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EA5RM is the ARRL 2015 Humanitarian

Posted: 23 Feb 2016 03:57 PM PST
https://n6pse.wordpress.com/2016/02/...-humanitarian/




I am delighted to report the following news from the ARRL:

The winner of the 2015 ARRL International Humanitarian Award Antonio
Gonzalez, EA5RM has been active as a volunteer with the non-governmental
organization Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras (RSF http://rsf-rwf.org/),
Radio Amateurs Without Borders, that stresses the importance of radio in
projects involving groups of geographically separated collaborators.

Gonzalez has made six visits to the Bolivian Amazon in support of
Solidaridad Médica España http://www.solidaridadmedica.org/, an NGO that
works to bring sanitation and medical assistance to places in need around
the world. Hes also been instrumental in the building, testing, and
maintenance of solar-powered HF Amateur Radio stations in remote locations
in Bolivia on behalf of RSF since 2007, to facilitate communication into
the remote locations he visits.

The ARRL Programs & Services Committee recommended Gonzalez for the award
at the ARRL Board of Directors annual meeting in mid-January.

What a surprise! was Gonzalezs reaction when learning he would be the
recipient of the award. I dont have words to express myself. Gonzalez said
the only aim of his groups volunteer efforts is to improve the lives of
others.

Gonzalez was nominated by Paul Ewing, N6PSE, the president of the
Intrepid-DX Group.

I have known Antonio, EA5RM, since 2010. He is a devoted family man and
public servant in Spain. He is a keen DXer, and he regularly organizes
DXpeditions to remote and rare places. Antonio pays for all of this travel
from Spain to Bolivia, Ewing wrote. Given his many missions in support of
the large humanitarian project, I feel that Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM, is
worthy of this nomination for the 2015 ARRL Humanitarian Award.

Ewing is a co-leader of the VP8STI/VP8SGI DXpedition to South Sandwich and
South Georgia, and Gonzalez has served as Chief Pilot Station for the
DXpedition.