Current ARRL DXCC Entities- 335
DXCC Mixed - All Time Confirmed + Deleted -- 336 (326 Current)
DXCC Phone - All Time Confirmed + Deleted -- 328 (319 Current)
DXCC CW - All Time Confirmed + Deleted -- 168 (165 Current)
DXCC QRP - All Time Confirmed + Deleted -- 107 (107 Current)
DXCC Band Countries - All Time Confirmed + Deleted -- 1085 (1075) Current)
     DXCC is copyright ARRL and its use here is printed with permission of the ARRL.
2,112 miles per Watt -- Mozambique C9  -- 10,564 Miles to San Diego, Ca -- Worked QRP -- 5 Watts
Ten/Ten Number 18029
Grid Square - DM13ie
WAN -- Worked All Neighbors
WANA -- Worked All Neighbors Again
WAB -- Worked All Beacons (:-)
TORA Award -- Timed Out Repeater Again
            
COUNTRIES STILL NEEDED FOR TOP OF THE ROLL (9)
3Y - Bouvet -- Not Even Captain Cook Could Find This One!!
7O - Yemen - Missed Em
BS7 - Scarborough Grief
P5 - No. Korea
VK0 - Heard -- I've never even Herd Em
VU - Nicobar
VU - Laccadive -- Lack this one too!!
YA - Afghanistan -- Been Hounding em
ZD9 - Tristan da Cunha

COUNTRIES NEEDED FOR DXCC HONOR ROLL PHONE (7)
(Or Any Of The Above
9U - Burundi
BV9P - Pratus Isle
E4 - Palenstine
FT5W - Crozet Isle
FT5Z - Amsterdam Isle
VK0 - Macquaire Isle
ZC4 - UK Bases-Cyprus

But I am QRO!!!!!

  U.S. NAVY SERVICE
Rodney Roy Dinkins
USN 4287963

 

US Navy -AT1 - Aviation Electronics Technician 1951-1955.
  Radio Operator and Avionics Maintenance Technician.
Air Transport Squadron VR-8Hickam Field Hawaii
  Aircraft were Douglas R5D and Lockheed R7V-1 Super Constellations.

 
US NAVY R7V-1 SUPER CONSTELLATION (Photo Credit - William Henry Davis, K1WD)
Aircraft Above Is A Restored Air Force C-121, Navy Version Is Very Similar

Click below to see more photos of the "Connie"

The Navy MATS Page -- VR3, VR6, VR7, VR8, VR22 Squadrons

Lockheed Super Constellation -- Navy R7V-1 -- VR8

United States Navy C-130 Squadrons - Including VR-8

Lockheed Super Connie -- The Constellation Group

The MATS Connie Page -- Restoration Group in Arizona

Connie In Antarctica

Blue Angels Super Connie (C-121)

Navy Squadron VW-13 Restoration - Wow

Lockheed Super Constellation Avionics -- APS's, ARC's etc. (Compiled By R. Dinkins)

Air Force Constellation -- EC-121 (551st and 552nd AEW&C WINGS)

Lockheed EC-121 Constellation 

Connie Survivors/Restorations

More Connie Survivors - lots of photos

Penndel's Super Connie Finds A Home -- This one had a Wet Bar and Dance Floor !!!!

Some Other Navy Aircraft I flew In

Beech SNB -- For Airborne Radar Training (APS-4 B-Scan Radar!)

Douglas Transport Aircraft -- R4D

Douglas R5D - A Navy MATS Photo 

Martin Mars JRM-1 (Mariana's Mars) Flying Boat -- Two are still flying as firebombers

Lots of History and Personal Accounts of the Martin Mars

Photo Gallery USN Planes & Ships I Worked On Or Flew/Sailed In

AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS

San Diego DX Club ARRL Member Palomar ARC
Northern California DX Club - Former DXer Newsletter Editor

AC6V HUMOR
Not For The faint Hearted!!

$   MONEY_MAKIN & JOBS

Sheckle Generation --- Technical Writer - Electronics Instructor

Full Time DXing -- Retired - Mar 1999/Present - May Write A Book or Two!  
See DX101X          FM101x

Solar Turbine San Diego, CA -- 1998/1999 - Power Turbines - 18,000 Horse Power!!!!
Palomar Products Carlsbad, CA-- P3V Avionics -- 1997
Cubic San Diego, CA-- J-Stars -- 1996
Hewlett-Packard Santa Clara, CA (21 years) -- Freq & Time, Lasers -- 1969-1990
Sylvania -- Reconnaissance Systems Mt View, CA -- 1962-1969
Philco -- Palo Alto CA, CAAF Tracking Stations -- 1960-1962
Convair -- Pomona, CA -- Terrier, Tartar, Mauler, Redeye -- 1956 -1960 
Goodyear Aircraft, Akron Ohio  -- Electronics Technician in the Goodyear Zeppelin Dock 1955-1956
US Navy -- Pacific Duty -- 1951 to 1955 Didn't make a lot of money there
Republic Steel -- Canton Ohio, Electrical Apprentice -- 1949-1951 
Early Years -- Usher, Dishwasher, Farm Hand- Potato Fields

 

    RIGS & TOYS    
HF/VHF/UHF STUFF
Kenwood TS-870SAT  Kenwood TS-570S(G)  Kenwood SM-230
   Ameritron AL-80B  Kenwood TS-790A  Kenwood TM-261  
  ADI-220 MHz  Icom IC-T2H  Kenwood TH-F6A
Bencher Single Paddle Key  LogicKey Rascal PSK31
ANTENNAS
  Cushcraft R-7000  Diamond U5000  Cushcraft AR6   
BOATANCHORS
Hallicrafters S-40B  Hallicrafters S-38C  Swan 350 (Three-Drifty!)
Kenwood TS-830S  Hallicrafters SX-100
SCANNER/SWL
RadioShack Pro 2006 Scanner  Radio Shack DX-398 SWL
 FRS
Kenwood FRS Radios UBZ-AL14

RAN OUT OF SHECKLES !

Will think of more to brag on Later!!

THE AC6V BRAG PHOTOS

                                           HONOR ROLL -- BRAG BRAG
                                          

Latest Shack Shot --  160 Meters To 1.2 Gig (less 900 Mhz)

Home Made QSL Card Using MS PowerPoint and Printed On Orange Card Stock.
Beam Is NOT Standard Equipment!!

Photo By AC6V With Pentax ZX-5 35mm Camera. At Oceanside Harbor.
Made With an Avery Transparent Label For AC6V Overlay.
Reverse Side Uses an Avery Label For QSL Info.

Star Of India At San Diego Maritime Museum
Photo By AC6V With Pentax ZX-5 35mm Camera. 
For callsign - made with an Avery Transparent Label #8660. 
Reverse side uses an Avery White Label #5263 For QSL Info.
The world's oldest active iron-hull sailing ship, the Star of India was built in 1863.
Star Of India History 2.

 

 

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