[WVARC] Bios

[Leigh S. Jones]

I missed out on the "Quality Radio Men" field day, I joined
the Bodids for the W6CXW/6 field day.  Quite an experience --
we had a great location on a vacant lot above WB6NWK's 
house (with a view of his tower) and antennas included a
triband yagi (TA33) and a home brew 15M yagi less than
15 feet high.  But boy, did it ever put out a good signal.
WB6IQI organized the event and W6CXW (no, not the
famous pre-WW2 DXCC leader W6CXW, but a guy who 
worked at Henry Radio) contributed the tribander and 
callsign but didn't even show up at the FD site.  We
scored well.  Tell us about the QRM, Matt...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Futterman, N6PN" <n6pn@prodigy.net>
To: <wvarc@kkn.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [WVARC] Bios


> 
> 
> Tree wrote:
> >We can write a "history of the WVARC" with various
> >people contributing the pieces they remember best.
> 
> Perhaps Leigh can help me with the very early years.
> What became the WVARC actually started out as
> the WVRCA - The West Valley Rag Chewers Association -
> in 1965.  He, I, WB6PCU, WB6NNU and perhaps a few
> other guys who didn't even know it, were members.
> 
> In 1966 or 1967, there was a seminal Field Day
> manned by WB6SST, WB6UHF, WB6THM
> and myself (am I forgetting anyone else?) where
> we called ourselves the Quality Radio Men.
> The melding of this group with the remnants
> of the WVRCA became the WVARC.
> 
> 
> 
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