W4YQY
Dal Williams
Eden, NC
Hello and welcome to all visiting! I am Dal Williams,
W4YQY and reside in Eden, NC. The picture above is of course myself
and my XYL, Phyllis on beach at North Myrtle Beach where we were
married on Sept. 21, 2009. In the short time we have been married,
we have done quite well between us now having 2 children and a
total of 9 grandchildren!
Many who know me also know me as actually W4YQY the
second! My dad, Clyde Williams (sk) was the original holder of
the callsign from back in the late 40s. During that time period
you may actually hold more than one call and he also held the
call of W4BJF. At sometime during the mid 70s the rules changed
and was only allowed to hold one callsign and at renewal time
the FCC dropped the W4YQY call so dad became W4BJF fulltime. Several
years back I had noticed that W4YQY had never been re-issued so
I applied for it under the vanity program and was granted it.
I also hold the W4BJF callsign now for a group of us who formed
the Rockingham County Repeater Association several years ago.
Even though I was born into ham radio, it wasn't untill
1970 that I received my first ticket with the callsign of WA4FVX
as a Tech. Today I hold an Extra Class License since Feb 2003.
My current station consist of a Icom IC-746Pro pushing a Kenwood
TL-922A, a Kenwood TS-130S as secondary, and a Kenwood TR-9130
all mode for 2 meters. The present antennas are a RadioWavz G5RV
at about 50' and a HyGain TH-3JRS tri-bander at about 35'. For
mobile I use a Icom IC-706MkIIg and had a Lil Tarheel II untill
someone borrowed it from the mobile in a parking lot one night
and has never returned it!
My interest in ham radio covers a wide range from
chasing DX, rag chewing, building antennas to repeaters. I am
a member of the Rockingham Co Amateur Radio Club, Trustee for
the Rockingham Co Repeater Association, ARES EC for Rockingham
County, and also a Session Manager for the Rockingham Co W4VEC
testing group. I feel that we all as Amateurs need to put forth
the effort to Elmer and foster others along into the hobby of
Amateur Radio. I am so thankful that I was lucky enough to be
born with a full time Elmer as shown in the pictures below. I
am also very thankful to all of the others who have helped me
through the years and you know who you are.
Thanks for taking the time to read a little about
me. If I do not have you in the Log Book now, I do hope that one
day I will add your entry from the airwaves.
73 to all, Dal, W4YQY
Era 1948 |
Era 1952 |