[SCCC] W6AM article

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

The pictures are now up for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.qsl.net/ne6i/w6am/

--Dennis, NE6I

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net>
To: <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] W6AM article


> 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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