[WVARC] Hello world

[Tree]

Yup - pretty sure that is a W6HX picture.

The one of John was taken at his dorm room in San Diego.

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 11:09 AM Ken Beals <kabeals at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a classic pic of "League" Jones (WB6OLD/KR6X). I can't tell for
> sure, but it looks like it was taken at W6HX since I can see a bit of the
> integrated equipment rack in the background that housed Ted's original
> equipment.  Ted found a desk to put in the middle of the room so we could
> put other equipment in play.  I worked for Ted from 1969 to 1973 (after his
> tower accident) so your time frame seems about right.
>
> Ken K6MR (WB6VFJ)
>
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 10:55 AM gregf at efn.org <gregf at efn.org> wrote:
>
>> No kidding Ken. A few of us even ended up in the communications field.
>> When friends or acquaintances ask how I 'got into radio' I point them to
>> that very youtube of 'Hams Wide World'. Actually, when they ask how I
>> got into studying bats (3rd career) I direct them to that video , or
>> "This is Ham Radio" also by Dave Bell:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuIExTh4CF8 BTW, I believe my first xmtr
>> (Johnson Viking II) was as chirpy as the CW at 11:55 in this video!
>>
>> I recently ran across and scanned this contact sheet from 1969 or 70 ,
>> it includes a few field day pics (attached). I can ID most - but not all
>> - of the characters pictured.
>>
>> And thank you Tree for reviving the list.
>>
>> 73,
>> Greg  AC7RX (WA6OSG)
>>
>>
>> On 6/24/2023 10:11 AM, Ken Beals wrote:
>> > Even though my WVARC days are getting a bit hazy, I'm still amazed at
>> > the quantity and quality of ops that emerged from that tiny little
>> > geographic spot on the earth.
>> >
>> > And as a weird coincidence, I was perusing YouTube a few nights ago
>> > just to kill time and ran across "The Ham's Wide World",  with the
>> > star of the show WB6KPN/N6PN working XE2RH.  Another amazing piece of
>> > ham history from the little club that did things!
>> >
>> > Ken K6MR (WB6VFJ)
>> >_______________________________________________
>> Victory through Mug
>
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