W6ST William S. 'Bill' Barnard Prescott Valley, AZ QCWA # 38378 Chapter 16

First Call: WN6ACV issued in 1970       Other Call(s): WB6ACV & KK6DH

HI, thanks for stopping by. First licensed in 1970 (age 13) as WN6ACV. My novice station comprised of a homebrew transmitter using a pair of 807's and a Hammarlund HQ-120 receiver. The antenna was a 14AVQ vertical.

I upgraded to General in 1976 WB6ACV and shared the station with my dad W6ST (sk), operating a Drake TR-3 and a homebrew amplifier using a 4cx1000a. I upgraded to Advanced (KK6DH) and Extra in 1990 and applied for dad's call in 1996. General Radio Operators License (GROL) in 1997. The station then in So. California was a Kenwood TS940sat and a Cushcraft A3S at 40 feet. I was an club officer with the Santa Clarita Amateur Club and VE with the Greater Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group.

I retired in 2014 after 30+ years at AT&T as a construction lineman in Los Angeles. We now live in Prescott Valley, AZ and just love it here.

I qsl direct and LOTW.

73 Bill

I finished putting up a Tri-EX LM354 54' crank-up, a Mosley TA-63n, Cushcraft A50-5 on 6 meters, Comet GP-15 6m-2m-70cm and an EFHW inverted L for 80-30 meters. My primary rig is a Kenwood TS-890s, Acom A1000 amplifier with a Palstar hf-auto tuner. Kenwood TS-2000 for vhf-uhf.

Summer Monsoon storms and snow too!

December 06, 2020