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   ARLX008 ARRL President Emeritus Harry Dannals, W2HD (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 8  ARLX008   
   From ARRL Headquarters    
   Newington CT  September 2, 2022   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLX008 ARRL President Emeritus Harry Dannals, W2HD (SK)   
      
   Harry Dannals, W2HD, President Emeritus of ARRL The National   
   Association for Amateur Radio, died on August 30. He lived in   
   Charlottesville, Virginia. In April, Dannals celebrated his 95th   
   birthday and over 80 years of involvement in amateur radio. He   
   served as ARRL President for 10 years, from 1972 - 1982, and his   
   President Emeritus status was conferred in 1984. He was also an ARRL   
   Life Member.   
      
   In an interview, Dannals said that when he was 10 years old, he   
   practiced Morse code with his best friend and was able to master 50   
   - 60 words per minute.   
      
   Dannals served in the Navy after graduating from Balboa High School   
   in the former Canal Zone on the isthmus of Panama, where his father   
   was Officer in Charge of a radio receiving site. Eventually, Dannals   
   himself would become the supervisor of more than 20 radiomen and   
   support personnel. He was discharged in mid-1946 and attended   
   Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic Institute of New   
   York University), where he prepared for his amateur radio license.   
      
   In writings shared by one of his children, Dannals wrote, "I found a   
   way to prepare for my amateur license by doing a research paper for   
   an English class using amateur radio as a resource. Among my   
   references was the American Radio Relay League's (ARRL) Radio   
   Amateur's Handbook with the latest ARRL license manual on the side.   
   It worked, and my call sign, W2TUK, was received that year with a   
   great deal of joy by me and my dad."   
      
   After graduation from college in 1950, he went on to work for the   
   Sperry Corporation, where he worked in radar and other engineering   
   programs. "During almost 40 years of my employment there, the   
   company provided a club station, W2YKQ, which was on the air during   
   lunch periods, a fact that made the more than 200 ham radio   
   operators that worked at Sperry very happy," wrote Dannals.   
      
   While at Sperry, he met his future wife, Kay, and they were married   
   for over 60 years. Dannals lived in Dix Hills, New York, prior to   
   his retirement to Charlottesville, Virginia, in the early 1990s.   
      
   Dannals volunteered for several appointments in the ARRL Field   
   Organization: Official Relay Station (ORS); Official Phone Station   
   (OPS); Official Observer (OO), and Emergency Coordinator (EC). He   
   held elected positions as Section Communications Manager (SCM), Vice   
   Director, and Director of the ARRL Hudson Division. He was elected   
   President by the ARRL Board in 1972, and served for five two-year   
   terms. During his office, he traveled extensively to help represent   
   ARRL -- visiting all 50 states, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Canada,   
   Mexico, Chile, Peru, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom.   
   International travel fulfilled his role as US Representative to   
   Region II of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).   
      
   Dannals recounted that during his presidency, preparations were made   
   for the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) of 1979.   
   Through the efforts of ARRL staff, volunteers, and the FCC, the   
   conference led to the worldwide allocation of the 30, 17, and   
   12-meter bands (the WARC Bands).   
      
   "Without question, the time devoted to ARRL matters, working with   
   the very capable and dedicated staff, and my association with the   
   board of directors was a wonderful experience," wrote Dannals. "Each   
   year was punctuated by new developments for ham radio. A volume of   
   great memories will never be forgotten."   
      
   "Since the time that he was President of ARRL, I always called him   
   'Prez.' And Prez would enjoy chatting about all of the wonderful   
   people at Headquarters," said his son, Bob Dannals, W2GG, in a   
   remembrance he shared with ARRL. "My dad considered each ham that he   
   met to be a member of his extended family. He cared greatly and   
   fought mightily for all hams in his administrative roles with ARRL.   
   He would say that we are all members of the worldwide community that   
   started with Marconi and continued with Hiram Percy Maxim. It's a   
   wonderful legacy and I'm happy that he shared it with me (and   
   everyone else he met)."   
      
   Dannals was the oldest member of the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club,   
   an ARRL Special Service Club. In 2018, Dannals received a visit from   
   ARRL Roanoke Division Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, and Vice Director   
   Bill Morine, N2COP, who presented him with the Roanoke Division   
   Award for his dedicated leadership to all amateur radio operators.   
      
   Dannals was also President Emeritus of the Quarter Century Wireless   
   Association (QCWA), having served as President of the QCWA from 1989   
   to 1994. In 2016, Dannals was honored by QCWA for his 70 years as a   
   radio amateur. In comments about the honor bestowed on him, Kay   
   Craigie, N3KN, who was ARRL President from 2010 - 2016, said that   
   Dannals set an example of "cheerfulness and enthusiasm, and   
   friendliness to all hams, whether they qualify for QCWA twice over   
   or are so new that they haven't memorized their call signs yet."   
      
   A viewing will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at 10 AM ET   
   at the Church of the Incarnation, 1465 Incarnation Drive,   
   Charlottesville, Virginia, followed by a church service at 11 AM ET.   
   Interment will be at Holly Memorial Gardens.   
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