[SCCC] Fwd: KZ5 Research Help

[Jim Forsyth]

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Hi Dick and Jim

Came across your club (SCCC) in a recent search and thought I would send 
you my spiel and hope I would get a reply.  I am asking you to forward 
or post this to your club members.

  My name is Mike Paulson, and I am working to create a comprehensive, 
historical record of ham operators who were active in the Panama Canal 
Zone from 1920 to 1979.  I need your help!

The Canal Zone was home to a unique population who shared a very special 
time-limited experience. Ham operators played an important role in it 
with phone patches and messages back and forth to the US for both 
Civilian and Military personnel.  For all you DXer’s out there they were 
a prized contact. My mom, Mary Jane Paulson was KZ5MP in Gatun, Canal 
Zone, 1968-1979, and KA4CZC in Tallahassee, FL 1979-1996.  When vanity 
calls came out, she was able to get her KZ5MP call back and held that 
until 2006.

I am seeking to identify all the Canal Zone ham operators either through 
their QSL Cards or through the White Horse call books. Sound 
impossible?  Not with your help!

You can help by looking through your QSL cards and doing one of these 
things:

1.Scan the front and back of your KZ5 cards and email the scans to me at 
kz5land at yahoo.com <mailto:kz5land at yahoo.com> or post them to the 
FaceBook group I have for the project.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/ 
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/>“Canal Zone Ham 
Operators” .

2.If you would like, you can send me the cards for scanning and I will 
return them to you post haste.  Just include a SASE.

3.The other item I need, are scans of the KZ5 listings from the White 
Horse call book (Pre-1952). It is very important that I know the Year 
and Season. High quality scans are critical so that they are readable 
when enlarged.

Ultimately, after I have been able to gather as much information as 
possible, I plan to turn it over to a museum or library of Canal Zone or 
Ham Radio history.

I do this to honor my mom, and all the other Canal Zone Hams. Please, be 
a part of this effort to record our history!

Even if you can't help, I invite you to stop by for a look see at the 
Facebook group, and let me know what you think.




73

Mike Paulson
1323 Blakemore Ct
Tallahassee   FL   32317-8459
kz5land at yahoo.com
FaceBook Canal Zone Ham Operators 
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/532860190101682/>
Web Site Canal Zone Ham Operators <https://sites.google.com/site/kz5what/>
Please remember, your KZ5 cards and documents always have a safe and 
protected home when archived with KZ5LAND.



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