[FQP] Fwd: KZ5 Research Help

[George Wagner K5KG]

Please see the notice below from Mike Paulson who is compiling information about hams who operated from the Canal Zone, KZ5, from 1920 and 1979.  

Please help out Mike if you have information about KZ5 operations or have any of those cherished KZ5 QSL cards.  You can also help Mike by forwarding this to your long-time DXer friends.

73, George K5KG 

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Mike Paulson <kz5land at yahoo.com>
> Date: July 3, 2017 at 18:03:38 EDT
> To: cgp at alumni.wfu.edu, k5kg at k5kg.com, k1to at arrl.net, k4lq at arrl.net
> Subject: KZ5 Research Help
> 
> Hi Chris, George, Dan, and Fred
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> Came across your club (FCG) in a recent search and thought I would send you my spiel and hope I would get a reply.  I am asking you to forward or post this to your club members.
>  My name is Mike Paulson, and I am working to create a comprehensive, historical record of ham operators who were active in the Panama Canal Zone from 1920 to 1979.  I need your help!
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> The Canal Zone was home to a unique population who shared a very special time-limited experience. Ham operators played an important role in it with phone patches and messages back and forth to the US for both Civilian and Military personnel.  For all you DXer’s out there they were a prized contact. My mom, Mary Jane Paulson was KZ5MP in Gatun, Canal Zone, 1968-1979, and KA4CZC in Tallahassee, FL 1979-1996.  When vanity calls came out, she was able to get her KZ5MP call back and held that until 2006.
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> I am seeking to identify all the Canal Zone ham operators either through their QSL Cards or through the White Horse call books. Sound impossible?  Not with your help!
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> You can help by looking through your QSL cards and doing one of these things:
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> 1.     Scan the front and back of your KZ5 cards and email the scans to me at kz5land at yahoo.com or post them to the FaceBook group I have for the project.
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/ “Canal Zone Ham Operators” .
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> 2.     If you would like, you can send me the cards for scanning and I will return them to you post haste.  Just include a SASE.
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> 3.     The other item I need, are scans of the KZ5 listings from the White Horse call book (Pre-1952). It is very important that I know the Year and Season. High quality scans are critical so that they are readable when enlarged. 
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> Ultimately, after I have been able to gather as much information as possible, I plan to turn it over to a museum or library of Canal Zone or Ham Radio history.
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> I do this to honor my mom, and all the other Canal Zone Hams. Please, be a part of this effort to record our history!
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> Even if you can't help, I invite you to stop by for a look see at the Facebook group, and let me know what you think.
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> 73
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> Mike Paulson
> 1323 Blakemore Ct
> Tallahassee   FL   32317-8459
> kz5land at yahoo.com
> FaceBook   Canal Zone Ham Operators
> Web Site   Canal Zone Ham Operators 
> Please remember, your KZ5 cards and documents always have a safe and protected home when archived with KZ5LAND.  
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