Break-In Awards
2024
- Best Technical Article. John Elvy ZL2BH. “Testing the Resonant Frequency of Antenna Traps”. Issue 5, Page 8.
- Best General Article. Stephen Scandrett ZL4BN. For the series of articles about the centenary celebrations of Frank Bell to Cecil Goyder contact” Issue 6, from page 6.
- Best Columnist. Cam Wood ZL1DKS. For interesting and engaging Youth columns, plus a variety of general and technical articles aimed at those new to amateur radio.
2023
- Best Article. Rick Jackson ZL3RIK for “WW2 deception & counter deception in the North Atlantic.” Issue 4, page 18.
- Best Column. Phil Holliday ZL3PAH for the Technical Notebook column series on the design of the ZL-10X transceiver.
- Best Article by a newly licensed Ham – Laura Jackson ZL3LJ for “A Woman’s Amateur Radio Journey”. Issue 6, page 9.
2022
- Best Technical Article: Designing a fox by Alan Page ZL3UJY.
- Best General Article: Craig Crawford ZL3TLB for several well researched articles and fillers.
- Best Columnist: Geoff Clark ZL3GA for his enthusiastic columnist contribution.
- Long Service: Simon Watt-Wyness ZL1SWW for eleven years as a columnist.
2021
- Best Technical Article: Building a 40-15-10 m Dipole – November/December 2021 – Graeme Jury ZL2APV.
- Best General Article: A Ham Radio Mountain Ultramarathon in Banks Peninsula – September/October 2021 – Chris Rae ZL4RA.
- Best Columnist: Murray Greenman ZL1BPU(SK) – for his Digital modes Column..
2020
- Best Technical Article: Improved Performance for the Si5351 VFO or Signal Generator – July/Aug 2020 – Murray Greenman ZL1BPU.
- Best General Article: Amateur Radio should be concerned about Wireless Power Transfer – July/August 2020 John Moriarty ZL2JPM.
- Best Columnist: For his regular “Milestones” and the independent mention of the assassination of the Pacific Coast Watchers and the more cheerful “H-nights (1945)” in the Nov/Dec 2020 – Craig Crawford ZL3TLB.
2019
- Best Technical Article: – Holger Hannemann ZL3IO – for “HF Terrain Analysis Parts 1 & 2” – May/June and July/August.
- Best General Article: Soren Low ZL1SKL – for “UTC Rollover, an excuse for a SOTA Adventure!” – January/February.
- Best Columnist: John Martin ZL1GWE – for his Monitoring Service Co-ordinator Column.
2018
- Best Technical Article: – Murray Greenman ZL1BPU – A Way to Get Started on 630 metres – in four parts throughout 2018.
- Best General Interest Article: – Xenia Berger ZL4YL for her Youth Officer Report – for her articles throughout the year.
- Best Columnist Article: – Mark Sullivan ZL3AB – for his CQDX Column throughout the year and the previous years.
2017
- Best Technical Article: – Peter Mulhare ZL2IK for his article on QRSS, a low power mode for HF and LF – September/October.
- Best General Interest Article: – Jim Reed ZL1LC for his article on Ham made QRM on the Digital Channels – November/December.
- Best Columnist Article: – Gary Bold ZL1AN – for his articles throughout the year and the previous thirty odd years before!
2016
- Best Technical Article: – Holger Hannemann ZL3IO – for his two articles, first on Station Automation: Switching Antenna’s September/October and Station Automation: Antenna Stack Match & Controller November/December.
- Best General Interest Article: – Douglas Birt ZL1BFS – for his articles throughout the year on District Planning Matters.
Best Columnist Article: – Murray Greenman ZL1BPU – for his Digitalmodes Column.
Initiative and Sponsorship
These awards initiative and sponsorship comes from NZART via the Break-In Editors Honorarium.
Winners of the Award are announced at Conference each year, Each winner receives a certificate and a book prize (RSGB or ARRL Handbook for examples).
Requirements
The awards, recognise the effort put in by those submitting content for publication to Break-In, in the year preceding their reception of the award.
The awards are presented for content supplied from 1 January to 31 December of the preceding year (e.g. Awards presented in 2017 are for the 2016 year).
The Awards are for:
- Best Technical Article
- Best General Interest Article
- Best Columnist Article
The Break-In Editorial Team make the decision each year on the winners.