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The President of the N.Z. Institute of Physics has presented Fred ZL2AMJ the Rutherford Trophy for 2008 for his work in developing the Radio Waves in Schools kits.

The Rutherford Trophy was established in 1973 by the Mathematics and Physics section of the Royal Society of N.Z., Christchurch Branch, to "stimulate the development and improvement of simple lecture and laboratory demonstrations". The keynotes are simplicity and "the string and tape approach". The trophy is so named because of Rutherford's emphasis on simple and clear demonstrations.

Fred commented “I appreciate the honour of this award, as it displays that when you get into Amateur radio, you don’t know where and to what it may lead”.

The Radio Waves in Schools kits have been delivered to over 50 schools and to some Universities and Science Centres so far.

Congratulations Fred, from all your friends within the Group, we are proud to have assisted you with the production of this programme. (See Radio Waves for further information.)