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Special Bulletin 10  ARLX010
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 23, 2017
To all radio amateurs

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ARLX010 QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA (SK)

QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher and Editor Carl Smith, N4AA, of Asheville,
North Carolina, died on October 20. An ARRL member, he was 77 and had been a
radio amateur and DXer for more than 6
decades. Smith and his late wife Miriam, KB4C, bought the two publications'
parent DX Publishing in 1997

"Carl was a ham's ham, as he dabbled in many aspects of our great hobby," The
Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR, observed. "He did a lot for Amateur
Radio over the years."

Licensed in Kansas City in 1954 as WN0YFT (later W0YFT), Smith served in the US
Air Force from 1958 until 1966. He became W4NQA after moving to North Carolina.

From 1968 until 1970, Smith was on the ARRL Headquarters staff and held the
call sign W1ETU. When he moved to Virginia in 1970, he regained W4NQA and,
after moving back to North Carolina, obtained
N4AA in 1976.

An avid DXer and at the top of the DXCC Honor Roll, Smith was inducted into the
CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2012.

Smith was a member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC). He re-established
QCWA Chapter 145 for the primary purpose of establishing the Southern
Appalachian Radio Museum - now the Asheville Radio Museum - on the campus of
Asheville-Buncombe Community College. He also was a long-time Roanoke Division
Assistant Director. For many years, he was the owner and manager of Georgetown
Communications, an Amateur Radio store in Asheville.

In the 1970s, Smith was instrumental in the formation of the Western Carolina
Amateur Radio Society and served a few terms as president. Through WCARS, he
instituted the annual Asheville Hamfest. WCARS became a Volunteer Examiner
Coordinator in the 1980s.

He also established the KB4C Miriam Smith Award, in memory of his late wife.
The award, presented annually by the ARRL Roanoke Division, honors an Amateur
Radio operator from Western North Carolina who has demonstrated an active
commitment to public service and emergency communication through ARES/RACES.

Smith was among the founders of the SouthEastern DX and Contesting Organization
(SEDCO) W4DXCC Convention, and his wife's call sign is used on the air at the
annual convention and for various operating activities.

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