 |
Carl E. Smith Leicester, NC QCWA # 13855 Chapter 145 |
QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA, SK
QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher and Editor Carl Smith, N4AA, of Asheville, North Carolina, died on October 20. An ARRL member, he was 77 and had been a radio amateur and DXer for more than 6 decades. Smith and his late wife Miriam, KB4C, bought the two publications' parent, DX Publishing, in 1997.
"Carl was a ham's ham, as he dabbled in many aspects of our great hobby," The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR, observed. "He did a lot for Amateur Radio over the years."
Licensed in Kansas City in 1954 as WNØYFT (later WØYFT), Smith served in the US Air Force from 1958 until 1966. He became W4NQA after moving to North Carolina. From 1968 until 1970, he was on the ARRL Headquarters staff and held the call sign W1ETU. When he moved to Virginia in 1970, he regained W4NQA and, after moving back to North Carolina, obtained N4AA in 1976.
An avid DXer and at the top of the DXCC Honor Roll, Smith was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2012.
Smith was a member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC). He re-established QCWA Chapter 145 for the primary purpose of establishing the Southern Appalachian Radio Museum -- now the Asheville Radio Museum -- on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Community College. He also was a long-time Roanoke Division Assistant Director. For many years, he was the owner and manager of Georgetown Communications, an Amateur Radio store in Asheville.
Smith was among the founders of the SouthEastern DX and Contesting Organization (SEDCO) W4DXCC Convention, and his wife's call sign is used on the air at the annual convention and for various operating activities
Visit the DX PUBLISHING web site at: http://www.dxpub.net/
First licensed as a Novice in 1954 as WNØYFT, Kansas City; Issued Technician license in March 1955 as WØYFT; Upgraded to General in April;
Licensed as W4NQA from 1967-1968, in North Carolina; W1ETU from 1968-1970, Connecticut;
Regained the call W4NQA in Richmond, Virginia 1970-1973; moved back to Western North Carolina in 1973.
Assigned N4AA in December 1976, in the first round of "N" prefix callsigns.
2014 marks my 60th year of ham radio activity.
I am also the trusteeof a club call - KB4C - which was the callsign of my late wife Miriam, who passed away in 1995.
This call is assigned to SEDCO, Inc. which sponsors the W4DXCC DX & Contest convention in Pigeon Forge, TN the last weekend of September.
My first/only DXpedition was April 17-23, 2009, in the Bahamas as C 6 A A A.
Primary interests: Contesting and DXing, mostly on CW, but I do operate SSB and the Digital modes as well.
DXCC # 1 - Top of the Honor Roll; 5B-DXCC; 5B-WAS; Challenge Award and many contest awards over the past 60 years.