DX Breakfast

Arnie, N6HC

Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXexpedition

K7C (Kure Atoll) – 2005, 3B7C (St. Brandon Island) – 2007, TX5C (Clipperton Island) – 2008, K4M (Midway Atoll)-2009, T31A (Kanton
Atoll-Central Kiribati) – 2011, T32C (Kiritimati-Eastern Kiribati) – 2011, NH8S
(Swains Island)-2012, T33A (Banaba Island) – 2013, FT5ZM (Amsterdam Island) – 2014
CLUB MEMBERSHIPS: Southern California Contest and DX Clubs, Orange County Amateur Radio Club, Chiltern DX Association (UK), Medical Amateur Radio Council, Ltd. (MARCO), Northern California DX Foundation, Indexa Foundation

BIO:
Arnie was first licensed in 1957 as KN3ANU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Arnie has been an ARRL member for more than fifty years and is a member of the Legacy Circle and Maxim Society. He serves as a Field QSL card checker for both ARRL and CQ awards. In the spirit of volunteerism, he has assisted in communications with the Hollywood Christmas Parade, various long distance races and has staffed the amateur radio booth at the Orange County Fair. He was one of the amateur radio Captains for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Radio station (NG84O).  He is a member of the A-1 operators club, the Straight Key Century Club (#1309) and the Ten-Ten International club (#29959). He has earned many ARRL and CQ-Magazine operating awards including WAS (6 bands, SSB, CW, RTTY), DXCC Honor Roll, DXCC (8 bands, SSB, CW, RTTY), WAZ (CW & SSB), WAC, WPX and VUCC.  He is an active contester and has won numerous certificates for participation in both domestic and DX competitions. 

His home station has been used by many guest operators and he has hosted visiting amateurs to Southern California at the “Hotel California” guest suite.
He has been published in various amateur radio journals regarding his experience as a Dxpedition physician.  Arnie has been the guest speaker at various clubs, both locally and nationally, presenting “behind the scenes” activities of the Dxpeditions in which he has participated.

He is a Board Certified Urologist and volunteers his services at the free clinic in Orange, California when he is not working on a locum tenens assignment.