<div dir="ltr">BTW - not sure if it was reported here - but Charlene, WB6FFE, is a silent key.<div><br></div><div>I literally "bumped into" her during a visit to CSUN back about 4 or 5 years ago. I was there with my father who was thinking of leaving some $$$ from his estate to the college. I got a tour of the Engineering building (since I hadn't been there in over 45 years) and was waiting at an elevator to go upstairs and when the door opened, there was Charlene!! I had visited her and WA6BOB a couple of times prior to that at their Chatsworth home. John was an SK before Charlene was.</div><div><br></div><div>Tree</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 10:36 AM <a href="mailto:gregf@efn.org">gregf@efn.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gregf@efn.org">gregf@efn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">No kidding Ken. A few of us even ended up in the communications field. <br>
When friends or acquaintances ask how I 'got into radio' I point them to <br>
that very youtube of 'Hams Wide World'. Actually, when they ask how I <br>
got into studying bats (3rd career) I direct them to that video , or <br>
"This is Ham Radio" also by Dave Bell: <br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuIExTh4CF8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuIExTh4CF8</a> BTW, I believe my first xmtr <br>
(Johnson Viking II) was as chirpy as the CW at 11:55 in this video!<br>
<br>
I recently ran across and scanned this contact sheet from 1969 or 70 , <br>
it includes a few field day pics (attached). I can ID most - but not all <br>
- of the characters pictured.<br>
<br>
And thank you Tree for reviving the list.<br>
<br>
73,<br>
Greg AC7RX (WA6OSG)<br>
<br>
<br>
On 6/24/2023 10:11 AM, Ken Beals wrote:<br>
> Even though my WVARC days are getting a bit hazy, I'm still amazed at <br>
> the quantity and quality of ops that emerged from that tiny little <br>
> geographic spot on the earth.<br>
><br>
> And as a weird coincidence, I was perusing YouTube a few nights ago <br>
> just to kill time and ran across "The Ham's Wide World", with the <br>
> star of the show WB6KPN/N6PN working XE2RH. Another amazing piece of <br>
> ham history from the little club that did things!<br>
><br>
> Ken K6MR (WB6VFJ)<br>
>_______________________________________________<br>
Victory through Mug</blockquote></div>