[SCCC] W6XD SK

[Neil Jessen]

Oh no!  Art was a class act.  I don't think I ever saw him where he didn't have a smile on his face and have encouraging words to say.  What a loss not only to the ham radio world but the world in general.  RIP Art!

Neil - N6VHF





-------- Original message --------
From: "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton at gmail.com>
Date: 2/13/21 19:06 (GMT-08:00)
To: SCCC <sccc at contesting.com>
Subject: [SCCC] W6XD SK

With great sadness, it must be reported that former ARRL Southwestern
Division Director Art Goddard, W6XD, passed away from complications of
cancer at age 78 on Saturday, February 13.

Art was first licensed as KN1AII in 1956, soon upgrading to K1AII, and
later became W0MOQ.

He was an electrical engineering graduate of Worcester Polytechnic
Institute and Montana State University. Art worked at Collins Radio, which
became part of North American Rockwell, and eventually Boeing, where he
retired as an executive.

After a number of years of working with Southern California governments on
proposed antenna regulation ordinances, Art was elected ARRL Southwestern
Division Vice Director in 1995 and served two terms before being elected
Director in 2001. After his term as Director, he continued to follow League
affairs and advocate for stronger public-relations efforts on behalf of
Amateur Radio.

Art was active on the air from HF through microwaves. A member of the
Southern California Contest Club, he took part in contest DXpeditions to
locations ranging from sub-arctic to tropical, operating the CQWW DX
contest in twenty-six of the forty WAZ zones. He also led teams of
VHF–UHF–Microwave contest rovers that typically ran ten or more bands and
covered close to a thousand miles in a weekend.

Art was heavily involved with the Costa Mesa Historical Society and was
co-author of two books on Costa Mesa history.

Art is survived by his wife Mary Ellen, son Andrew, and daughter Amy,
W6XDX. Services will take place at an undetermined future date.
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