3B7C Operators: 

Name:

Arnold I. Shatz

Call:

Nationality:

American 

3B7C Responsibility:

Medical Officer (and operator)

DXpedition Experience:  K7C (Kure Atoll) – 2005

Foreign Operations: Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Prince Edward Island

Club Memberships: Southern California Contest and DX Clubs

About Arnie: 

Arnie was first licensed as KN3ANU at the age of 13 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He quickly upgraded to a General Class ticket (K3ANU) and received an Official Relay Station (ORS) appointment from the ARRL and so began his love of CW traffic handling.  This ARRL voluntary position allowed him to participate in the league’s sponsored CD party contests fueling his enjoyment of radiosport.  After four years of amateur radio activity he put the hobby into hibernation while he attended Temple University and earned a B.S. in Biology and a M.D. degree.  There was little time for playing amateur radio during his post medical school specialty training in Urology at the University of California, San Francisco (WB6YHE), and two years of service as a Lt. Cmdr. in the United States Public Health Service, Indian Health Service, on the Navajo and Hopi reservations (WB5ICL).

He moved to Southern California in 1976 with his wife (KA6DOW) and son (N6COG) and started a solo private urology practice. Arnie’s interest in amateur radio was rekindled.  He upgraded to the Extra Class license in 1977 as N6HC.  He retired from full time urology practice in 2001 and continued practicing as a part-time locum tenens physician. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a long time member of the California and Orange County Medical Associations, a diplomate of the American Board of Urology and a member of both the American Urological Association and the Western Section of the AUA as well as the California Urological Association.  He was a member of the clinical faculty of Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

Arnie has been an ARRL member for more than forty years.  He serves as a Field QSL card checker for both ARRL and CQ awards.  He is an active member of the Southern California DX and contest clubs.  He is a member of the A-1 operators club and has earned many ARRL operating awards including WAS (5 bands, SSB, CW, RTTY),  DXCC (8 bands, SSB, CW, RTTY), WAZ (CW & SSB), WAC and VUCC.  He is an active contester and has won numerous certificates for participation in both domestic and DX competitions.  He has operated from many places around the continental United States as well as in Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico and Prince Edward Island.

One of his ham radio goals was to be part of a Dxpedition team to an exotic locale.  The opportunity presented itself in mid 2005 on the K7C operation to Kure atoll in the far northwest Hawaiian Island chain.  The adventure was addictive and in September, 2007, he will be part of  the 3B7C Dxpedition to St. Brandon Island in the Indian Ocean.  On this trip he will serve as both operator and medical officer.