Willy, W1LY, is a dear friend of mine. He’s the sort of person who is always looking to help, and has serious skills to make things happen. Here at casa WB4SON, for example, he launched a 160-meter Inverted-L antenna in the air. That enabled me to complete WAS and DXCC on the 160-meter band, and is the only antenna I use on HF on all bands.
Willy was with me on my first POTA activation, and managed to get me hooked. I was ecstatic yesterday when I received an Operator To Operator Award for hunting him during 50 of his park activations. Most recently he has been logistics for his wife Linda during her bucket list hike of the Appalachian Trail. She has completed the trail from its origin in Georgia through the Vermont border. Many of his activations have been at various parks along the trail.
Thank you Willy!
