Who was behind Last Man Standing Callsigns – KA6LMS?

If you’re a fan of Tim Allen’s TV series Last Man Standing, you’ll have a final chance to contact the show’s Amateur Radio Club station before it goes QRT. The couple’s three daughters are not prepared for the shift to his stricter parenting style. The weeklong KA6LMS radio special event starts on March 24 at 00:00 UTC and runs through 23:59 UTC on March 30, which is the show’s final day of shooting.

The Last Man Standing Amateur Radio Club is joining with a team of seasoned special-event operators across several states to present a multi-band, multi-mode special event celebrating the prime-time network TV show for its positive and accurate portrayal of amateur radio. During its nine seasons, the Last Man Standing ARC also operated as KA6LMS from real radios on the set during production breaks, making thousands of contacts with the show’s amateur radio fans. The event will start at 00:00 UTC on March 24, 2021 and end at 23:59 UTC on March 30, 2021, the last day of shooting for the show, which is concluding its long, successful run.

Playing KA6LMS Live from the Stage – AA6JA John

John grew up on Long Island where he cultivated his love of technology especially in film, television and radio. He moved to Los Angeles and started his career as an editor, joining the Editors Guild while working for Johnny Carson on several Carson Productions programs. Soon after, he joined the Director’s Guild of America as the associate director of the Practical Joke unit of “TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes” Because of his post production and technical expertise, he was asked to join The Reeves Entertainment Group as the Director of Television Production. As a production executive, he oversaw familiar shows such as “Kate and Allie”, “I Married Dora”, “That’s Incredible” and “Doctor Doctor”. He eventually went on to Co-Produce “Doctor Doctor”, which launched his producing career. John has produced numerous television pilots and series in Los Angeles, New York and Canada. Among his notable shows are “Sports Night”, for which he designed and oversaw construction of a working video newsroom. He is also credited with being the first person to produce a multi camera, High Definition videotape sit-com when he moved the 20th Century Fox Television series “Titus” from 35 millimeter film to Sony HDCam. He made his directorial debut on “Titus”. Over the years, he’s managed to receive an Emmy nomination for editing. He has two Golden Laurel awards from The Producers Guild of America and a Humanitas award as the producer of “Sports Night”. He received his second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series for “Arrested Development”. For the 2018/2019 season, John continues to produce “Last Man Standing” for 20 Century Fox Television. While living in Long Island, John started in Amateur Radio as WB2HLO, a “Tech Plus” in the early 1970’s,  Upgraded to a General in the late 1970’s.  Moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980’s changing call to KA6MVE. Upgraded to Extra and became AA6JA.

Playing KA6LMS Live from the Stage – Robert J Antonacci

Show’s behind-the-scenes crew complement now boasts 14 Technician, one General, and two Amateur Extra class operators, which Robert Antonacci is one of them. Robert was part of the Ham class that took the course with help from the Greater Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group. Many were able to get their last contact with Robert on Sunday 3/28/21 in the late afternoon on 40 meters and on 20 metres.

Cast of Operators /Portable In Order of ARRL Zones

Playing KA6LMS/0
K0STH Christian
K0NEB Joe
K0JSC Jeff
K1DDN Amanda
N0PXT Shane
NG7A George
AD0PO Marty
WA2IVD Tom
KE0PMR Paul

Playing KA6LMS/1
NN1C Marty
KC1CZB Rod
K1DG Doug (Moon Bounce)
N1NHL Amanda
WO1N Ken
KK1L Ron
N1DG Don

Playing KA6LMS/2
AC2MI Keith
NO2C Lou
K2RYD Salli
K2TV Bob
KD2GUT Caryn
KC2SYF Mike
N2FIX Nathan
W2PW Pres
W2JV Peter
KD2HWE Roy
W2HCB John
K2IZ John
N2KA Art
W2UV Phil
K2ZJ John
K2GV Jerry
WX2U Norm
W2AXR Alex
N2RJ Ria

Playing KA6LMS/2 Satellite
WA2NDV Frank

Playing KA6LMS/3
N3KUN Mike
K2EJ Steve

Playing KA6LMS/5
KC5HWB Jason
W1JCW John
N1EW Ed

Playing KA6LMS/4
N3MN John
WB4QDX John DSTAR REF030B
WA4YIH Ed DSTAR REF030B
KC7FPF Kevin
ND2L Hope
KB4QQJ Randy
W5KUB Tom
WA1FCN Bob
NF4J Danny

Playing KA6LMS/6
AA6JA John
AA6RA Rob
W6KC Jim
KC6JPG Roland
KI6NAZ Josh
K6ICS Mike
W6SW Randy
KJ6UVQ Dennis

Playing KA6LMS/6
AA6JA John
AA6RA Rob
W6KC Jim
KC6JPG Roland
KI6NAZ Josh
K6ICS Mike
W6SW Randy
KJ6UVQ Dennis

Playing KA6LMS/7
K9WZB Garry
K7WZB Sharon
W7UDI Steve
KC7PF Kevin
WA2PQE Steve
W7LEA Leigh Ann
W7BJN Brian

Playing KA6LMS/7
K9WZB Garry
K7WZB Sharon
W7UDI Steve
KC7PF Kevin
WA2PQE Steve
W7LEA Leigh Ann
W7BJN Brian

Playing KA6LMS/8
KD8VRX/VA2VRX Jocelyn
KD9IPO Ron
W8LPN Justin
K4ZLE Jay
N3upy Shawn

Playing KA6LMS/9
WB9VPG Neil
WD9GCO Paul
WB9MSM Denny

Playing KA6LMS/Fusion Los Angeles – So Cal Link Network (Room 21042)
WD6ABC – John
KD6IOW – Bobby

Playing the Multimode QSO Party on Saturday
N5ZNO – Tommy
WA2IVD – Tom
AD0PO – Marty

Playing KA6LMS/DSTAR REF012A Los Angeles – PAPA Repeater System.
W6CJX Bob

Playing KA6LMS/DSTAR REF012A Los Angeles – PAPA Repeater System.
W6CJX Bob

Playing KA6LMS/DMR Los Angeles – PAPA Repeater System
AF6FB Michael
3/25 18:00 UTC (11:00 PT) 19:00 in Europe
3/25 21:00 UTC (14:00 PT) 08:00 in PacRim
3/27 16:00 UTC (09:00 PT)
3/28 21:00 UTC (14:00 PT)
3/30 18:00 UTC (11:00 PT)
3/30 21:00 UTC (14:00 PT)
I’ll use the already defined event talkgroup 314651

Last Man Standing Canadian Stations

Playing KA6LMS/VE3
Mike VE3MIC
Laird VE3LKS

Playing KA6LMS/VE7
Charlie VE7CQE

The KA6LMS radio event is sponsored by the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club’s 12 Days of Christmas and K2Heros teams, in association with Amateur Logic.TV, The PAPA Repeater System and Georgia D-STAR


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