2022 Jane Winter’s Fellows Address

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jane Winter spoke on behalf of the 2021 Class of Fellows inducted at the 112th Radio Club of America banquet and awards ceremony. Each year, RCA inducts those who have made outstanding achievements and contributions to the art and science of radio communications or broadcast or to the Radio Club of America. The following text presents the introduction by Margaret Lyons and Ms. Winter’s acceptance speech. Biographical information about Ms. Winter is located at the end of her comments.

[Margaret Lyons] Each year, RCA elevates to Fellow a small group of members whose contributions to the art and science of radio communications or to the Radio Club of America are deemed outstanding by the Club. The 2021 class of RCA Fellows is as follows: • Jeffrey Knight for contributions to public safety communications including FCC frequency coordination emergency communications center design and maintenance and wireless public reporting systems • Dennis Marin, K6OLU, for over 50 years of dedication to land mobile radio as an amateur operator radio technician systems engineer and on NPSTC working committees • Margie Mullen for work in broadcast radio as on-air talent and in public safety communications beginning as a 9-11 telecommunicator rising to director of Jackson County,

Oregon emergency communications center and currently serving as APCO president • Jorge Saad, XE2JAS, for dedication to providing state-ofthe-art communications products throughout the Spanish speaking world • Donald Whitney, K9DRW, for contributions to public safety communications as telecommunications telecommunicator customer advocate and communications volunteer for local emergency management agencies • Jane Winter for contributions to the wireless industry within government commercial and aerospace segments and for her dedication to the Radio Club of America serving on several committees and the board of directors. Responding on behalf of the new RCA Fellows class of 2021, I present Jane Winter. [Jane Winter] I am honored to accept the Fellows nomination on behalf of this year’s RCA Fellow class. Actually, I am quite humbled by my esteemed colleagues since the criteria to be elevated to Fellow includes demonstrating outstanding contributions to the art and science of radio communications or broadcast or to the Radio Club of America. Well, if being outstanding was a requirement, this fellow class sets the bar quite high. Don Whitney, K9DRW, spent 34 years at Motorola across all product sectors. He continues his part-time retirement work as senior communications site inspector and auditor for hicaps, inspecting dispatch centers and antenna sites all over the world. See what I mean? Outstanding Margie Mullen started her career as a DJ in both country and top-40 music at an FM radio station. That was just a taste of radio, and what transitioned into a job at 9-1-1 telecommunications center that expanded into a 31year career dedicated to the 9-1-1 profession. Margie catapulted up the ranks all the way to the highestlevel president of APCO International for the 20202021 term. She is quite an inspiration! Fellow classmate Jorge Sod has been selling professional two-way radio systems for the last 45 years, mostly wholesale Kenwood and Icom radios for his companies: EPCOM in the U.S. and SYSCOM in Mexico. Jorge, XE2JAS, received his ham radio license in 1965 in Mexico. He has since moved to El Paso, Texas and wants to get his American license to operate an HF station from that location. The drive does not stop with this group. A veteran over of over five decades in the land mobile communication industry, Fellow nominee Dennis Marin worked his way up the ranks from technical systems project engineer to general management at what is now known as Motorola Solutions. After retiring from his 25+ year career at Motorola, Dennis worked for Los Angeles County, and after his most recent retirement again, he retired from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Communications Division. He has since established a new business venture as an industry consultant. The actual concept of retirement doesn’t seem to stick with this group very well. Doesn’t anyone besides me need to work on their golf game? Each of the recipients has made and demonstrated outstanding contributions to the wireless industry. Whether we got here because of an organizational tie or a personal connection, each of us touched our wheels down at the Radio Club of America. On behalf of Don, Margie, Jorge, Dennis and Jeffrey, and our fellow 2021 award inductees, and myself, we are honored to receive this nomination from the RCA, and we are proud to continue our dedication to the wireless industry and serve as fellows for the world’s oldest wireless society: the Radio Club of America. Thank you.

Fellows Acceptance by Jane Winter with introduction by Margaret Lyons in the corner.