Veterans Day Quiz
^^I still vaguely remember "that day" in class. I was already a licensed radio amateur when I joined the Navy, and had began to become interested in radio/ electronics when I was in Jr. high school. My Dad at some point dragged me out to the local "ham club" which I didn't realize for many years was VERY large and active considering the small town (about 4K) and rural area. There was a trove of old "ham" magazines, 73, CQ, and QST, which I read the heck out of, and a neighbor who'd lost her husband have me a 1951 ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook
BUT I COULD NOT REMEMBER that color code. I realized as soon as the instructor started writing that out for the first time, that I would never FORGET it!! AND I HAVEN'T!!!!
Some of the members I remember, all RIP. Chuck Spealman, W7LIQ, Don LaMoreaux, K7VBP, Glenn Rusk, W7IDP, Fred Arndt, W7IDA, Roger Williams, Jim Weinand, K7WXD, Curt Reed, WA7CKG, Neal Fredstrom, K7JEP. once in awhile Jeff Woodhouse, W7FL He had a "two letter" call and had had it so long, that when it was first issued, had no "W" in front of it until later after WWII. In other words if his present call was W7FL, his pre-war call had been "7FL"
Roger Williams was a retired AF Colonel, and had flown some captured German aircraft for test purposes. He held several calls and had traveled all over the world. He was a guy you did not argue with, but most of the time, he was right, anyway!!! He build a lot of his own equipment, including some for 1296 mhz, "unheard of" back in those days
^^I still vaguely remember "that day" in class. I was already a licensed radio amateur when I joined the Navy, and had began to become interested in radio/ electronics when I was in Jr. high school. My Dad at some point dragged me out to the local "ham club" which I didn't realize for many years was VERY large and active considering the small town (about 4K) and rural area. There was a trove of old "ham" magazines, 73, CQ, and QST, which I read the heck out of, and a neighbor who'd lost her husband have me a 1951 ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook
BUT I COULD NOT REMEMBER that color code. I realized as soon as the instructor started writing that out for the first time, that I would never FORGET it!! AND I HAVEN'T!!!!
Some of the members I remember, all RIP. Chuck Spealman, W7LIQ, Don LaMoreaux, K7VBP, Glenn Rusk, W7IDP, Fred Arndt, W7IDA, Roger Williams, Jim Weinand, K7WXD, Curt Reed, WA7CKG, Neal Fredstrom, K7JEP. once in awhile Jeff Woodhouse, W7FL He had a "two letter" call and had had it so long, that when it was first issued, had no "W" in front of it until later after WWII. In other words if his present call was W7FL, his pre-war call had been "7FL"
Roger Williams was a retired AF Colonel, and had flown some captured German aircraft for test purposes. He held several calls and had traveled all over the world. He was a guy you did not argue with, but most of the time, he was right, anyway!!! He build a lot of his own equipment, including some for 1296 mhz, "unheard of" back in those days
