• Club Station Commemorates Amateur Radio Newsline Cofounder Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF (SK)

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 18:20:34
    09/10/2019

    The Amateur Radio Newsline[1] Amateur Radio Club, WA6ITF, has adopted the call sign of Newsline cofounder Bill Pasternak, who died in 2015. Pasternak was a familiar voice in Amateur Radio news media, and a frequent presence at hamfests and conventions. He and Jim Hendershot, WA6VQP, established the Amateur Radio Newsline¨(initiallyÿTheÿWestlink Report) ham radio newscast. Pasternak served asÿNewsline's managing editor and occasional newscaster for the program. In an announcement, the club said it wanted to honor Pasternak by putting his call sign back on the air.


    [1] https://www.arnewsline.org

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