QST, the journal of the American Radio Relay League, published a profile of Jeri Ellsworth's engineering and amateur radio work in its January 2017 issue.
The January 2017 issue of QST, the official journal of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) — the United States' largest membership association for amateur radio enthusiasts — featured a profile of Jeri Ellsworth, highlighting her engineering career and her activities within the amateur radio community.
QST is one of the most respected and long-running publications in amateur radio, and being profiled in its pages signifies recognition within a technically demanding hobbyist and professional community historically dominated by men. Ellsworth, known for her self-taught expertise in electronics and chip design, found a natural audience among radio hobbyists who valued hands-on technical mastery over formal credentials.
The profile helped introduce Ellsworth's broader body of engineering work — including her AR/VR hardware innovations and her history of building complex electronic systems from scratch — to the amateur radio community, an audience that often overlaps with hardware hackers, hobbyist engineers, and STEM educators.
This recognition reflects the diverse communities in which Ellsworth built her reputation: not only Silicon Valley startups and gaming conferences, but also grassroots technical hobbyist circles that prize practical skill and self-directed learning, mirroring her own unconventional educational path into engineering.