[WVARC] WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3

Stew Cogan stewcogan at sprintmail.com
Sun Jun 25 16:52:24 GMT 2023


All:

 

            Just thought I would check in, after following these threads for a number of years.

 

            I was a proud member of WVARC for several years.  That said, I moved out of Southern California in 1971 and never lived there again.  I had sporadic and infrequent involvement with ham radio over the years, but have maintained my license continuously since first getting it.  I have resided in the Seattle area since finishing law school in 1976.

 

            According to the historic records that I just reviewed (along with the fascinating photos), I see that I was actually Vice-President of WVARC back in 1969.  Had I remembered this, I obviously would have listed this on the resumes I prepared over the years.

 

            It was good to turn back the time machine and to hear from you.

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            All the best to everyone.

 

Stew – KC7FT (WA6CXA)

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Stew Cogan

Arbitrator•Mediator
5403 248th Place Southeast

Issaquah, Washington  98029-7620


Office:     (206) 860-1000
Cell:        (206) 369-2444

 

 

From: WVARC <wvarc-bounces at lists.kkn.net> on behalf of John Musselman <juan at cox.net>
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 8:55 AM
To: <wvarc at lists.kkn.net>
Subject: Re: [WVARC] WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3

 

Well Steve, nice to hear from you.

 

I didn't remember all that detail about creating the photo page, except 

for the part about finishing at 3 a.m. Probably why not... So anyone who 

has one of those is holding a valuable piece of hand-made art!

 

John

 

 

On 6/24/2023 8:52 PM, steve.mercanet sitecarver.com wrote:

This thread always seems somewhat convoluted to me so I’m not quite certain how to reply in the correct order. I apologize if I am messing up.

 

I’m responding to John Mussleman’s post about the picture page. John and I created the page for the newsletter. My father machined a metal template with openings to create the borders around each image on the page. In a darkroom, John and I used an enlarger to expose each image on a sheet of photographic paper one at a time. I think we created a total of 20 pages. So this resulted in having to create 120 exposures. All the while we had to be very careful to remember which image(s) we exposed and to keep the sheets of paper in the correct orientation so none were upside down. The only light we had was one dim red bulb. There was no “un-do” option. Finally at around 3:00 AM, we were done and placed the first sheet into the developer solution. Slowly the images came into view. And they were PERFECT! In fact all of them were! Ah, Engineers are truly the best! :-)

 

Steve Mercanet - KC7NFX (WB6FVY)

 

 

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    1. Re: WVARC Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1 (Tree)

    2. Re: Hello world (John Musselman)

 

 

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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.

 

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Today's Topics:

 

    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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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

 

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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.

 

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

1E SCV this weekend

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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)

 

 

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:

 

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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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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)

 

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Victory through Mug

 

 

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