Will William J. Roberts, AA4NC from Apex, North Carolina, USA, killed in Thursday’s plane crash in Onslow County.
Will was active Radio Amateur, very active DXer and Contester.
Information from his qrz page:
I was first licensed in junior high school (1976) as WN4PSL. I upgraded to Extra and received AA4NC, (one of the first US 2x2 calls) in 1977. I have been interested in contesting and DXing my entire ham career, and prefer being on the DX end of the pileup. I've operated from all over using callsigns such as:
(Note: Calls in blue have links to web sites for further information)
I am now living at Topsail Island, N.C. most of the time. I have a very small station here...100 watts to a multiband OCF dipole up about 65 feet at the center. It seems to work fairly well due to the proximity to the ocean and sound.
I am a part-time DXer (DXCC Honor Roll, 9BDXCC, VUCC - 6 meters) and I enjoy RTTY and chasing grids on 6 and 2 meters as well.
I am a member of PVRC, and am the trustee of the W4MR call sign which is used occasionally in contests from my QTH. My station is set up for single op and multi-single. I have two towers (120' and 80') on a one acre property. You can find the current configuration at www.conteststations.com.
I find that meeting new friends is one of the best parts of being in the amateur radio fraternity. I have had the pleasure of making friends all over the world who share my fascination with this crazy hobby that affects us "hamaholic mutants". The magic of worldwide communication without wires still holds a fascination for me. I will never forget the many happy hours spent in front of a crappy old radio pulling out weak, watery CW signals from strange lands when I was a kid.
My other hobbies are flying and playing . I am a guitarist/vocalist and play I am a member of the Flying Musician's Association. Professionally, I am an electrical engineer specializing in Telecommunications.
Will was active Radio Amateur, very active DXer and Contester.
Information from his qrz page:
I was first licensed in junior high school (1976) as WN4PSL. I upgraded to Extra and received AA4NC, (one of the first US 2x2 calls) in 1977. I have been interested in contesting and DXing my entire ham career, and prefer being on the DX end of the pileup. I've operated from all over using callsigns such as:
- AA4NC/C6A The Bahamas
- FS/AA4NC and FS5PL St. Martin
- AA4NC/HC1 Ecuador
- AA4NC/HH2 Haiti
- HP1/AA4NC Panama
- HR5/AA4NC and HR2J Honduras
- KH0/AA4NC Saipan
- KH2/AA4NC Guam
- KH6/AA4NC and KH6LC Hawaii
- AA4NC/KP1 Navassa Island
- AA4NC/KP2 U.S. Virgin Islands
- KP4/AA4NC, KP4AA and KP3MM Puerto Rico
- PJ5/AA4NC St. Eustatius
- PY7/AA4NC Brazil
- PY0F/AA4NC Fernando De Noronha
- AA4NC/PJ7 St. Maarten
- AA4NC/VE1 Canada
- AA4NC/VP2M and VP2MU Montserrat
- AA4NC/VP2V British Virgin Islands
- AA4NC/V47 and V47Z St. Kitts
- VK/AA4NC Australia (QSL via EA5GL)
- AA4NC/XE3 Mexico
- ZL/AA4NC New Zealand (QSL via EA5GL)
- ZS2/AA4NC South Africa
- AA4NC/3DA0 Swaziland
- CY9C St. Paul Island
- CY0XX Sable Island
- H44AA Solomon Islands (QSL via EA5GL)
- HC8N Galapagos Islands
- HK5MF Colombia
- P29NC Papua New Guinea (QSL via EA5GL)
- P40AA Aruba
- T8NC Palau
- TX4N French Polynesia(QSL via EA5GL)
- V31RR and V31NC Belize (QSL V31NC via EA5GL)
- VK9NR Norfolk Island (QSL via EA5GL)
- VP2E, VP2EE, VP2EN, VP2ENC Anguilla
- VP2ME Montserrat
- VP5NC VP5M, VP5/AA4NC Turks & Caicos Islands
- YJ0NC Vanuatu (QSL via EA5GL)
- YN2NC Nicaragua
- YS1/AA4NC El Salvador (QSL via EA5GL)
- 3D2AA Fiji (QSL via EA5GL)
- 4V2CHaiti
- 5K0N and 5J0NA San Andres Island
- 6Y5/AA4NC Jamaica
- 8P9JA and 8P9JB Barbados
- M/AA4NC, EI/AA4NC, MI/AA4NC, F/AA4NC, DL/AA4NC, OZ/AA4NC, OZ5E, SM7/AA4NC Europe WRTC 2018
- K7LXC/WG 1990 World Radiosport Team Championship - Seattle
- W4ATC NC State University station - my alma mater - Go Wolfpack!!
- W4MR Contest club callsign and DX Packet cluster (QSL via AI4U)
- AA4NC/6 California QSO Party mobile(45 counties in a weekend!)
- K3LR multi/multi station in Sharon, Pennsylvania
- W1AW/4 The AA4NC station hosted W1AW for the 2008 IARU HF Championship and in 2014 for the ARRL Centennial
- N4RJ multi/single station in Snellville, Georgia
- W4WA multi/single station in the metropolis of Lula, Georgia
- N4OX in beautiful downtown Molino, Florida
- W4NH Fourlanders VHF Club contest mountaintop expeditions
- W4ATC/4 VHF contest mountaintop expeditions
- N4KK/M Florida QSO Party - Multi/2 in a Van!
- K4OO The Ultimate Field Day Station brought to you by the Smith Chart Society
- K6IDX in the mountains of beautiful northern California - multiops with W6OAT in the California QSO Party
- N1LN/4 in Chapel Hill, NC a PVRC-NC multiop station hosted by Bruce and Laurie Meier
- N4C Grey Goose Farm Field Day Team
(Note: Calls in blue have links to web sites for further information)
I am now living at Topsail Island, N.C. most of the time. I have a very small station here...100 watts to a multiband OCF dipole up about 65 feet at the center. It seems to work fairly well due to the proximity to the ocean and sound.
I am a part-time DXer (DXCC Honor Roll, 9BDXCC, VUCC - 6 meters) and I enjoy RTTY and chasing grids on 6 and 2 meters as well.
I am a member of PVRC, and am the trustee of the W4MR call sign which is used occasionally in contests from my QTH. My station is set up for single op and multi-single. I have two towers (120' and 80') on a one acre property. You can find the current configuration at www.conteststations.com.
I find that meeting new friends is one of the best parts of being in the amateur radio fraternity. I have had the pleasure of making friends all over the world who share my fascination with this crazy hobby that affects us "hamaholic mutants". The magic of worldwide communication without wires still holds a fascination for me. I will never forget the many happy hours spent in front of a crappy old radio pulling out weak, watery CW signals from strange lands when I was a kid.
My other hobbies are flying and playing . I am a guitarist/vocalist and play I am a member of the Flying Musician's Association. Professionally, I am an electrical engineer specializing in Telecommunications.