The idea behind 6Y1V is a culmination of the life long dreams of KY1V (David), K1LZ (Krassy) and 6Y5GC (George).

Not unlike amateur radio operators worldwide, each had dreams of large antenna arrays, expensive transceivers and powerful amplifiers. A dream of winning contests and DX'ing.

In 2002, KY1V planned to erect an antenna farm on 3 acres at his Kentucky home. He began purchasing Rohn 45G tower, rotating rings, antennas, and other hardware necessary to build his dream array, stacked monobanders on a rotating tower!

After having Matt (KC1XX), from XXTowers, survey his property in 2003, he discovered he couldn't erect the 140' rotating tower without the guy wires leaving the adjacent lot and coming onto the main property of the house where his family enjoys their daily activities. At the time, the 18 acres behind the house was not for sale and it was determined that having guy wires on the main property just wasn't accceptable.

Shortly thereafter, David met Colin (6Y5CR) and George (6Y5GC) on the air and visited them in Jamaica the next morning. After a brief tour of the Island, George brought David to his home in the hills just above the sea coast town of Hopewell.

David and George made an agreement to utilize George's property to fulfill David's dream of a major contest and DX station.

Over the course of the next 18 months, David continued purchasing the necessary equipment to complete the station. Expensive antennas, radios and amplifiers were all purchased and stored in Kentucky. The project lingered and the equipment slowly accumulated.

In 2005, David met Krassy (K1LZ). They became friends and soon thereafter Krassy invited David on an expedition to St. Paul Island (CY9SS).

Krassy and David became close friends and David shared his plans for Jamaica. Krassy had his own plans for a station on another Island but they too were lingering. When Krassy learned that David had accumulated a mass of material for the 6Y1V project, he asked when it was going to be finished and how he could help move the project along.

In 2006, Krassy and David formed a partnership and the project moved quickly forward. Within 4 months, the remaining equipment was purchased, a shipping container loaded and everything was sent to Jamaica. (Importing it all is a future story!)

The dream was just on the horizon and through the effort of many friends, 7 months later all the antennas, towers and equipment were finally installed.

Welcome to 6Y1V.

David Kopacz, married to his loving wife Stacy, is father to four beautiful children, 2 boys and 2 girls.

David is CTO of ASPwebhosting.com, an international web hosting company specializing in advanced Microsoft hosting solutions utilizing Dell Servers and Cisco networks.

David has years of telecommunications background, software design and development experience and has been in the Internet business since 1998.

He holds an Extra class amateur radio license, having been licensed since 1975. Selected as Dayton's 2004 Amateur of the Year, David is proud to host the Young Ham Contest Program, conceived by him and his wife as a way of giving back to the service that gave so much to him. For more information on the Young Ham Contest Program click Youth on the menu above.

Krassy Petkov, married to Krassimira and father to two beautiful daughters, lives in Massachusetts where he runs multiple successful businesses, Milara, specializing in surface mount technologies, and the well known Acom International.

George Campbell, a native Jamaican, father of two, resides in Hopewell Jamaica and is owner of the home and property as well as the caretaker of the contest station.

Through his generosity, we have found a perfect location for our contest superstation, 6Y1V.

Thank you George!

Stacy Kopacz, loving wife of David, is a strong supporter of the 6Y1V project and the Young Ham Contest Program. She is founder of LinkRIGHT, LLC, owner and President of ASPwebhosting.com and  mother of 4 children, a full time job by itself.

She loves to scuba dive, which makes the trips to exotic islands much more fun. She is an avid reader, web developer and loves shoes more than any woman we know. Go Marc Jacobs!

She designed this site and we wish to thank her for all her support.