[WVARC] Hello world

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New link to the WVARC stuff on kkn.net:

Index of /n6tr/wvarc (kkn.net) <https://www.kkn.net/n6tr/wvarc/>

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On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 3:58 PM John Musselman <juan at cox.net> wrote:

> Hey everyone...
>
> How nice to hear from you all again! We should take a quick roll call
> and see who of us are still around.
>
> Love the photo montage. I believe I put that together for one of the
> WVARC newsletters. And I think it is posted on kkn, but I'm not sure how
> to access it right off. My best guess, clockwise from top left:
>
> Leigh, WB6OLD (then) operating a contest it appears from the stack of
> sharpened pencils.
>
> Phil Hockmeyer, WB6TVH, and me at Field Day at Rancho San Julian 1968.
>
> My brother Jim, WB6SST at the same Field Day
>
> Craig Olin, WB6FWC, while he was still alive and healthy
>
> Station of Steve Mercanet, WB6FVY
>
> Matt, WB6KPN, at his nice station where "A Ham's Wide World" was filmed
> in part.
>
> Me, at my college dorm, 1970.
>
> This montage, and a bunch of other stuff, used to be posted on kkn. The
> old link for this is
>
> http://www.kkn.net/~tree/wvarc.jpg
>
> but the link dunt work any more.
>
> John Musselman, N6EP, ex-WB6UHF
>
>
> On 6/24/2023 10:36 AM, 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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