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"Amateur Radio + People = Fellowship"
Hamvention® 2006 Amateur of the Year
Gordon
West, WB6NOA, was named Amateur of the Year for his efforts in recruiting
and training many new amateurs, in addition to his lifelong involvement
in ham radio. Starting in the late 1950's
"Gordo" as he is known by many hams, began an active involvement with
ham radio that included working for some of the big names in the field
helping to develop several innovative pieces of equipment.
It was in the 1980's that West and his wife Suzy , N6GLF , began
teaching ham radio classes at college and marine venues and
began writing the ham training books which were sold by Radio Shack
and equipment dealers around the country .
West
is a fellow with the Radio Club of America, recipient of ARRL
Instructor of the Year award, and active on ham bands from 75 meters through 10
GHz, spending at least a couple hours every day on the air , helping
new hams make friends on the many nets he runs .
West volunteers with the
American Red Cross communications team in Orange County , California
, and regularly offers free kids classes and classes for cities to
support their CERT members .
"It's my give-back to a hobby that gives me the satisfaction of
offering free classes for kids and emergency responders , and I
thank all the ham operators who support our training program , and
the ARRL for their continued support with the emergency communication
web-based classes," West said.
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