Inducted May 2025
Pat Barkey, N9RV, has been an active CW contester and station builder since getting his first license as WN8YVR in Michigan in 1967. After attending the University of Michigan (with N4KG, K8QKY, N8UM, N2IC and W2PA) in the 1970s he has been involved in the construction of four different multi-tower contest stations, including his current station in western Montana. He has operated contests from many locations, including W8UM, WA8ZDF, K8LX, W8UA, K4GSU, NA8V, KN8Z, W9RE, NK7U and K3LR.
He has served as president of the Society of Midwest Contesters, editor of the National Contest Journal, and currently is president of the Big Sky Contesters, which has helped remove Montana from the list of needed multipliers in almost every contest. Among his contest operating highlights have been participating as a competitor in four WRTC’s, being part of many winning teams at the K3LR in DX contests and winning a few SS and Sprint contests. Pat has been a professor at Contest University and maintains the glossary of contesting terms that is a part of every CTU.
Pat Barkey is the Director of Research at the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana in Missoula. Pat has been involved with economic forecasting and policy research for more than 30 years, in both the private and public sectors.
