Rod Dinkins, AC6V (SK)
(Feb 21, 2008 [REVISED Feb 21, 2008 19:59 ET])
-- Rod Dinkins, AC6V, of Oceanside, California, passed away Saturday, February 16. An ARRL member, he was 77. Many hams considered Dinkins, the author and developer of the Web site www.ac6v.com, to be the final word on anything to do with ham radio. His Web site has more than 130 pages covering thousands of Amateur Radio-related topics, everything from amps (A) to impedance (Z); some hams have said that if a topic is not found on or linked to Dinkins' Web site, it's safe to say that topic does not exist in the Amateur Radio world. Dinkins was also the author of a number of ham radio books, including FM101x: Using FM Repeaters and DX101x: HF + 6 Meters DXing. Dinkins started in radio in the late 1940s with his Knight Kit Ocean Hopper receiver, listening in to the ham bands. In 1977, he received his Amateur Radio license with call sign WA6WTO. He served as an Aviation Electronics Technician from 1951-1955. Re-entering civilian life, Dinkins spent four years as an electronics instructor, followed by two years as a vocational electronics teacher at a junior college. For more than 30 years, Dinkins worked in the aerospace industry as an electronics technical writer. He was a member of the San Diego DX Club (SDDXC) and the Palomar Amateur Radio Club (PARC), and was the former newsletter editor of the Northern California DX Club (NCDXC). Son Jeff has hosted his father's Web site for the past five years and has plans to keep it up and running; Jeff plans on getting his Amateur Radio license and applying for his father's call sign. Dinkins is survived by his wife Karla, sons Jeff and Steve and two grandchildren, Rory and Ewan. A funeral with full military honors will take place March 13 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego.
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