Chief Radio Operator / Club Presidents
1861 The Detroit Observatory Franz Brunnow
1897 Department of Physics R. D. Parker, George Patterson, Karl Guthe & Augustus Trowbridge
1899 Department of Pysics George W. Wuerfel
1913 8XA Experimental License Granted
1913 8XA Benjamin. N. Burglund 1914 8XA Dudley A. Nichols (8IM)
1915 8XA Felix J. Watts 1916 8XA Felix J. Watts
1917 WWI War imposed inactive 1918 WWI War imposed inactive
1919 W8AXZ UNKNOWN 1920 W8AXZ Franklin Johnston
1921 W8AXZ Franklin Johnston 1922 W8AXZ Franklin Johnston
1923 W8AXZ UNKNOWN 1924 W8AXZ UNKNOWN
1925 W8AXZ Franklin Johnson 1926 W8AXZ Robert Swain
1927 W8AXZ Fred W.Albertson, W8DOE 1928 W8AXZ Ellis B. Merry, W8KI
1929 W8AXZ Walter Nelson 1930 W8AXZ Fred C. Everett, W8AEZ
1931 W8AXZ Fred Albertson, W8DOE 1932 W8AXZ C. W. Adams, W8AOS
1933 W8AXZ Elton Wenzel, W8BJP 1934 W8AXZ Benjamin (Ben) Bailey
1935 W8AXZ Benjamin (Ben) Bailey 1936 W8AXZ Robert Austin, W8DVB
1937 W8AXZ Albert Stroherer 1938 W8AXZ Kenneth Levin, W8OMI
1939 W8AXZ Roden Rogers, W8EPC 1940 W8AXZ Richard K. Brown, W8GSZ
1941 World War II Club Inactive 1942 World War II Club Inactive
1943 World War II Club Inactive 1944 World War II Club Inactive
1945 World War II Club Inactive 1946 W8ZUP Frank Abrams, KL7BV
1946 W8ZSQ Ward Cornelius 1947 W8ZUP Donald Perkins, W8WZA
1947 W8ZSQ Bruce Weinert 1948 W8ZUP Fred Dupslaff, W8DCN
1948 W8ZSQ Corky Eberwein 1949 W8ZSQ Bruce Weinert
1950 W8ZSQ Keith Heiss 1951 W8ZSQ Robert Wimmer
1952 W8ZSQ Leonard Holder 1953 Korean War Club Inactive
1954 W8PGW Marshall Batt, W8FBV 1955 W8ZSQ George Jones
1955 W8PGW Barry MacRae 1956 W8PGW Bruce Bevelheimer
1957 Inactive UNKNOWN 1958 Inactive UNKNOWN
1959 Inactive UNKNOWN 1960 Inactive UNKNOWN
1961 Inactive UNKNOWN 1962 Inactive UNKNOWN
1964 K8TIG Tom Russell 1965 K8TIG William (Bill) Myers
1966 W8UM Thomas Russell 1967 W8UM Steve Culp, K8QKY
1968 W8UM Gary Chatters, WA9ZZZ 1969 W8UM UNKNOWN
1970 W8UM UNKNOWN 1970 W8PGW James Henderson
1971 W8UM Patrick Barkley, N9RV 1972 W8UM James Kraemer, WB8OSN
1973 W8UM Lawrence Koziel, K8MU 1974 W8UM John Tedescu, WB8EIC
1975 W8UM Patrick Barkey, WA8YVR / N9RV 1976 W8UM UNKNOWN
1977 W8UM David Turner 1978 W8UM Frederick Bartolomei (aka Fred Bart)
1979 W8UM John Ackerman, N8UR 1980 W8UM John Ackerman, N8UR
1981 W8UM Mark Travaglini, WD8DPA 1982 W8UM Mark Travaglini, WD8DPA
1983 W8UM Gordon Good, KC8ES 1984 W8UM Al Plant KM8I
1985 W8UM Steve Sponseller , 8DKJ 1986 W8UM Steve Sponseller, N8DKJ
1987 W8UM E. Joe Tillo II, WD8DDX 1988 W8UM UNKNOWN
1989 W8UM UNKNOWN 1990 W8UM UNKNOWN
1991 W8UM UNKNOWN 1992 W8UM UNKNOWN
1993 W8UM Greg DeMaggio 1994 W8UM Greg DeMaggio
1995 W8UM Adam Thodey 1996 W8UM UNKNOWN
1997 W8UM UNKNOWN 1998 W8UM UNKNOWN
1999 W8UM UNKNOWN 2000 W8UM UNKNOWN
2001 W8UM UNKNOWN 2002 W8UM Chris Galbraith, W1XG
2003 W8UM Richard French, KD8APA 2004 W8UM Jonathan Suen
2005 W8UM Lora Schulwitz, KC8UDG 2006 W8UM Rex Brown, KC8ZSA
2007 W8UM Rex Brown, KC8ZSA 2008 W8UM Rex Brown, KC8ZSA
2009 W8UM Jonathan White 2010 W8UM Justin Paupore, KD8PHY
2011 W8UM Justin Paupore, KD8PHY 2012 W8UM Chunpeng Wang, BG6CCQ / KD8MLS
2013 W8UM Jameson Eisele, KD8PIJ 2014 W8UM Jameson Eisele, KD8PIJ
2015 W8UM Justin Paupore, AC8PK 2016 W8UM Stuart Carlson, W8SRC
2017 W8UM Kit Ng, N9KIT 2018 W8UM Kit Ng, N9KIT & Rachel Norris, KD0QYA
2019 W8UM Kit Ng, N9KIT 2020 W8UM Michael Fluegemann, KE8AQW
2021 W8UM Kimberly Zwolshen, KE8QKU 2022 W8UM Kimberly Zwolshen, KE8QKU
2023 W8UM Maggie Li, KI5YMO 2024 W8UM Maggie Li, KI5YMO
2025 W8UM Peter Crary, N1PWC 2026 W8UM