[WVARC] WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1

Sat Jun 24 22:00:36 GMT 2023

Hi Steven - what was your callsign back then?  Looks like you are KA6S now.

Tree N6TR / WB6ZVC

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 2:03 PM Steven Wilson <wevets at gmail.com> wrote:

> WOW! Just saw Marty in an ARRL Field Day advert!  Then this shows up!
> Things tend to come full circle too. My first Field Day was with WVARC on
> top of My Lucens...I helped Liegh set up a tower for the first time and
> also got the worst sun burn of life.
>
> 73 to all
>
> Steve Wilson KA6S operating KU6S 3a eb.  And yes I get mess up the club
> call all the time.
>
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 10:55 AM <wvarc-request at lists.kkn.net> wrote:
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>>    1. Hello world (Trey Garlough)
>>    2. Re: Hello world (Tree)
>>    3. Fwd: My first Field Day was with WA6LXN 50 years go
>>       (Bob Wilson, N6TV)
>>    4. Re: Hello world (Ken Beals)
>>    5. Re: Hello world (gregf at efn.org)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:18:05 -0700
>> From: Trey Garlough <trey at kkn.net>
>> To: wvarc at lists.kkn.net
>> Subject: [WVARC] Hello world
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>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:31:18 -0700
>> From: Tree <tree at kkn.net>
>> To: Trey Garlough <trey at kkn.net>
>> Cc: wvarc at lists.kkn.net
>> Subject: Re: [WVARC] Hello world
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>> Thanks to Trey and K5TR for getting this reflector going again.
>>
>> Tree N6TR
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>> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 9:18?AM Trey Garlough <trey at kkn.net> wrote:
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>> > _______________________________________________
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:49:00 -0700
>> From: "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
>> To: WVARC Reflector <wvarc at lists.kkn.net>
>> Subject: [WVARC] Fwd: My first Field Day was with WA6LXN 50 years go
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>> Hello old WVARC friends.  Long time no posts.  This list is alive again.
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>> My first Field Day was 50 years ago with WA6LXN(+WN6TLV).  That's my old
>> call in the Novice Tent.  It looks like we placed second in the country in
>> Class 4A.  Not bad!
>>
>> It seems like the WVARC club call expired 10/16/2022, according to
>> https://www.arrl.org/fcc/search.  Maybe it's not too late to get it back,
>> or maybe that's no longer necessary.
>>
>> Thanks for all the great memories.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 10:11:28 -0700
>> From: Ken Beals <kabeals at gmail.com>
>> To: Tree <tree at kkn.net>
>> Cc: wvarc at lists.kkn.net, Trey Garlough <trey at kkn.net>
>> Subject: Re: [WVARC] Hello world
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>> 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)
>>
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>> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 9:31?AM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
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>> > Thanks to Trey and K5TR for getting this reflector going again.
>> >
>> > Tree N6TR
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 9:18?AM Trey Garlough <trey at kkn.net> wrote:
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>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Victory through Mug
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 10:36:59 -0700
>> From: "gregf at efn.org" <gregf at efn.org>
>> To: wvarc at lists.kkn.net
>> Subject: Re: [WVARC] Hello world
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>> 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)
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