K3LR Timothy J. 'Tim' Duffy West Middlesex, PA QCWA # 28894 Chapter 6

Timothy J. "Tim" Duffy, K3LR, is senior vice president and chief technical officer for Dobson Communications Corporation (NASDAQ - DCEL) dba "Cellular One." He is responsible for Dobson's wireless network facilities in 17 states, as well as the engineering, design and build out of new cellular networks. He has been with Dobson since 1998.

Prior to joining Dobson, Tim had various management and engineering roles at Sygnet Communications, was director of engineering for AM and FM broadcast station owner Constrander Corporation and started as chief engineer at WGRP AM-FM in Greenville, Pennsylvania when he was 16 years old. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1982 and is a member of the IEEE. He also holds several U.S. patents concerning the integration of wireless phone location technology. Tim serves on the board of directors at Comtek Systems Inc.

In 1982, Tim took over running the contest and antenna forums at the Dayton Hamvention. "I did the contest forum for 10 years. It's one of the most highly attended. I would line up speakers and have great topics. I've done the antenna forum now for 25 years. I've only presented papers there twice, but I've coordinated it and made sure the papers there were top notch. I made sure there were a lot of RCA members on the agenda. Among others, Walter Maxwell, W2DU; Arch Doty, W7ACD; and Ted Rappaport, N9NB, have presented there," he said. Tim is also responsible for running the Contest Dinner at Dayton for the past 16 years.

Tim was appointed to ARRL Contest Advisory Committee for six years as Atlantic Division representative. He was appointed to chairman by the ARRL president for two years. He was also president of the Mercer County Amateur Radio Club for 10 years. Tim was awarded the Atlantic Division Technical Achievement award in 1993.

Tim is an enthusiast for competitive amateur radio operating events . contests . and he helps to encourage interest in the radio art among young people via a new program called Contest University. He and a group that he led as its chairman introduced the instructional program in 2007 at the Hamvention. Among the 150 students was 10-year-old Nathan Genusa, KE5LWF, of Hawkins, Texas.

Tim and a team of amateur radio friends operate his home station in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania (http://www.k3lr.com) in the highly technical and competitive multi-multi transmitter class in the CQ Worldwide and ARRL DX contests, both modes. He was honored for his service to amateur radio contesting with his induction into the prestigious CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2006.

October 19, 2015