In May 1916 there were only two ARRL members in Arizona. By 1922 there were many members in Arizona and the ARRL now had Division Managers. In 1922 the position of Assistant Division Manager (ADM) was created as part of the Operating Department of the ARRL. The first ADM was:
| H.L.Gooding | 6ZZ | Douglas | December 1922 – December 1925 |
In 1925 the ADM was part of the Traffic Department of the ARRL. The division was now called the Pacific Division and was managed by M.E. McCreery, 6ANL-6LJ, of Los Angeles. The Pacific Division included Arizona, Nevada, California and Hawaii. The ADM’s were:
| D.B. Lamb | W6ANO | Mesa | December 1926 – December 1929 |
| Russ Shortman | W6BWS | Phoenix | January 1930 – July 1931 |
In 1931 the position of Section Communication Manager
was formed under the ARRL Communications Department. This area was called the
Pacific Division and included, Hawaii, Nevada, Los Angeles, Santa Clara Valley,
San Francisco, Sacramento Valley, Arizona, Philippines and San Diego.
The first two SCM’s were:
| Earnest Mendoza | W6BJF-W6QC | Phoenix | August 1931 – August 1935 |
| C.C. Day | W6LVG | Vail | September 1935 - September 1937 |
In Nov 1935 the Pacific Division was split and the Southwestern Division was
formed and included Los Angeles, Arizona and San Diego was formed.
The SCM’s were:
| Victor C. Clark | W6KFC | Phoenix | October 1937 - June 1939 |
| Cameron Allen | W6OIF | Phoenix | July 1939 – October 1939 |
| MarsonB Hull | W6KMM | Phoenix | October 1939 – November 1940 |
| John K. Oliver | W6KOL | Nogalas | December 1940 – July 1942 |
| Douglas | W6RWW | Prescott | August 1942 - February 1946 |
In 1948 Arizona became part of the 7th call area.
The Section Communications Manager’s were:
| Gladden C. Elliott | W7MLL | Tucson | March 1946 - May 1950 |
| Jim Kennedy | W7MID | Phoenix | June 1950 - May 1952 |
| Albert Steinbrecher | W7LVR | Tucson | June 1952 – May 1956 |
| Cameron A. Allen | W7OIF | Phoenix | June 1956 – March 1960 |
| Kenneth P. Cole | W7QZH | Phoenix | April 1960 – March 1964 |
| Floyd C. Colyar | W7FKK | Phoenix | April 1964 – September 1968 |
| Gary Hamman | W7CAF | Phoenix | October 1968 - August 1974 |
In 1974 the title was shorted to Section Manager.
The Section Managers are:
| Marshall Lincoln | W7DQS | Wickenburg | September 1974 - March 1979 |
| Willard Haskell | AC7D | Tucson | April 1979 - March 1981 |
| Erich Holzer | N7EH | Tucson | April 1981 - March 1985 |
| James E. Swafford | W7FF | Tucson | April 1985 - March 1991 |
| Bernie Sasek | W0YOY | Tucson | April 1991 - March 1993 |
| Clifford Hauser | KD6XH | Tucson | April 1993 – March 2005 |
| Thomas J. Fagan | K7DF | Tucson | April 2005 - March 2013 |
| Robert Spencer | KE8DM | Yuma | April 2013 - March 2017 |
| Richard A. Paquette | W7RAP | Tucson | April 2017 - |