[WVARC] Fw: Looking for "Van"

[John Musselman WB6UHF]

Hi All,

Tree and I managed to locate "Van".  I'm not sure if he will join us, but
here is his reply to my hello:


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugo van Paassen" <antoor@hctc.com>
To: "John Musselman WB6UHF" <wb6uhf@arrl.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for "Van"


> Hello John,
>
> I think you are right in that I may well be the "van" you once knew
several
> decades ago in the San Fernando Valley.  Well, greetings!
>
> As you may have figured out  by now, I no longer love in the San Fernando
> Valley, Canoga Park, but now live on the Olympic Peninsula in western
> Washington State.   I live in a deep glacial valley which has about 10
feet
> of rainfall each year and a lot of tall trees, 150 to 200 foot tall
Douglas
> fir trees and smaller western red cedar trees
>
> Aside from the rainfall which occurs mostly in the winter, this area in
> the Olympic National Forest has a much more moderate climate and
> most importantly for me, has some of the cleanest air in the world.
>
> On the down side, this location is in a radio "dead zone".  There is no
> TV reception, FM radio, satellite or any other rf link with the rest of
> the world.  Early on, I tried to use NVIS propagation (Near Vertical
> Incidence
> Skywave) to communicate on 160 and 80 meters.  This was only partly
> successful.  The higher frequencies are hopeless. Cell phones and
emergency
> radio simply don't work here.  With all that, you can imagine that I am
not
> active on these frequencies.
>
> I also got two messages from a "tree" which I tried to contact but wound
up
> with
> some web site in Texas which had no information relating to the West
Valley
> Amateur Radio.
>
> Well, there you have it.  Old "van",  formerly WB6SLU, is up in the
> north-west
> woods out of the world of smog and radio communication.   I cannot
remember
> who all was in the old club, but please send along my greetings.
>
> 73,  Van
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Musselman WB6UHF" <wb6uhf@arrl.net>
> To: <Antoor@hctc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:48 AM
> Subject: Looking for "Van"
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think you may be someone I know from the past.  Some of the past
members
> > of the West Valley ARC have a reflector and invite you to join...
> >
> > If you are the member we remember as "Van".
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Musselman
> > WB6UHF
> >
> >
>