[SCCC] W6XD SK
Prasad VU2PTT
vu2ptt at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 11:48:01 EST 2021
Dick,
I am extremely saddened to hear of Art’s passing. Ever since I first met
him personally there in CA along with you in 2007 and more recently when we
operated together in Oman at A44A in CQWW CW 2017, Art came across as a
fantastic guy, always smiling and always had a nice word to say.
It is not easy to forget his big smile, insightful thoughts and also his
meticulous photo journals of the contest expeditions to various countries
on Facebook.
Kindly pass our my condolences to the family, it is indeed a painful loss
and he will be in our prayers.
73,
Prasad VU2PTT, W2PTT (ex-AF6DV)
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> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:05:39 -0800
> From: "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton at gmail.com>
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> 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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