Inducted May 2021
Robert Wolbert, K6XX, a “renaissance man” of contesting, advancing the state of the art in designing amateur equipment at Elecraft, a participant in more than 1,100 contests over 35 years, and a winner of multiple competitive events. He is a nine-time recipient of the Jim Maxwell Memorial Trophy for the highest-scoring California single-operator unassisted station in the ARRL International DX CW Contest. He was also a member of the organizing committee for WRTC 1996 and a team leader in 2000 and 2014, has authored many articles for amateur contesting publications, presented at multiple conferences, and is a longtime member and leader of the Northern California Contest Club (NCCC).