The Allan Severson, AB8P Memorial Award is bestowed on an amateur radio operator in the Ohio Section who has demonstrated a continuing dedication to the advancement of amateur radio and to the Ohio Section. Usually one Ohio Section member is awarded per year.

 

The award had been established in 1992 and was named "Ohio Ham of the Year" until 1999. That year it was renamed after Allan, of Lakewood, Ohio, who had become a silent key in 1997. The award winners listed here are all hams who, like Allan Severson, have dedicated themselves to the advancement of the American Radio Relay League in Ohio.

 

Although Allan had served the Section as Section Manager and went on to a distinguished career as Great Lakes Division Director on the ARRL National Board of Directors, the annual award announcement only mentions one sentence about him which is part of every memorial award certificate. That sentence quickly demonstrates the reason for the renaming of this award. "Allan's devotion to serve amateur radio inspired a whole generation of Ohio Section leadership."

 

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This is the list of Ohio Section Amateurs who have been honored

for outstanding service to the Ohio Section.

 

 

Bob Adams, W8BKO 

Columbus

 

 

Bill Sharp, W8HI

Delaware

 

 

Jim Gifreda, W8MAP

West Liberty

 

 

Mike Love, WB8YKS

South Point

 

 

Bob Johnson, K3RC

Stony Ridge

 

 

David Kersten, N8AUH

Medina

 

 

Ralph McDonough, K8AN

Adena

 

 

Ron Griffin, N8AEH

Findlay

 

 

Joanne Solak, KJ3O

Mantua

 

 

George Henzler, WB8HHZ

Toledo

 

 

Joyce Judy, KD8HB

Mechanicsburg

 

 

John Haungs, W8STX

Cincinnati

 

 

Connie Hamilton, N8IO

Marietta

 

 

Bill Carpenter, AA8EY

Westerville

 

 

Nancy Rabel Hall, KC4IYD

North Ridgeville

 

 

Joe Phillips, K8QOE

Fairfield

 

 

John Tipka, W8UL

Reynoldsburg

 

 

Ron Moorefield, W8ILC

Kettering

 

 

Nicholas "Nick" Pittner, K8NAP

West Jefferson

 

 

Frank J. Piper, KI8GW

Pickerington

 

 

Bob Dixon, W8ERD

Delaware

 

 

John Myers, KD8MQ

Alliance

 

 

Jim Yoder, W8ERW

Fremont

 

 

Matt Curtin, KD8TTE

Bexley 

 

 

Stan Broadway, N8BHL

Radnor

 

 

Dr. Brian Griffin, KE8DRD

Powell

 

 

Michael Mastro, KD8QDL

Findlay

 

 

Scott Yonally, N8SY

Lexington

 

 

  

 

The 2023 Allan Severson, AB8P Award Recipients..

 

 

Michael Mastro, KD8QDL

&

Scott Yonally, N8SY!!

 

 Who became the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth members of the Allan Severson, AB8P Memorial Award group.

 

 

 

 
 

 

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The Allan Severson, AB8P Memorial Award is bestowed on an amateur radio operator in the Ohio Section who has demonstrated a continuing dedication to the advancement of amateur radio and to the Ohio Section.

 

The award had been established in 1992 and was named "Ohio Ham of the Year" until 1999. That year it was renamed the Allan Severson Award, who had become a silent key in 1997.

 

The award winners listed here are all hams who, like Allan Severson, AB8P have dedicated themselves to the advancement of the American Radio Relay League in Ohio.

 

Although Allan had served the Section as Section Manager and went on to a distinguished career as Great Lakes Division Director on the ARRL National Board of Directors, the annual award announcement only mentions one sentence about him which is part of every memorial award certificate. That sentence quickly demonstrates the reason for the renaming of this award. "Allan's devotion to serve amateur radio inspired a whole generation of Ohio Section leadership."