Inducted May 2007
Fred Capossela, K6SSS, is a past CQ World Wide DX Contest Director and, for the past 40 years, has maintained and annually updated the CQWW All-Time Records List. It was under Fred’s direction that the CQWW became the world’s most popular and most professionally-run amateur radio contest. The first contester to run the contest, Fred introduced the rigorous verification standards for contacts and multipliers, developed the All-Time Records List, set the current contest dates and introduced the Band-by-Band top scorers’ matrix. Fred’s dedication to running the contest in a fair, honest, and professional manner laid the foundation for the CQWW’s current stature.
He worked the CQ DX Contests in 1958 at the home of Buzz Reeves, K2GL in Tuxedo Park, NY, and set new world records. Fred led many contests at K2GL/N2AA in subsequent years. Fred was a member of the NY Order of Boiled Owls in the late 1950’s. He was an A1 operator and achieved an incredible DXCC total of 330 on 80 meters and 180 on 160 meters as K6SSS all on a small lot in Southern California.
Fred graduated from Fordham University. He later obtained an MBA from Cal Poly Pomona and a PHD in marketing and advertising from Claremont Graduate University. He was a professor of marketing and advertising in the College of Business at Cal Poly University for 30 years, where he taught until his retirement in 2007.
