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Title: late noteables page Post by: ab3al on October 30, 2011, 09:11:18 PM shouldnt we honor a few more friends on this page zrf derb vyz
just a thought Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: KX5JT on October 30, 2011, 09:28:32 PM I feel like those guys are highly regarded and their memory honored greatly by the general population here!
Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: Steve - K4HX on October 30, 2011, 09:36:49 PM They will be added. TNX.
Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: KX5JT on October 30, 2011, 09:40:32 PM They will be added. TNX. Oh there's a specific place for them... my bad. Good work! :) Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: WA3VJB on October 31, 2011, 09:26:32 PM I am learning we've lost quite a few of the 10 meter guys since the last sunspot cycle.
Today I spoke with Andy, W5QXX on his homebrew rig that he built in 1948. Pair of 812s into a single 4-250A. He parked it 8 years ago where he last worked on 10M and just now was firing it up again. He told me he was thinking about Jack, KH6CC at Hilo, Hawaii, who passed away a few years ago, apparently. I pulled the card I had on him, remembering we had talked many times. Sure enough, he had been active on 10M since 1935, and said of himself "I had to be one of the last people to convert over to sideband." Even 10 years ago, some of the older guys I talked with would become melancholy sometimes, saying it was probably going to be their last sunspot cycle. It struck me sad to think of it that way. Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: Steve - K4HX on October 31, 2011, 10:23:50 PM http://amfone.net/LateNotables/latenotables.htm
Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: W3LSN on October 31, 2011, 11:29:54 PM Steve,
Just a minor housekeeping detail on the photo of "Jack" W2NRM. His name is wrong on the thumbnail. He was actually Howard Jack although he always went by Howie on the air. Howie was the founder and original editor of the (AM) Press Exchange newletter circa 1980. He lived not far from me in NJ and he was a fixture on both 75 and 10 meter AM in the NYC area. 73, Jim WA2AJM/3 Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: The Slab Bacon on November 01, 2011, 09:24:42 AM http://amfone.net/LateNotables/latenotables.htm What about Dave, Derb, Ashtabula Bill and some of the other more recent ones. Time for a little updating? ? ? ? Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: KB2WIG on November 01, 2011, 12:01:57 PM u, U UAN.
He had a nice tribute site; I can't find it anymore. klc Title: Re: late noteables page Post by: W3LSN on November 04, 2011, 11:31:41 PM Here's the link to the 'UAN tribute site. Popped right up in Google. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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