[DXBase] On a Lighter Side - Al Waller

2002年3月07日 06:34:28 -0800 (PST)

This is a message from Al Waller - The owner of all of
the fine equipment that runs this free service:
(See you all at Dayton)
To all QSL/QTH.net users,
Last Thursday I was notified that I had received the
Dayton Hamfest 2002 
award for Technical Excellence
"Mr. Alan Waller, K3TKJ, of Laurel, DE has been chosen
to receive Dayton 
Hamvention's Technical Excellence award for 2002. Mr.
Waller, first 
licensed in 1961, combined his decades-long love for
Amateur Radio and a 
burgeoning interest in the then-new Internet (1993) to
design and manage 
the www.qsl.net and www.qth.net web sites. Mr. Waller's
web sites have 
served the interests of tens of thousands of Hams
worldwide by providing 
technical references, email and web page hosting
services, and links to 
thousands of other sites. In the true spirit of the
Amateur Radio Operator, 
Mr. Waller's initial work utilized "leading edge"
experimentation to see 
"what can we do with this" and has developed into a
mature, reliable mode 
of communication. Hamvention congratulates Alan Waller,
K3TKJ, for his 
Technical Excellence"
I am honored to have been selected for this and will
accept the award in 
the name of all the financial supporters and volunteers
that have made this 
all possible. In the past 6 years I have received help
from countless 
individuals and groups and if I neglected to thank you
please let me do it 
now or do it again.
QSL/QTH does not "belong" to me. I was fortunate to
have a few good ideas, 
and the resources to get it started. The real award
winners here are the 
supporters and volunteers, without you this would never
have happened.
We as a "team" have broken new ground, and many more
exciting things are 
planned in the future.
I would be like to acknowledge the following for their
major support.
Every person who took the time and effort to nominate
me. To quote the 
awards committee, "the campaign to nominate you was
impressive"
K7ON Brian Short for all the early development.
AA9ZT Mike Imrick for thousands of hours of
programming, technical 
support, and friendship.
W8DBF Duane Fisher for his incredible insight as to
what is important and 
what is not.
W4KMA Ed Griffin for his major financial support and
just being a great friend.
KB8ZGU Tim Miller for the many hours of hard work and
enhancements.
Every person who has ever contributed financially to
keep us growing.
The 255 volunteers who run the mailing reflectors, they
make my job easy.
And finally my wife Denise for the total support of my
"out of control 
hobby" (her famous words).
It's still fun to do....I can't wait to see what the
next six years will bring.
See you at Dayton!
73, and thanks to all again
Al K3TKJ