Inducted May 2001
Ron ‘Sig’ Sigismonti, N3RS, a native of Philadelphia, was first licensed as WN3WJD in June, 1953. He started out with homebrew equipment and quickly became interested in CW. He entered his first radio contest in 1954 and has been a consistent participant in the major DX contests ever since.
Sig attended Drexel University and graduated in 1961 with a BSEE. After marrying his wife, Maryann, in 1963, he moved to the rural town of Rahns, PA.
There the W3WJD superstation was constructed over 16 years. Many significant contest wins were recorded in Rahns, including single, multi-single, and multi-multi operator wins for the USA on both CW and SSB. In 1976 he received the callsign N3RS as part of the Incentive Licensing program of the FCC. In 1979 he and his family moved to Glenmoore, PA and he began the construction of his current station.
“Sig” is a longtime member and past president of the Frankford Radio Club, which nominated him.