[SCCC] W6AM article

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

To those that have requested a look at my W6AM tour pictures, good news!  I 
found them and am in the process of scanning and uploading them.  There were 
more than I remembered!

Jim N6TJ, was it you and Jan that took us SCCCers there in 1986 after a club 
meeting?  That's the way I remember it.  You're in the pictures too.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net>
To: <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] W6AM article


>I haven't been able to find this magazine at a couple shops I've stopped 
>in.
> If anyone would be willing to send me a photocopy of the article, I'd
> appreciate it.  Mail or fax is okay.
>
> Or if any of the San Diego gang on the list know of a place I can get the
> mag, could go get a copy.
>
> I have a bunch of pictures of the W6AM station I took one afternoon after 
> an
> SCCC meeting many years ago.  I should probably scan them and get them
> online.  I know that I was in awe that afternoon.  I think it was Jan
> Perkins and Jim Neiger that took us all over there.  Thanks you guys. I 
> will
> never forget that!
>
> I tried to invite myself to guest op from there a few months later but Don
> called me and said things had become so complicated with rig and antenna
> switching that he only allowed one person to use the station other than
> himself anymore (I think that was Jan???).  He was quite apologetic but
> naturally, I understood.
>
> 73 Don, I only once beat you in a pileup.  And that was only because the
> pile was spread out over 5 kHz and I was in the right place at the right
> time.  Conversely, there were a zillion times I heard you beating out the
> east coast on 40 and 80 while I couldn't even hear the DX station!
>
> BTW, I only met Don once in person, at a SCDXC meeting.  He was the nicest
> guy and me, just a 20-something probably had my knees knocking in the
> presence of such ham radio fame.  Hi.
>
> --Dennis, NE6I
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "N6KI Dennis Vernacchia" <n6ki_73 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <sccc at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:27 PM
> Subject: [SCCC] W6AM article
>
>
>> From CQ-Contest reflector
>>
>>
>> ----------
>>
>>
>> Folks may be interested in an article on W6AM in the current Harpers
>> magazine: http://www.harpers.org/MostRecentCover.html written by his
>> grandson Don Wallace.
>> Title of article is "Antenna of the Universe, Grandpa Had a Thing About
>> Good
>> Reception".  I picked one up at the news-stand yesterday.  The article
>> includes a non-ham's description of the W6AM station and Rhombic farm,
>> pictures of QSL cards and some interesting stories about W6AM's radio
>> exploits.
>>
>> Ralph
>> N4TG
>>
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