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Fremont, CA (PRWEB) May 31, 2006

SchmartBoard, the developer of a new technology that has significantly simplified the creation of electronic circuits for hobbyists and electronic engineers, announced today the First Annual Schmartie Awards to reward exceptional electronic circuit design.

Engineers, students and hobbyists from around the world are invited to enter the first annual Schmartie awards. From now through November 15th, entrants can post SchmartScematics (electronic circuits utilizing SchmartBoard prototyping products) for users to download and use in their own projects. In December, we will open up voting for the five favorite circuits. All registered user will be able to vote.

In January 2007 we will post the five winners who will receive an iPod Nano and a certificate. All participants who enter the contest and post a schematic per the instructions will receive free SchmartBoards to build their schematics and a SchmartBoard t-shirt. Details of the program are at http://www.schmartboard.com

Early Schmartie entrants include users from the US, Canada, India, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France and Mexico. SchmartBoard hopes to attract participants from the worlds of robotics, Ham Radio, model railroading and other electronic hobby areas in addition to those involved in pure electronics.

Co-sponsors of the program include Hobby Engineering (http://www.hobbyengineering.com), Intellect Lab (http://www.intellectlab.com), R&D Electronic Parts (http://www.randdelectronicparts.com), Titan PCB (http://www.titanpcb.com) and Parallax (http://www.parallax.com).

About SchmartBoard (http://www.schmartboard.com)

SchmartBoard is committed to helping engineers, students, and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. At SchmartBoard, our three-word mission statement is “Electronics for Everyone”.

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The Radio Club of America, RCA has announced its 2014 award winners. The list includes several Amateur Radio licensees.

  • The Barry Goldwater Award: Norman “Doug” Grant, K1DG
  • The Jerry B. Minter Award: Albert D. Helfrick, K2BLA
  • The President’s Award: John Facella, K9FJ
  • The Edgar F. Johnson Pioneer Citation: John S. Belrose, VE2CV/VE3CVV
  • The Young Achiever Award: Rohan Agrawal, KJ6LXV

These individu…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

Two radio amateurs with close ARRL ties are among the winners of Dayton Hamvention 2014 awards. Hamvention will honor three Amateur Radio operators and one ham radio club for their “significant contributions to the Amateur Radio Service” when the annual, 3 day gathering gets underway May 16. Named Amateur of the Year is Larry E. Price, W4RA, a President Emeritus of the ARRL and of the Internati…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

At its second meeting of the year, July 19 and 20 in Windsor, Connecticut, the ARRL Board of Directors confronted a broad agenda that included the naming of ARRL award winners, the efforts of the Ad Hoc LoTW (Logbook of The World) and Symbol Rate Rule Modernization committees, creation of a new field appointment for youth, and the procedure for eventual ARRL CEO succession.

 

LoTW

ARRL Dakota Divi…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

1st Prize: $ 500

Levi Maaia, K6LCM, for his outstanding video highighting the activities of the Near Space Exploration Club at the Anacapa School in Santa Barbara, California. Watch this video on YouTube or on the ARRL website at www.arrl.org/winners.

2nd Prize: $ 250

Kevin Thornton, K5KVN, for his video of the 2012 first-time “activation” of Horseshoe Island on Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas as …

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) — host of the Dayton Hamvention® — has announced the winners of its four annual awards for 2013: the Amateur of the Year, the Technical Excellence Award, the Special Achievement Award and the Amateur Radio Club of the Year. These recipients will be honored at Hamvention in May. Each year, DARA invites the amateur community to nominate hams who have …

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

The votes have been tallied for the 2012 QST video contest and the winners chosen!

First Place, Amateur: Erin King, AK4JG

Erin, along with her mentor and members of the Columbus Georgia Amateur Radio Club, sent a weather balloon and a high-definition video camera to an altitude of over 90,000 feet. They tracked the balloon across the Georgia countryside using APRS and managed to recover the paylo…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources