SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX012   
   ARLX012 Past Sacramento Valley SCM, Santa Clara Valley SM, Pacific   
   Vice Director Jettie B. Hill, W6RFF (SK)   
      
   ZCZC AX12   
   QST de W1AW   
   Special Bulletin 12  ARLX012   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  October 2, 2014   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX012   
   ARLX012 Past Sacramento Valley SCM, Santa Clara Valley SM, Pacific   
   Vice Director Jettie B. Hill, W6RFF (SK)   
      
   Long-time ARRL Field Organization volunteer Jettie B. Hill, of   
   Roseville, California, died September 21. He was 93. An ARRL Life   
   Member, Hill served as ARRL Santa Clara Valley Section   
   Communications Manager (later "Section Manager") from 1978 until   
   1982. He was the ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director in 1982 and   
   1983. Following his retirement in 1984, he relocated to Roseville   
   and subsequently served as Sacramento Valley Section Manager from   
   1989 until 2000 and again from 2002 until 2006.   
      
   First licensed in 1938 in Eureka, California, Hill moved to the San   
   Francisco Bay area after graduating from high school. He served in   
   the US Army as a radiotelegraph operator at the Presidio during   
   World War II. Subsequently he served in the US Navy (1944-1946 and   
   1950-1951).   
      
   Hill graduated from San Jose State University and was employed by   
   United Airlines, Itek, Stanford Research Institute, Illumitronic   
   Engineering, National Semiconductor and other firms.   
      
   He was a member of the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club. A   
   serious DXer and CW operator, he was on the DXCC Honor Roll with 340   
   DXCC entities confirmed. He also had earned WAZ and 7-Band DXCC.   
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