William E. ( Bill ) Sabin received the FCC Amateur Radio call sign W9YFA
in 1941 in Covington, KY at age 15. He was also, since age 13, interested
in Boy Scout (Troop 21) activities and projects.

His call sign changed to W4YFA in KY in 1946, post-US Navy
( AETM-2C, CL-104 ). In April 1946 (age 19), in a Grumman J2F plane,
as radio op. (click the photo), Commodore, (later 4 star Admiral) Arleigh Burke the pilot,
Bill observed the atomic bomb damage that occurred on August 6,1945 at Hiroshima.

{ AETM-2C: Aviation Electronics Technician's Mate, Petty Officer second class. }
{ CL-104: Light Cruiser Atlanta. }

1946 -1955, Radio and TV repair technician, radio experimenter,
Ham Radio DXer and Contester. A difficult time of self-discovery.

1947-1953, Math and engineering subjects at the
University of Cincinnati Evening College.

1955 -1964: New directions: General Electric Co., Cincinnati OH & Valley Forge PA.,
engineering Assistant, later engineering Specialist.

Married, 1956 (Ellen), sons Paul and James, daughter Janet.

Registered Professional Engineer (EE), Ohio,1963 - 2007.
Also, in Late November 1963 (age 37) end all tobacco use (cigarettes) forever (a BIG win for Bill).

Call sign W0IYH in Iowa (Collins Radio Co., radio engineer) 1964 -------.

He holds BSEE (1973 with distinction) and MS (EE 1976), both from U. of Iowa,
an excellent university, in his opinion.
{ Many thanks to Ellen for these two major achievements } .

In 1983 he received the Annual ARRL Technical Excellence Award.

In 1990 he retired from the Rockwell Collins Company (Cedar Rapids).

He is co-editor of and contributor to, with E.O. Schoenike (1927- 2009),
three books (1987, 1995, 1998) on Single-Sideband and HF Radio (ARRL book #7253).

He is the author of more than 40 published technical articles
and portions of the ARRL Handbook (1995 to 2012, 18 yearly editions).

In 2005 - 2008 he wrote the book "Discrete-Signal Analysis and Design",
Published 2008 by Wiley Co., Interscience Division (ARRL book #0140).
Mathematical at the engineering-student and advanced-technician level.
One page of error corrections and other improvements attached.
(To help locate this book, go to ARRL web page, do Website Search sabin discrete)

He is a member of ARRL, Life Senior Member of IEEE,
Member of ARRL DXCC Honor Roll (mixed mode 334/369).

Modest Rig: Yaesu FT2000, Heil GM-4 SSB Mic, Ameritron AL-82 amp,
Bird 43 Wattmeter to Cushcraft X7 beam at Max height 57 Feet for
30 M (200 W/CW) and 20,17,15,12,10 M (1300 W PEP/CW).