biography<\/a>. \u201cIt was a modification of a design by Bill Orr, W6SAI, published in his famous Novice and Technician Handbook<\/i>. A crystal-controlled, low-power 6 meter AM transmitter that doubled in the final, was screen grid modulated, and put out almost no output power.\u201d<\/p>\nHe eventually got into broadcasting and made his career in television engineering and production. He retired as a broadcast engineer with KTTV in Los Angeles in 2012 but continued as a broadcasting consultant.<\/p>\n
Pasternak was the spark plug behind the all-volunteer Amateur Radio Newsline<\/i>bulletin \u2014 which was relayed on repeaters around the US and elsewhere \u2014 as well as the creator and administrator of the annual YHOTY. He was the author of three books and served as a writer\/producer on several educational films and videos, including the award-winning \u201cAmateur Radio Today.\u201d In earlier years, he wrote the \u201cLooking West\u201d column for 73 Amateur Radio Today Magazine<\/i> for 26 years and penned a \u201cVHF, FM and Repeater\u201d column for WorldRadio<\/i>. He also contributed to broadcast trade publications as well as to CQ<\/i>.<\/p>\n
In addition to the ARRL, Pasternak belonged to the Radio Club of America and the Quarter Century Wireless Association. He also enjoyed flying, including stints getting on the air from thousands of feet up.<\/p>\n
He was the only person ever chosen to receive the Dayton Hamvention Special Achievement Award (1981) and Radio Amateur of the Year Award (1989). In 1995, the League presented him with an ARRL National Certificate of Merit in recognition of his contributions to the \u201cfurtherance of the goals of the Amateur Radio Service.\u201d<\/p>\n
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Sharon, KD6EPW.<\/p>\n
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ARRL Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, remarked, \u201cI wonder how you measure a person\u2019s success in life. Some would say that you measure an individual by the amount of wealth they\u2019ve acquired. I would say that the true measure of value of an individual is by the amount lives they\u2019ve touched. If that is the case, then Bill died a very wealthy man.\u201d<\/p>\n
The future of the Amateur Radio Newsline<\/i> broadcast, out of production since its May 22 edition, has not been determined, although an appeal for volunteers was issued in late May. Before he died, however, Pasternak said he was determined that Newsline<\/i> would name a Young Ham of the Year for 2015.<\/p>\n
Tribute courtesy of the ARRL website,\u00a0www.arrl.org\/news\/amateur-radio-newsline-co-founder-editor-bill-pasternak-wa6itf-sk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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