or more areas, and preferably things benefiting a large number of people. Long term contributions carry more weight than limited, short term ones. Nominees have a much better chance of induction if they have been actively serving the QRP community for an extended period of time, i.e., several years. Naturally, the nomination letters should only include information on achievements that are related to QRP.

As always, each nominee is judged on his/her merits; this is not a competition to choose the top two or three or whatever. There are no quotas and no limits. If the voters don't feel any nominees truly deserve the honor this time around, none will be inducted simply for the sake of having someone to announce at Dayton. On the other hand, if there are a dozen nominees and all are judged worthy, all will be inducted. (And we get a quantity discount on the plaques!)

Nominations are to be sent to both the Club President - This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
and the Vice-President - This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Nominations may be sent by email or by post.

The closing date for nominations is March 1st for induction in May of the same year.

When a nomination is received, a confirmation e-mail or letter will be sent to the person making the nomination. If you nominate someone and do not receive a confirmation, we did not receive it. You will need to receive a confirmation to ensure your nominee will be considered.