Subj : Former ARRL Vice Director Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, SK
To   : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri Apr 18 2025 08:47 pm

04/18/2025

Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne
Overbeck, N6NB, passed away Saturday April 12, 2025. He was 82 years old.
Overbeck held an Amateur Extra-class license and was active in amateur radio
for over 68 years. He served four terms as an elected ARRL Vice Director, from
1984 to 1993, and was also chairman of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee
during the 1970s and an ARRL Life Member. Overbeck had many passions, and his
longest-standing one was amateur radio. Wayne's first station started in his
childhood bedroom in Manhattan Beach, California, then into numerous vehicles,
toolboxes, suitcases, etc. He invented the Quagi [1]antenna and won many awards
for his service and contributions to amateur radio, as well as his record-high
scores in contesting. Overbeck was an accomplished journalist, communications
law professor, lawyer, real estate broker, 20-year author of a widely-adopted
textbook, pilot, sailor, cabin-builder, computer programmer, and amateur radio
engineer. More details about his life and career can be found on his
Facebook[2] page.

Funeral details are pending.


[1] https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzEyMTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTUyNTgxODI4NCZsaT0zNzcyNDIxMQ/index.html
[2] https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzEyMTQ0JnA9MSZ1PTUyNTgxODI4NCZsaT0zNzcyNDIwNg/index.html

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