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

Last Man Standing Canadian Stations

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