Ogden (W9CZ) Named High Desert’s ‘Ham of the Year’:

eHam.net News – BEND, Ore. – The High Desert Amateur Radio Group (HIDARG) has announced its annual “Ham of the Year” award for 2017. John Ogden, of Bend, received the award at a recent meeting. Each year, the Board of Directors selects a recipient for this special award. They look for a ham who has been crucial to the success of our local ham community. The recipient is a person who has shown a dedication to ham radio that exceeds all expectations over a long period of time. Ogden was born in Portland and has been a ham radio operator for 75 years. He holds an “Extra Class” license which is the highest level attainable as a ham. His call sign is W9CZ. His interest in electronics began when he was 8 years old. He started building devices out of parts. By the time he got to high school, he had already built receivers and transmitters. He had to wait several years to get his first ham license because during WWII, the government would not issue ham radio licenses.

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