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#### WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-35 - 10/29/25: NOMINATIONS FOR THE
2025 ELLEN WHITE W1YL AWARD WILL OPEN ON NOVEMBER 1.

Nominations for the 2025 Ellen White W1YL Award will open on Saturday
November 1, 2025. Nominations for the 2025 Ellen White W1YL Award may
be made via the Section website Contact and Information Form at
http://arrlwcf.org/section-forms/contact-info/. The Ellen White W1YL
Award is given by the ARRL West Central Florida Section each year to
honor the amateur radio operator who has made the greatest contribution
to amateur radio in the ARRL West Central Florida Section for the
current calendar year. Nominations for the 2025 Ellen White W1YL award
will close on Sunday November 30, 2025. The recipient of the award
will be announced on Friday December 12, 2025 at the Tampa Bay Hamfest
and the award will be presented to that recipient during the ARRL forum
at the Tampa Bay Hamfest on Saturday December 13, 2025.

The namesake of the award, Ellen White W1YL, became a Silent Key on
Saturday November 5, 2022. White was appointed by Darrell Davis KT4WX
in 2016, Section Manager of the ARRL West Central Florida section at the
time, due to her contributions to amateur radio over many years, which
included being in amateur radio for 75 years and working at ARRL HQ for
25 years.

For details on the Ellen White W1YL Award, you may go to the Section
website Ellen White W1YL Award page at
http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/ellen-white-w1yl-award/. For a
detailed article on the life of Ellen White W1YL, please go to the ARRL
News article published on November 7, 2022 at
http://www.arrl.org/news/ellen-white-w1yl-silent-key-devoted-lifetime-to-amateur-radio-and-arrl.

#### END OF PRESS RELEASE

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