Any Amateur Radio Operators in the group?
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Barrington
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Originally from NJ ? That’s quite an old call sign.
I was licensed in ‘94 in UK but think W2 is going back a few years.
chazt
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No, Brooklyn. As I recall he had been licensed prior to his service in General Patton’s Third Army in 1942. Did his full tour in the Signal Corps.
Barrington
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I think W2 covered NJ and NY area.
If you go to www.QRZ.com you can type in most call signs and read bio. If listed. Prior to qrz they used to be in books. You can type callsign in to left of page. My call is G7TVU
If you go to www.QRZ.com you can type in most call signs and read bio. If listed. Prior to qrz they used to be in books. You can type callsign in to left of page. My call is G7TVU
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chazt
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Fascinating.., I signed up for the website qrz. They tell me that there is no record of my dad’s call sign. A little internet sleuthery and I uncovered on archive dot org, various editions (1948-50) of “radio amateur callbook.” It was apparently published seasonally. His sign was listed there. I’m guessing that when he passed away and no longer renewed his license, it was purged from current databases.
Barrington
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That’s great news that you found his callsign. Superb. And yes qrz only holds data if an operator so wishes or chooses to register. Previous to qrz we all used yearly books. You could put your dads callsign on there if you wish for future amateurs to read about him and his achievements. Take care my friend and let me know if you pop some info on the site.
Kindest regards
‘73’s
James G7TVU
chazt
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James, our brief exchange here got me to thinking of my Dad and his family, and was the push I needed to call my cousin for a much needed check-in phone call.
Thank you, and only good things for you
Barrington
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James, our brief exchange here got me to thinking of my Dad and his family, and was the push I needed to call my cousin for a much needed check-in phone call.
Thank you, and only good things for you
Falcon50
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Hello . . . to bump this thread back to the top.
Call sign here is now K7KEY, formerly KF7Z. First ham license when I was 15 years old. Hate to say how many decades that was ago. But the electronics skills that started me learning have been superbly valuable over the years since, both professionally and at home. It's a bit of shame now that kids these days have not much incentive, or even reason, to learn about electronics.
My favorite "contact" of all time was "air mobile" while flying a Falcon 50 jet from Honolulu to Midway atoll (which is now a wildlife refuge) about 4 years ago. (The company I worked for had a contract with US Fish and Wildlife to carry people, mail, and groceries to the island about once a week.)
Over-ocean flights require the plane to be equipped with an HF radio. These can be tuned to amateur radio frequencies, but never are. After trying many times, I was finally able to talk with a California amateur operator on 14 mHz band one morning while airborne. A nice break from the boredom.
We would stay on Midway for two nights on most trips. I wanted to bring a radio to set up a temporary ham station on the island. That would be a very rare and coveted contact for amateur operators all over the world. But the refuge manager wouldn't allow it. Apparently, that would have almost required congressional approval.
Call sign here is now K7KEY, formerly KF7Z. First ham license when I was 15 years old. Hate to say how many decades that was ago. But the electronics skills that started me learning have been superbly valuable over the years since, both professionally and at home. It's a bit of shame now that kids these days have not much incentive, or even reason, to learn about electronics.
My favorite "contact" of all time was "air mobile" while flying a Falcon 50 jet from Honolulu to Midway atoll (which is now a wildlife refuge) about 4 years ago. (The company I worked for had a contract with US Fish and Wildlife to carry people, mail, and groceries to the island about once a week.)
Over-ocean flights require the plane to be equipped with an HF radio. These can be tuned to amateur radio frequencies, but never are. After trying many times, I was finally able to talk with a California amateur operator on 14 mHz band one morning while airborne. A nice break from the boredom.
We would stay on Midway for two nights on most trips. I wanted to bring a radio to set up a temporary ham station on the island. That would be a very rare and coveted contact for amateur operators all over the world. But the refuge manager wouldn't allow it. Apparently, that would have almost required congressional approval.
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Barrington
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Hope your still active de James G7TVU
Falcon50
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Hello James,
I have a ham radio station in the back bedroom that is pretty nice, but I haven't made time to turn in on in a several years. We live in the country, where Cindy boards horses, trains horses, and gives riding lessons. All of that, plus many other improvement projects is keeping me very busy in my second retirement. I'll get back to it someday.
73, John
Zorro
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My Dad was a Ham operator in the UK in the late 80's and 90's. I helped him to learn his morse and stuff and picked up a passing knowledge of SWR, and antenna calcs etc, but was never interested in becoming an operator, as my interest was really electronics and computers.
He operated on the 2m band and i remember once helping him attach his rig to my pc to set up a thing called packet radio, which was (as i recall) routing of data packets to send digital messages - i kind of amateur version of IP.
He operated on the 2m band and i remember once helping him attach his rig to my pc to set up a thing called packet radio, which was (as i recall) routing of data packets to send digital messages - i kind of amateur version of IP.
Zorro
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I always had a mobile phone for work since 1990 and got an early GSM digital when they came out mid nineties (?) , which meant i could use it in Europe (even tho the cost per minute was fairly staggering !! ).
Was in Paris on holiday and rang my Dad on his birthday direct to his home phone from the top of the Eiffel tower - he was completely blown away by the clarity of the call and was amazed at the technology. It really made his day.
When i got back the call had cost about £10 for 2 or 3 minute's
Was in Paris on holiday and rang my Dad on his birthday direct to his home phone from the top of the Eiffel tower - he was completely blown away by the clarity of the call and was amazed at the technology. It really made his day.
When i got back the call had cost about £10 for 2 or 3 minute's
Barrington
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Hello John,
Glad to hear you still have all the gear.
Good luck with all the jobs, I know the feeling.
Hope one day to catch you on the air.
73’s, James