Inducted May 2012
Lothar “Lar” Wilke, DL3TD (SK) — In the 1970s, Wilke built a contest station in East Germany that operated over the years as Y24UK, Y34K, DF0HQ, DA0HQ and DL3TD. After the fall of the Berlin wall, he was the driving force in the foundation of a new and independent radio club in the German Democratic Republic and then became its president. Lothar was instrumental in the merger of Radio Sport Verband (RSV) and the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC), Germany’s IARU Member-Society. Under his leadership, the German national team at DA0HQ won the IARU HF World Championship 11 times. He passed away in 2011.