[WVARC] WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3

Tree tree at kkn.net
Sat Jun 24 23:22:56 GMT 2023


Thanks for the response Steve.

You have the same name as one of my favorite music artists.  :-)

I updated this list with your info:

https://www.kkn.net/n6tr/wvarc/wvarc_list.txt

Tree

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 4:16 PM Steven Wilson <wevets at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tree
>
> Old call sign was WA6GFM.  Had this call since 78. 😀
>
> Steve
>
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 3:59 PM <wvarc-request at lists.kkn.net> wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 15:00:36 -0700
>> From: Tree <tree at kkn.net>
>> To: Steven Wilson <wevets at gmail.com>
>> Cc: wvarc at lists.kkn.net
>> Subject: Re: [WVARC] WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1
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>> 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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>> >> Today's Topics:
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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
>> >> Message-ID: <31E9BDB9-931C-4AD4-9F5D-45568E7D16DE at kkn.net>
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>> >> ------------------------------
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>> >> Message: 2
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 9:18?AM Trey Garlough <trey at kkn.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
>> >> > Victory through Mug
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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
>> >> Message-ID:
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>> >> Hello old WVARC friends.  Long time no posts.  This list is alive
>> again.
>> >>
>> >> New address for posting to this list is wvarc at lists.kkn.net.
>> >>
>> >> See https://lists.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/wvarc to update your
>> >> subscription.  The message archive is (
>> >> https://lists.kkn.net/pipermail/wvarc/ )
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >> Message-ID:
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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)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 9:31?AM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > 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:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> >> 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
>> >> Message-ID: <eab205be-ca9b-886d-e09a-b7b9a4c0b7b3 at efn.org>
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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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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 15:58:48 -0700
>> From: John Musselman <juan at cox.net>
>> To: wvarc at lists.kkn.net
>> Subject: Re: [WVARC] Hello world
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>> 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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>>
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>> End of WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3
>> ************************************
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Victory through Mug
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