We moved from Arvada CO to Tucson AZ in 2021. An archive of the Colorado station is here. This page describes the current station in AZ.
The call letters W6IWI were first used by Kauko Hallikainen in the 1930s (1933 license, 1937 ARRL membership). See the 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1938 Amateur Radio Callbook. The 1930s QSL card was similar to that shown above (I may still have one of the originals somewhere). By 1952, the call had been reassigned to Carson Donaldson in Inglewood CA. He held it through 1977. I acquired the call in 2016. Prior to that, I held the call WA6FDN, and prior to that, WN6FDN. The WA6FDN license was first granted in 1969, with WN6FDN in 1968. WA6FDN shows up in the Summer 1969 Callbook. In December 1969, I took the exam for the First Class Radiotelephone License with Radar Endorsement at the FCC office in San Francisco. That license was later replaced by the FCC with the General Radiotelephone Operator's License. NL7XM offers a great service. He has over 100 years of Radio Amateur Callbooks and will find the first appearance of your callsign in the Callbook. For a reasonable cost, he'll provide certified copies of these pages verifying that the callsign was held by the particular person on this date. This is what he sent me for WN6FDN and WA6FDN.
WN6FDN started with a Heathkit DX-60 transmitter and a National NC-300 receiver running CW on HF. WA6FDN used a Viking Ranger transmitter running AM, CW, and RTTY on HF. RTTY used a Teletype model 15 printer (also see a slow motion video of a model 15 in operationg), and a model 14 typing reperf and transmitter distributor. W6IWI now uses an SEA 245 with a Dentron Clipperton-L amplifier running RTTY, CW and SSB into a Zero Five 30 Foot Flagpole Antenna. VHF and UHF FM are covered with a Baofeng UV-5R and a Wouxun KG-UV-6X. The Wouxun KG-UV-6X normally drives a Diamond X50A vertical antenna at home. Mobile info is here.
The table below shows recent contacts logged on qrz.com.
The table below is generated by a PHP script that pulls JSON data from the Reverse Beacon Network, parses it, calculates distance and bearing based on latitude and longitude, then shows data for the last 100 spots. Frequency changes greater than 1 kHz or time changes greater than 1 hour are shown in bold. The Rx links link to the QRZ page for the station. The SNR links link to a graph of signal to noise ratio versus time for that receiver, mode (CW or RTTY), and band (data limited to 100 spots from RBN)
The background color is green if the distance is greater than 3,000 miles. The Relative Distance column has a * for every 200 miles.
Time | Rx | Freq (kHz) | SNR | Mode | Speed | Rx Location | Distance and Bearing | Relative Distance |
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1909z 11 Oct | W6YX | 14083.9 | 37 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
1909z 11 Oct | N6TV | 14083.9 | 21 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
1909z 11 Oct | KE3BK | 14083.9 | 32 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Mountain House, CA | 1149 km (714 miles) at 305.3 degrees | *** |
1909z 11 Oct | AC0C-1 | 14083.9 | 34 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Louisburg, KS | 1632 km (1014 miles) at 59.6 degrees | ***** |
1909z 11 Oct | WE9V | 14083.8 | 22 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Bristol, WI | 2309 km (1435 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ******* |
1909z 11 Oct | K6FOD | 14083.9 | 31 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | South Pasadena, CA | 706 km (438 miles) at 289.1 degrees | ** |
0357z 11 Oct | K7CO | 7055.0 | 29 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Sandy, UT | 930 km (578 miles) at 354.8 degrees | ** |
0352z 11 Oct | KO7SS | 7055.0 | 38 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Mt. Lemmon, AZ | 23 km (14 miles) at 18.1 degrees | |
0352z 11 Oct | WV4P | 7055.0 | 32 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Savannah, TN | 2109 km (1310 miles) at 74.6 degrees | ****** |
0352z 11 Oct | NG7M | 7055.0 | 15 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Syracuse, UT | 987 km (613 miles) at 354.3 degrees | *** |
2305z 10 Oct | K9LC | 14083.9 | 20 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Rockford, IL | 2227 km (1384 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ****** |
2305z 10 Oct | KE3BK | 14083.9 | 32 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Mountain House, CA | 1149 km (714 miles) at 305.3 degrees | *** |
2305z 10 Oct | N6TV | 14083.9 | 25 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
2305z 10 Oct | AC0C-1 | 14083.9 | 38 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Louisburg, KS | 1632 km (1014 miles) at 59.6 degrees | ***** |
2305z 10 Oct | VE7CC | 14083.9 | 16 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Maple Ridge, BC | 2120 km (1317 miles) at 336.1 degrees | ****** |
2305z 10 Oct | WE9V | 14083.8 | 28 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Bristol, WI | 2309 km (1435 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ******* |
2305z 10 Oct | K6FOD | 14083.9 | 28 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | South Pasadena, CA | 706 km (438 miles) at 289.1 degrees | ** |
2305z 10 Oct | WA7LNW | 14083.9 | 33 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Washington, UT | 595 km (369 miles) at 337.3 degrees | * |
2305z 10 Oct | W6YX | 14083.9 | 35 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
1952z 07 Oct | N6TV | 14083.9 | 11 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
1952z 07 Oct | AC0C-1 | 14083.9 | 20 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Louisburg, KS | 1632 km (1014 miles) at 59.6 degrees | ***** |
1952z 07 Oct | K6FOD | 14083.9 | 21 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | South Pasadena, CA | 706 km (438 miles) at 289.1 degrees | ** |
1952z 07 Oct | KE3BK | 14083.9 | 16 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Mountain House, CA | 1149 km (714 miles) at 305.3 degrees | *** |
1951z 07 Oct | W6YX | 14083.9 | 22 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
1951z 07 Oct | WA7LNW | 14083.9 | 27 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Washington, UT | 595 km (369 miles) at 337.3 degrees | * |
2210z 03 Oct | K9LC | 14083.9 | 13 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Rockford, IL | 2227 km (1384 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ****** |
2209z 03 Oct | N6TV | 14083.9 | 23 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
2209z 03 Oct | AC0C-1 | 14083.9 | 34 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Louisburg, KS | 1632 km (1014 miles) at 59.6 degrees | ***** |
2209z 03 Oct | WE9V | 14083.8 | 23 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Bristol, WI | 2309 km (1435 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ******* |
2209z 03 Oct | KE3BK | 14083.9 | 27 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Mountain House, CA | 1149 km (714 miles) at 305.3 degrees | *** |
2209z 03 Oct | K6FOD | 14083.9 | 30 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | South Pasadena, CA | 706 km (438 miles) at 289.1 degrees | ** |
2147z 30 Sep | K9LC | 14083.9 | 15 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Rockford, IL | 2227 km (1384 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ****** |
2146z 30 Sep | KE3BK | 14083.9 | 31 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Mountain House, CA | 1149 km (714 miles) at 305.3 degrees | *** |
2146z 30 Sep | WE9V | 14083.8 | 21 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Bristol, WI | 2309 km (1435 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ******* |
2146z 30 Sep | AC0C-1 | 14083.9 | 35 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Louisburg, KS | 1632 km (1014 miles) at 59.6 degrees | ***** |
2146z 30 Sep | W6YX | 14083.9 | 33 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
2146z 30 Sep | N6TV | 14083.9 | 23 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
0354z 30 Sep | F4GOU | 7053.0 | 9 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Courcome, France | 8899 km (5530 miles) at 41.2 degrees | *************************** |
0349z 30 Sep | ND7K | 7052.0 | 28 dB | CW | 17 wpm | Wickenburg, AZ | 270 km (168 miles) at 319.2 degrees | |
0349z 30 Sep | KH6LC | 7052.0 | 16 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Keaau, HI | 4652 km (2891 miles) at 264.3 degrees | ************** |
0349z 30 Sep | KP3CW | 7052.0 | 25 dB | CW | 18 wpm | San Jan, PR | 4724 km (2935 miles) at 97.9 degrees | ************** |
0348z 30 Sep | KV4TT | 7052.0 | 23 dB | CW | 17 wpm | North Myrtle Beach, SC | 2991 km (1858 miles) at 77.8 degrees | ********* |
2015z 29 Sep | K9LC | 14083.9 | 12 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Rockford, IL | 2227 km (1384 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ****** |
2014z 29 Sep | AC0C-1 | 14083.9 | 28 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Louisburg, KS | 1632 km (1014 miles) at 59.6 degrees | ***** |
2014z 29 Sep | NG7M | 14083.9 | 25 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Syracuse, UT | 987 km (613 miles) at 354.3 degrees | *** |
2014z 29 Sep | W6YX | 14083.9 | 35 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
2014z 29 Sep | KE3BK | 14083.9 | 25 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Mountain House, CA | 1149 km (714 miles) at 305.3 degrees | *** |
2014z 29 Sep | WE9V | 14083.9 | 20 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | Bristol, WI | 2309 km (1435 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ******* |
2014z 29 Sep | N6TV | 14083.9 | 20 dB | RTTY | 45 bps | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
0011z 29 Sep | ND7K | 7115.0 | 32 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Wickenburg, AZ | 270 km (168 miles) at 319.2 degrees | |
0010z 29 Sep | N6TV | 7115.0 | 15 dB | CW | 16 wpm | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
0010z 29 Sep | WA7LNW | 7115.0 | 40 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Washington, UT | 595 km (369 miles) at 337.3 degrees | * |
0010z 29 Sep | KM3T-3 | 7115.0 | 12 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Amherst, NH | 3617 km (2248 miles) at 59.6 degrees | *********** |
0010z 29 Sep | NG7M | 7115.0 | 16 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Syracuse, UT | 987 km (613 miles) at 354.3 degrees | *** |
0010z 29 Sep | K5TR | 7115.0 | 21 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Austin, TX | 1215 km (755 miles) at 97.2 degrees | *** |
0010z 29 Sep | W6YX | 7115.0 | 33 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
0002z 29 Sep | W1NT-6 | 7115.0 | 8 dB | CW | 15 wpm | Newton, NH | 3665 km (2277 miles) at 59.6 degrees | *********** |
0000z 29 Sep | KM3T-3 | 7115.0 | 8 dB | CW | 15 wpm | Amherst, NH | 3617 km (2248 miles) at 59.6 degrees | *********** |
2359z 28 Sep | K9LC | 7115.0 | 8 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Rockford, IL | 2227 km (1384 miles) at 53.7 degrees | ****** |
2358z 28 Sep | W6YX | 7115.0 | 32 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Stanford, CA | 1182 km (734 miles) at 302.2 degrees | *** |
2358z 28 Sep | K6FOD | 7115.0 | 18 dB | CW | 16 wpm | South Pasadena, CA | 706 km (438 miles) at 289.1 degrees | ** |
2358z 28 Sep | NG7M | 7115.0 | 19 dB | CW | 16 wpm | Syracuse, UT | 987 km (613 miles) at 354.3 degrees | *** |
2358z 28 Sep | N6TV | 7115.0 | 13 dB | CW | 16 wpm | San Jose, CA | 1141 km (708 miles) at 302.1 degrees | *** |
2358z 28 Sep | K5TR | 7115.0 |