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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
March 2005 Newsletter |
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Officers
President: Jim/KLØLN Vice-Pres: Buck/K4HKR Sec/Treas: Rick/N4JAG Public Info: Ken/KG4VBM |
Happy Easter! |
Mailing Address
EARS P O Box 310034 Enterprise, AL 36331-0034 www.EARSweb.com |
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17 Mar - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC 21 Apr - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC 19 May - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC 16 Jun - Thu at 7:00pm: EARS Meeting at EOCC
Sun at 4:30pm: Larry's BBQ in Daleville Tue at 6:00pm: Po Folks in Enterprise Wed at 11:00am: The Italian Deli in Daleville Sat at 7:00am: The Koffee Kettle in Enterprise Sat at 8:00am: Ann's Restaurant in Ozark
Exams are given after each monthly EARS meeting (except December). Contact Tom/WA4YQT at 763-0532 at least 24 hours in advance to schedule.
Please check your Email subject line or postal mailing label to see when you are scheduled to pay dues. After you are three months overdue, you will be dropped from the roster. If you can't attend a meeting, mail your check (payable to EARS) to the club address shown above. |
Future issues of the EARS newsletter will (hopefully) spotlight the life and times of a particular EARS member. Consider it a perfect chance to let your fellow hams know how YOU got started in amateur radio. This newsletter is not meant to be a personal platform for me (your editor) to run my mouth ... although I seldom miss any opportunity to personally poke fun at Rick whenever I can. So please, for Rick's sake, participate in this new feature by sharing your ham radio past! Note that I have volunteered to spotlight myself in order to kick off this new feature. Hopefully, in addition to enjoying my exciting (huh?) ham-life story, you will get ideas on what to include for your own member expose'. To be featured in the Member Spotlight of an upcoming issue of the EARS newsletter, please send your story (complete with a few scanned images if you got 'em) to your trusty Newsletter Editor.
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Enterprise Amateur Radio Society
Member Spotlight: Gary/K4EXT |
I was first licensed as WN9WZV in 1968 while serving time as
a high school sophomore in Indianapolis. Later that same year, I
passed my General exams and became WA9WZV.
My first station was a Johnson Adventurer 50-watt transmitter and an
Army surplus BC-348 receiver. Soon to follow was an EICO 753 AM/SSB/CW
transceiver kit. Later rigs included a lot of QRP (low power) stuff
including the Heathkit HW-8 and Kenwood TS-130V transceivers.
I operated 100% code for nearly 25 years. In the beginning, it was
straight key CW. Later I managed to grasp the swing of a
semi-automatic key (bug). In the early 1970's, I built my first
electronic keyer using TTL IC's (ie, a real power-sucker).
In the early 1980's, I made my Commodore VIC-20 computer crank out
some serious Morse code in between games of Centipede and Gorf.
CW achievements over the years included Worked-All-States from both
my Indiana and Florida QTH's, 25-WPM Code Proficiency Certificate,
County Hunting awards, QRP awards, and a slew of QSO Party wins.
I foolishly let my license expire in 1995. In July of 2002, I
tested again ... this time with my sons Josh/KG4VBJ and Justin/KG4VBK.
Note that those two are now quite nervous about being featured in
a future Member Spotlight since I have so many of their
baby pics at my disposal.
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 K4EXT/Mobile - 1953 That set of wheels in the background is a 1952 Kaiser won by my parents on a TV Game Show broadcast from New York City called The Big Payoff. But don't be fooled by the fancy car; I kicked some serious butt with my little red tractor in those formative years!
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