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It is my great pleasure to announce that this year's recipient of the
2021 ARRL Technical Service Award is James Baxter, K0UA, from Branson,
MO. His nomination was accepted by vote of the ARRL Board of Directors
at our July Board meeting.

Here is the motion that was approved:

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WHEREAS, The ARRL Technical Service Award is given annually to a
licensed radio amateur or to individuals who are licensed radio amateurs
whose service to the amateur community and/or society at large is of the
most exemplary nature within the framework of Amateur Radio technical activities; and,

WHEREAS, The ARRL's Programs and Services Committee serves as the
award panel and reviews the nominations received from the members and
selects the winner of this award; and,

WHEREAS, James Baxter, K0UA exemplifies the spirit of this award due to
his diligent work assisting hundreds of hams get on the air,
particularly with FT8, and by spending countless hours on web sessions
with them to work out their configuration issues, show them best
practices, and to help track down RFI issues; and,

WHEREAS, James freely offers up his personal time to help hams via
social media, and does it purely out of motivation to help his fellow
hams.

THEREFORE, the ARRL Board of Directors, with the recommendation of the
Programs and Services Committee does hereby bestow the 2021 ARRL
Technical Service Award to James Baxter, K0UA. **********************************************

Please join me in congratulating James and in thanking him for his
dedication to amateur radio. It's an honor to have him part of the
Midwest Division.

73, Art K0AIZ

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ARRL Midwest Division
Director: Arthur I Zygielbaum, K0AIZ
k0aiz@arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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