Arthur E Goddard from Costa Mesa, California, USA, passed away.
Information from Dick, N6AA
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.
W6XD was active on the air from HF through microwaves. A member of the Southern California Contest Club, he took part in contest DX peditions to
locations ranging from sub-arctic to tropical, operating the CQWW DX contest in twenty-six of the forty WAZ zones.
Photograph taken by SM0JHF at C5Z in The Gambia during the CQ WW SSB 2003.
Information from Dick, N6AA
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.
W6XD was active on the air from HF through microwaves. A member of the Southern California Contest Club, he took part in contest DX peditions to
locations ranging from sub-arctic to tropical, operating the CQWW DX contest in twenty-six of the forty WAZ zones.
Photograph taken by SM0JHF at C5Z in The Gambia during the CQ WW SSB 2003.