Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club

Stewart Day 2003 and 2004

The editor of Old Timers News [OTN] is pleased to announce that after due consideration by the RAOTC committee, the Stewart Day Award for 2023 for best article of the year has been awarded to Winston Nickols [VK7EM] and the Stewart Day Award for 2024 has been awarded to Peter Wolfenden [VK3RV].

The following criteria was taken into account:

  1. Committee members are not permitted to be considered for the award.
  2. The article must be an original – not a copy of an article from another publication.
  3. The article must be considered to be of interest to members.
  4. The author should be a member of RAOTC [at any level] – special consideration could be given to an author who is not a member if the article is deemed to be worthy of the award.

The citations for their respective awards are below

OTN 71, March 2023 – My radio Life – Winston Nickols VK7EM [2 parts] 

Winston has produced a very comprehensive personal history of his radio career from the early days servicing TVs in the 1960’s , through his professional career to the current day. It included many anecdotes which would be of interest to members and shows how much amateur radio played a role in his personal development.

OTN 73, March 2024 Leading Lights and Bright Sparks – Peter Wolfenden VK3RV [2 parts]

Peter produced a well-researched and comprehensive article about the people involved in the City of Melbourne Power supplies. Starting with the first street lighting in Melbourne  [1847], He covered the development of Melbourne’s electric power supply and the many changes that occurred over time. 

The committee felt both candidates were worthy of their awards and notes the excellent pictures that accompanied Peter Wolfenden’s article.