Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN, Amateur Radio Newsline's Young Ham of the Year for 2022, is being given the Carole Perry Young Professional Award from the Radio Club of America for her ongoing achievements in her career in the wireless field. In 2021, the RCA recognized her with its Young Achiever Award.

She is among several hams who the RCA will honor next month at a banquet in New York City. Ajay Poddar, AC2KG is receiving the Dr. Arno Penzias Award for Contributions to Basic Research in the Radio Sciences, Charles Kirmuss, WØCBK, is being given the Henri Busignies Memorial Award; Anthony Rizi, NR1Z, is receiving the Frank Gunther Award; Jay Adrick,K8CJY, will receive the Ralph Batcher Memorial Award; and Charles Counselman, W1HIS, will be presented with the Dr. Ulrich Rohde Award for Innovation in Applied Radio Science and Engineering.

The RCA is conferring an honorary Centenarian Award to Henry L. Richter, W6VZA. After a lifetime of pioneering efforts supporting space exploration, he became a Silent Key on the 12th of August at the age of 99.

Finally, the Major Edward H. Armstrong Medal is being given to Andrea Goldsmith, who becomes the first woman to receive this award, which carries the name of the radio pioneer who helped make AM and FM radio possible.

Visit the RCA website to see the names of other award recipients. The link appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org