Amateur of the Year – Wade D. “Danny” Hampton Jr., K4ITL, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is the architect of the Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network, established in the early 1970s, which today sports more than 40 machines in North Carolina.
Special Achievement Award – Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, is a legendary video game programmer/designer and ham radio operator who was the sixth private citizen to fly to the International Space Station (ISS).
Technical Excellence Award – Copthorne “Cop” Macdonald, VY2CM, who got his first ham license at 15, and while an engineering student at the University of Kentucky designed and built the first ham radio SSTV system.