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Articles and information for the Newsletter may
be submitted up to the 25th of the month
before the next meeting.

Ken Blair, KC0GL, Editor
1711 West 19th Terrace
Lawrence, KS 66046
Phone: 843-8826
e-mail: kc0gl@arrl.net

This Newsletter is published monthly by the Douglas County Amateur Radio Club (DCARC). Reprint permission is granted to other Amateur Radio-oriented publications (expept for copyrighted material as noted) provided that credit is given to the author and source. Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the club or its officers.

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P R O G R A M

May 10, 2000

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FROM THE EDITOR

This Special 30th Anniversary Issue has been in the planing stage for over a year. Letters were sent out to all the Charter Members that could be located. Each was invited to write something for this issue. A special thanks to those who took the time to send in an article, note or letter. These items appear throughout this issue.

Appearing in this Special 30th Anniversary Issue are:

* Written contributions from several Charter Members

* A list of Charter Members

* Excerpts from early editions of Club Newsletters
(Note early editions are titled many different ways)

* A list of all Presidents from 1970 to 2000

* A list of officers for 1971

It is interesting to note that of the 44 Charter Members, 10 are known to be Silent Keys and 9 are still current members, 13 had call changes, and 4 could not be located.

Thanks for allowing me to devote this issue to a little history about this Club and the Charter Members. The Newsletter will resume its more or less normal content in June.

--Ken Blair, KC0GL, Editor

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Douglas County Amateur Radio Club

CHARTER MEMBERS -- JANUARY 1, 1971

Andy Anderson W0AFQ (Current Member)
Allen D. Bush WN0ARZ (Now AE0Z)
Bob Rainbolt WB0AUQ (Current Member)
Kirk Baxter WB0AXX (ex N0FPZ, Now W0KGB)
Ken Seals, WB0BIY (Now K6KT)
Ken Noever K0BTG (Silent Key)
Ken Lawson WN0CFU (Now KC9HS)
Bob Rankin WB0CQI (Now W0NXN)
Marilyn Seals WB0EDG
John Welling WB0EOD (Unable to locate)
George Penfield WA0FEE
Harold Drennon W0FSC (Silent Key)
Ed Wallen WN0GDN (Unable to locate)
Dave Fayman W0GI (Current Member)
Larry Eichel WA2HSP (Now K2NA)
Larry Arnold WA0FLU
Emma Berg W0JUV (Current Member)
Margaret Oros WA0KVP
J. B. Bogner WA0KYM (Now AA7QW)
Bill Torneden W0LUH
Lewis Goolsby N0LUY (Silent Key)
Gary Thomas K0MGD
George Berg W0NSB (Silent Key)
Ken Gorski WA0NZW (Now WD5DIP)
Dale Bush W0OUU (Current Member)
Jerry Vogel WA0OWH (Current Member)
John Estes K0OXN (Now K0OLI)
Donnie Goff KG5QF
Red Cramer W0QJU (Silent Key)
Tony Shirer W0RZF (Current Member)
Ken Blair WA0SEV (Now KC0GL) (Current Member)
Les Barnes W0SKF (Silent Key)
Dave Daniel WA0SVO (Now AD0D)
Ken Olson K0TLQ (Current Member)
Mike Legler WA0TVH (Silent Key)
J. D. Young WA0TUO (Silent Key)
Nancy Dahl WA0UJT
Charlie Adams WA0UVY
Frank Parks WA0ZTW (Now NB1Z)
Tom Billis WA0ZQZ (Now WA7EYZ)
John Findley (Unable to locate)
Eric Goolsby (Unable to locate)
L. T. Cosby (Silent Key)
Dorothy Anderson (Silent Key)

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From the November 1970 issue of "Amateur Radio News," the Club Newsletter before the Club's name was chosen . . .

1971 Officers and Managers Elected at the November, 1970 Meeting

"Keep this list of officers handy for complaint, compliment or other purposes."

President -- Tony Shirer W0RZF
Vice President -- Ken Noever K0BTG
Secretary -- Ken Lawson WN0CFU
Treasurer -- Dave Daniel WA0SVO
Activities Manager -- Ken Blair WA0SEV
Program Manager -- Bob Rankin WB0CQI
Civil Defense Manager -- Ken Olson K0TLQ
Information Manager (and Newsletter Editor) ©-- Ken Seals WN0BIY

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PRESIDENTS OF DCARC FROM 1970-2000

1970 -- W0RZF Tony Shirer
1971 -- W0RZF Tony Shirer
1972 -- K0BTG Ken Noever
1973 -- WB0BIY Ken Seals
1974 -- WB0EVE Dale Heiserman
1975 -- WA0GRM Lester Look
1976 -- W0JYJ Pete Schumacher
1977 -- WB0LKA Mike Bronoski
1978 -- WB0RPF Larry Conrad
1979 -- N0AOL John Wolf
1980 -- N0APJ Truman "Bud" Waugh
1981 -- WA5RGU Travis Brann
1982 -- W0XI Phil Anderson
1983 -- K0RW John Lenahan (Jan-May)
1983 -- KC0GL Ken Blair (Jun-Dec)
1984 -- WB0LKA Mike Bronoski
1985 -- K0TLQ Ken Olson
1986 -- KA0RVL Kevin Augustus
1987 -- KO0W Ken Baker
1988 -- WA0RZF Tony Shirer
1989 -- KA0TXJ Klissa Rueschhoff
1990 -- WB0LKA Mike Bronoski
1991 -- KA0ZAF Kevin Finch
1992 -- KA0TXJ Klissa Rueschhoff
1993 -- WK5M Karl Medcalf
1994 -- KU7J Steve Robertson
1995 -- KU7J Steve Robertson
1996 -- KA9UOK Cliff Ronk, Jr.
1997 -- N0ULD Ruth Hull
1998 -- N0APJ Truman "Bud" Waugh
1999 -- KC0DLP Vincent Francisco
2000 -- N2PRC Dan Gravatt

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FROM THE EYES OF AN "OLD MAN"THAT HAS ENJOYED IT ALL

Charter Member KEN OLSON, K0TLQ

Let me tell you how I saw it starting back in 1957.

It is hard for me to start with the DCARC here, when it was the LARS that I got my start with Amateur Radio here in Douglas County. The Lawrence Amateur Radio Society was a fine group of guys and gals in the area devoted to Ham Radio as a service. I joined the LARS in 1957 and with the efforts of their members I became a Novice and a voting member in 1959 as KN0TLQ. The LARS had a station set up in the Police and Fire Building at 8th and Vermont and had the club call of W0UNT. The meetings were held in the Traffic Court room second floor. That's another story.

For various reasons, like the drive-in movies, the LARS kind of died out as an active group -- we even lost our club call.

There were a few of us hombres in the Douglas County area that felt there was a need for some sort of a gang (group, club) dedicated to Ham Radio service and group activities like Field Day, Sweep Stakes, Civil Defense, and license classes.

A small group of "us," I don't remember who, how many or when, had a meeting to accumulate all the names and address of Hams in the Douglas County and surrounding area. We called and mailed all of those we could find, telling them about the meeting of a new group. The first gathering was in the 6th floor lecture room at the recently opened Haworth Hall at the University. As I remember we had a good, larger than expected, mixed crowd of interested Hams.

David Fayman, W0GI, suggested that we have a steering committee and have a meeting a month later. It was done and the second meeting was held at the 4-H Fairgrounds with a very good attendance. We had a "Name the Club" contest and with all the folks that were there "whoooo" would have thought to call it the Douglas County Amateur Radio Club? Well it was Jerry Vogel, WA0OWH--that's "WHO"--and he received a nice prize for the suggestion. So the new club was off to a good start, with lots of good ideas to follow. A slate of officers were elected and several appointments were made and away we went. We had a few meetings at different places around town but settled in the South Park Recreation Center, and we met there for quite a few years.

The Club has had radio license classes for many years and have been held all over town, The first classes were started in Haworth Hall at the University Room 526. Later, classes were held at the Community Building, South Park Recreation Center and finally where we have them now, at the City Library and Law Enforcement Building where we have our meetings.

Do you remember the BIG Club Auctions? Aaaah what fun, well for some, and then for others it was a lot of work, and took a lot of time. The first few were held Sunday afternoon at the 4H fairgrounds and the last two were held at the East Lawrence Recreation Center. It usually ended up that the concessions made more than the auction. Over the years the help dwindled to only a few, several people did not pay their bills (they no longer are members), the "girls" got tired of working the concessions and finally it was hard to find a place to have the auction after the 4-H Fairgrounds refused to let groups have auctions.

And let me tell you about the really fun thing we used to have--PICNICS. Man we used to have Picnics. We used to book the whole park - used to roast a whole hog and used to wash it down with a whole pony keg of beer. And we played games - just had a heck of a lot of fun. And we had a contest to see who would be the last one to leave. Bud Waugh, N0APJ, was usually the last one standing when Dottie would drag me home.

We used to have dinners, about once a month at various places around town and after dinner we often would be invited over to someone's home to visit for the remainder of the evening. Have things changed for the better? I'm not sure--computers are faster, I'm getting slower, nobody wants to cook a whole hog or drink beer anymore.

But good things are happening. Membership in the Club is up, classes are well attended, we have nice luncheons on Tuesday at the Central City DQ and a wonderful breakfast on Saturdays at the Southern HyVee.

Our club has a lot of good activities that need your support. We all would enjoy them more if you were there. Things are lookin' good.

I'm happy. I hope you are too.

--KenO - K0TLQ

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I AM DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT DCARC IS VERY MUCH ALIVE!

Charter Member LARRY EICHEL (ex WA2HSP)

Dear Ken,

Your newsletter reached me during a very busy time. Sorry for the delayed response. I'm delighted to learn that DCARC is very much alive!

A short summary of 30 years activities is a tough job. But here goes.

After leaving KU in 1973, I continued my Navy career with tours in Adak, Alaska (operating KL7AIZ), Winter Harbor, Maine (K2NA/1), Misawa, Japan (KA8NA), and ending up in Northern Virginia (K2NA/4). While in VA, I helped setup and operate K2BSA/4 for a couple of Boy Scout Jamborees.

I retired from the Navy in 1987, moving to Colorado (K2NA/0. I was active in contests and Field Day from Colorado, but job and family pressures caused me to join the ranks of the mostly inactive. I spent almost 3 years in Maryland when the 1993 layoff in the aerospace industry hit Colorado. I'm now back in Colorado, working for TRW in system integration for large software systems.

My son, Eric, born in Lawrence in 1972, is on active duty with the Navy in Pensacola, Florida. His daughter, Shannah, is my first grandchild. She was born in January this year.

My daughter, Wendy, born in Maine in 1975, graduated from Colorado State last year and continues to work in Ft. Collins. Both were licensed and operated with the K2NA Field Day team from 1988 through 1993.

During most of that same time, K2NA/R was a widely used repeater in the Boulder County Colorado area. From the same location, K2NA-1 digipeated on 450 MHz for the region, supporting a backbone between the Wyoming border and the north end of the Colorado Springs area. A second digipeater, this one on 144.93 MHz, supported the DX spotting network throughout northern Colorado.

Some of the more interesting operating highlights for me were working all states on 28 MHz from KA8NA in Japan in 1979. The power limit there was 50 watts for us. We were considered military stations, so we could not work any JA locals. The location on the Misawa Air Base was close to the base water tower (high point of the base). The 28 MHz antenna was a 5 element Yagi about 70 feet high. From the tower I could see the Pacific Ocean about 3 miles away.

Since the FCC had just changed the callsign structure, many times stations in the states would hear KA8 and think I was in Ohio? Also interesting from there was working into Europe on the long path around the tip of South America on 28 MHz. The most numerous stations besides the JAs were the many, many 5-watt stations all over Asiatic Russia UA9-UA0. They are almost never audible in North America.

Before coming to Lawrence, I had visited BV2A in Taiwan. At the time, Tim was the only operator on the air from BV. When I visited Mainland China in 1980, just before returning to the US from assignment in Japan, there were no operators on the air. Unfortunately, amateur radio operations had not yet returned. Later, in 1992, I returned to visit with Chinese operators in Taiwan. What a change from the earlier visit--everyone seemed to have a cell phone and there were VHF/UHF repeaters filling the air!

A final highlight. As with real estate, amateur radio operation at its best depends on location, location, location. With several years of trying Field Day sites in the mountains west of Boulder, in 1992 we found the right combination of location, operators and equipment. For 24 hours, a station dedicated to CW, one for SSB, and the Novices/Techs had continuous contacts. It was a lot of work, a lot of fun, and the score set a high mark for 2A entries.

There are many memories. There will be more operation from K2NA. For the moment, K2NA is off the air. Your request for memories reminds me why, after 40 years, amateur radio will always be part of my life. Contacts are with friendly people sharing a common interest with a wide variety of possible activities. Amateur radio, the common bridge between diverse and interesting people.

Until I'm back on the air, I respond to email: K2NA@arrl.net. I also have a primitive web site (http://home.att.net/~Lary.Eichel/index.html).

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RETURN WITH US NOW TO THOSE DAYS OF YESTERYEAR . . .

Charter Member BOB RAINBOLT WB0AUQ

Yes, return with us now to those days of yesteryear, when membership in the DCARC was formally requested with an application, and voted upon by members.

My fuzzy memory of 30 years ago does not recall exact facts but it seems to me that Ken Blair/KC0GL (then WA0SEV) was part of the group who got the ball rolling to form Douglas County Amateur Radio Club. I was a soon-to-be Novice (February 1970), completely in awe with this newly-found hobby and the people who communicated via the aether.

My earliest remembrances of the formation of the DCARC were conversations with Ken, in the fall of 1969 when he and I worked together at Allen Press as Linotype operators, and he was coaching me in Novice theory and Morse code. I recall Ken was very radio active on the HF bands (this was a time prior to 2-meter FM and repeaters, when socializing with other hams was either eyeball, at hamfests, or over the HF airwaves).

He often expressed wonderment of why it was that Lawrence, with so many hams, had no ham club or organized social events. In discussions with some of the old timers it developed that there was (or had been) a Lawrence Amateur Radio Club, but apparently it was defunct.

The sequence of events and those actively involved in laying the groundwork for DCARC are lost to me, but I remember attending the first organizational meetings, held in a classroom at KU (not sure, but probably courtesy of Tony/W0RZF, eventually our first President). Additional meetings were held at a 4-H fairgrounds building. It was at one of these organizational meetings that I detected a bit of friction from some old timers of the defunct club. From what I could tell, the old club still existed in their minds and some saw no sense in forming a new one. A review of charter members will show progress persevered, and the DCARC got off the ground.

There have been movers and shakers who came and went, some with dominant personalities who, or in spite of, contributed to Club activities and growth.

In looking back, I was extremely lucky to have been entering ham radio in coincidence with the formation of the DCARC. There was a fantastic mixture of old timers and fairly new hams (only a few years in the hobby) who were radio active, and newbies such as me. Many monthly meetings were standing-room only. Programs were always radio-related, technical, and inspiring. And then, there were the "annex meetings" held at various places, and my favorite being Ken's Pizza Parlor. The staff grew accustomed to seeing their customers making weird scribblings on paper napkins as new circuits were designed and old ones modified over pitchers of beer and pans of pizza. These annex meetings often had more attendees than the regular Club meeting. Over the years, at hamfests, when I run into a former DCARC member who moved away, they usually ask if the annex meetings are still going on and comment how they enjoyed them.

There have been peaks and valleys of Club membership, with probably the highest peak of membership and activity in the mid-1970s. One might speculate on the coincidence of peak with the proliferation of 2m repeaters and elimination of annex meetings. There are signs that the magic of radio is returning, let's hope for increased activity and a bright future.

--Bob/WB0AUQ

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IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY WIH THE DCARC

Charter Member KEN BLAIR, KC0GL (ex WA0SEV)

It's impossible for me to imagine what my life would be like without Amateur Radio. I became a Novice in 1967 just prior to becoming a Charter Member of the Club in 1970 so the DCARC and Ham Radio just seem to go together.

The Club meetings have meant a lot to me over the years. During the early years our Club meeting included a short business meeting and a program that seldom lasted more than a half hour. Often fresh coffee and cookies were available. Then we adjourned to an "Annex" meeting at a local Pizza Parlor where we had lots of Pizza and a few cool ones, arriving home sometime between 10:00 and 10:30. Ah, those were the days. The Annex meeting was popular as it gave us time to become better acquainted with one another and an opportunity to discuss amateur radio in more depth.

Perhaps the Annex meetings have been replaced today with the Saturday morning "coffee" and Tuesday "lunch" at the DQ since bedtime may be much earlier for the present-day hams.

I am amazed at the pace and stamina shown in the first two decades by our Club members. Led mostly be Ken Olson, K0TLQ, we had many antenna raising parties, Field Days, 2-meter transmitter hunts, picnics, Novice Classes, and auctions.

The several auctions our Club held were patterned after the well-known Salina Ham Auction. Our auctions were held on Sundays and hams from all over the State would truck their equipment into Lawrence late Sunday morning and the actual auction would begin early afternoon. Our auctions would literally fill one of the buildings at the Douglas County Fairgrounds with table after table filled with great ham gear and a some interesting junk. I think the first year we may have hired a professional auctioneer who didn't know anything about radio and after that Travis Brann, WA5RGU, was our Auctioneer of choice and still is today at our smaller Club night auctions.

Another lesser-known event was the "Lawrence QSO Party" in late 1971. Bob Rainbolt WA0AUQ, Frank Parks, WA0ZTW and I made up some simple rules for the "phone" contest: barefoot rig, no beam, time 4 hr, and the exchange would be a contact number, name, state, and readability and strength report; multipliers were: each contact 1 point, each state 5 points each DX 10 points. We had several of these fun contests. I forget what the winner received. We went on the air and called "CQ Lawrence QSO Party" and made as many contacts as possible while explaining what a "Lawrence QSO Party" was all about. That was a lot fun.

Field Days seemed to generate great experiences and memories. Two events stand out. One was at Jerry Vogel WA0OWH's when he lived on a farm. Our stations were set up in a barn and when we drove a ground rod into the ground we hit water! Yes, we hit the very spot where the underground plastic water pipe was laid. As I recall there was a pretty hefty storm late that night. On one other occasion we set up Field Day in Dave Fayman W0GI's farm pasture. A really "long wire" antenna was installed. It was said to have been about 1/4 mile long and swayed down into a valley. We added several antenna tuners to it but I don't think it ever loaded up good enough to work. At least it was a fun experiment. For a number of years Margaret Oros, WA0KVP, furnished fresh donuts and coffee early Sunday mornings and helped to revive the all-night operating crew. Years later Bud Waugh, N0APJ, sort of became the Chief Cook for breakfast on Sunday mornings, serving up hot coffee, bacon and eggs, and rolls which was really appreciated by the ones who managed to operate through the night.

I have had many great experiences as a ham. One highlight was being selected as "Kansas Amateur of the Year" in 1980 after being nominated by the DCARC. I think the nomination was due to Kansas Amateur Radio, which I published for eight years. It was for Kansas Amateurs and sent to over 200 throughout the State.

Another was operating W1AW during a trip to Newington, CT and then there were two trips to Dayton with DCARC members--what memories!

It's been a wonderful journey over the years with members of DCARC. I hope you recall some great times too.

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From Charter Member MARGARET OROS, WA0KVP

Dear Ken:

Thank you for sending me a copy of the September 1999 issue of the Douglas County Amateur Radio Club Newsletter. Since it has been several years since I last was a card carrying member, I, perhaps, should bring you up-to-date on my monotonous life.

Yes, retirement is great. I have been going to Arizona since about 1980 and have found this a great way to live. I probably will be on the way west by the end of October. It depends, this fall, on a brother and sister-in-law that I plan to meet in southwest Kansas. They will be coming from northern North Dakota.

Our Park in Arizona has more people than their home town and this is only one of perhaps a hundred in that area. You should try it sometime.

I recently renewed my license for another ten years! I still do a little bit of hamming, most of it is with several of the YL nets--YLRL, etc.

When I winter in Arizona I am part of a very enjoyable group of hams who gather every week for lunch. The YLs have a couple of two-meter nets that cover the State.

Looking back over the more than 30 years since I became a ham, I, again, want to thank the members who gave me the boost to study and take the tests. First, of course, is Ken Olson, who was my Elmer. He made me assemble my first rig, and then resoldered the places that I messed up. I would not be a ham if Ken had not "driven" me.

It was interesting seeing the list of Charter Members. I had forgotten we had such a large group. I look forward to seeing the comments you receive from others.

88.

--Margaret Oros, WA0KVP

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From Charter Member DAVE DANIEL, AD0D

September 7, 1999

Hi Ken and all Douglas county Amateur Radio Club members:

I noticed in my files that the last time I have written was 1995 so will try and catch you up from that point on.

First of all we have moved to Bellevue, Nebraska about six weeks ago and the address is:
1006 Virginia St.
Bellevue, NE 68147

Phone number is still the same 402-734-3672. We moved to an acreage which is only 3 blocks west of the major shopping center in Bellevue known as Southroads. We love it here and I will shortly be putting up a 30x40 metal building which I will use as a wood working shop and to store my fifth wheel trailer and lawn equipment. I also plan to reinstall my tower but will install my hazer as I don't like to climb those heights anymore. Right now am on two meters and that is about it for now.

I plan to retire in November at age 60 and hope to be heading south in December with the fifth wheel to around the Brownsville, Texas area. We will be coming back around April 1, 2000.

I celebrated my 40th year with Union Pacific this past March. Merna is working part time for ENHSA (Eastern Nebraska Human Services Agency) in the Drug and Alcohol treatment area, and will be retiring the same time I do.

Ryan, our youngest son who just turned 31 yesterday got promoted earlier this year to assistant director, Web Information Services at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. He has charge of building all web pages etc. for all departments at the University.

Doug, 34 is now working for the Colorado Bluffs School System as a Network Tech.

Neither son is married so no grandkids to talk about (as yet).

I hope to get much more active in ham radio after I retire along with my woodworking and leaded stained glass hobbies. Ken thank you very much for the newsletter and it was great to hear from you once again. Take care and

73,

--Dave Daniel, AD0D

E mail address:
David L. Daniel

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From Charter Member KIRK BAXTER, W0KGB (ex WB0AXX)

The people of the early DCARC contributed much to my early experience as an amateur radio operator, and to my career interests. I feel quite lucky that I was able to be part of the organization as it started 30 years ago. I graduated from KU with my degree in Electrical Engineering, largely in part to the interests in electronics and radio that I developed as a ham and from the experiences that I had with the club. I feel a debt to Frank Parks, ex-WA0ZTW and Bob Sardou WB0EYS as they "showed me the way" in EE. Tony Shirer, W0RZF sparked my interests in the biomedical aspects of EE, and helped to shift my career to medicine. I obtained my MD degree from KU, and after residency and fellowship in Nuclear Medicine, I was a staff physician at the KU Medical Center for 10 years.

Just this year, I left academic medicine, and have joined a private practice group in Ohio. I had a chance to visit the club last fall, and enjoyed seeing all the familiar faces. From the various places I have lived, the friends I had in Lawrence have been the most enduring.

My wife, Lynn, is a ham. Her call is W0LTB. I have two children, 12 and 14 years old, and I'm still working on getting them interested in ham radio.

I have been primarily active on the UHF bands, and with shortwave monitoring. Now that I own some property that allows me to erect antennas, perhaps I will get on the low bands. Nonetheless, please feel free to contact me by email at kgbaxter@yahoo.com

73s to all, Kirk Baxter, W0KGB

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From "The Quantrill's Raidersgram of Douglas County Amateur Radio Club," Vol. 2, No. 11, Nov. '71

SHORTS:

W0NSB, George [Berg], who has been in LMH for about two weeks is doing better and now has a two meter rig to keep him company. Get well quick George!

W0JUV, Emma, George's XYL, is featured in this month's QST. Check the YL news column and read about this active Douglas County Ham.

Alan [Bush], who has so much trouble finding out why his General ticket didn't arrive after taking the General Class exam is now WB0ARQ and has a fine sounding SB102 on the air. --WB0BIY, Editor

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From "The Unsupressed Carrier or Quantrill's Raidergram" Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan '71

FM NOTES By WB0AXX, Kirk Baxter

As the new year begins, the 2 meter FM activity grows around Lawrence. A total of 11 operators are presently on 2 meters.

They are: Tom Billis WA0ZQZ, Bob Rankin WB0CQI, Mike Legler WA0TVH, Ken Noever K0BTG, Ken Seals WB0BIY, Frank Parks WA0ZTW, Red Cramer W0QJU, Charlie Adams WA0UVY, George W0NSB, and Emma W0JUV Berg, and Kirk Baxter WB0AXX.

Since nearly all 2 meter FM activity is channelized, most Lawrence area operation in on the national calling frequency, 146.94 mHz.--WB0BIY, Editor

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From "Quantrill's Raidersgram of Douglas County Amateur Radio Club," Vol. 2, No. 12, Dec. '71

SHORTS:

A new .22-.82 repeater has gone into operation in Topeka and future plans for it include optimizing the antennas and tone burst entry.

George, W0NSB is home from the hospital and sounds great on 2m fm.

WB0BIY and WA0EDG have 55 ft. tower up and working out well.

John Estes, Jr., K0OLI and XYL have new yl harmonic, Amy Beth, born No. 21.

Dues are payable at Dec. meting, $3.00 per year, $1.50 students.--WB0BIY Editor

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From The "Unsupressed Carrier or Quantrill's Raidersgram," Vol. 2, No. 5, May '71

New Ticket

Margaret Oros, WA0KVP, who recently got her Technician license now has the Advanced ticket. She took the test in Houston while there on a business trip.--WB0BIY, Ed.

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From Unnamed Club Newsletter, Vol. 1, No 1, Nov. '70

CHALLENGE FOR CLUB NAME--Contest Rules

presented--Committee Named for Weeding Out

At its last meeting, the executive committee selected a group to weed out a selected group of potential names for the club. A set of guidelines was also set down.

Dave Fayman, W0GI, will be the contest chairman. Working with him will be Tom Billis, WA0ZQZ, and Frank Parks, WA0ZTW.--WB0BIY, Editor

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From "The Unsupressed Carrier or Quantrill's Raidersgram", Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan. 1971

"Douglas County Amateur Radio Club" was selected as the official club name. "Quantrills Raiders" was chosen as an alternate "fun" name for contest entries, etc. Dave Daniel, WA0SVO, and Jerry Vogel, WA0OWH, who selected the names both will be awarded copies of the Radio Amateur's Handbook. --WB0BIY, Editor

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From "Raidersgram, Loyal Order of Quantrills, Douglas County ARC," Vol. 3, No. 1, Mar. 72

SHORTS:

WA2HSP, Larry, received the highest points of anyone in Kansas during the CW Speewstakes Contest.

Marilyn Seals had her license changed by the FCC from WA0EDG to WB0EDG.

Three of the Novice class members have received their tickets. Ted Burgess is now WN0GQI; Mel Thompson is WN0GRH; and Ken Davidson is now WN0GRH. Four people took the course provided and three took the test. Pretty good average! Congratulations guys!

John Welling, WB0EOD, has received his Technician license and can now be found on two meters F.M.

Dale [Heiserman], WB0EVE, has passed his General license and has received it a few days ago. He has been getting along fine on the low bands with his Swan transceiver.--WB0AXX, Editor

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From Unnamed Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, Dec. 1970

NEW GENERALS

Three Novices upgraded Tickets

Three of the Club's Novice members recently passed the General exam. Ken WB0BIY, was the first and he is presently enjoying his new call; Bob, WN0AUQ passed his test the following week in Kansas City and is awaiting his ticket; Kirk, WN0AXX cut class at West Junior High where he is a student and took his exam a week or two after Bob and proudly announced his success to the general study course the same evening. Congratulations.

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From "The Unsupressed Carrier or Quantrill's Raidersgram," Vol. 1, No. 2, Jan. '71

WA2HSP/0 to Discuss Propagation and the Amateur

Larry Eichel, KU physics major and Amateur Extra Class operator, is scheduled to give the program for the January 13 Club meeting. He plans to spend time on discussing some of the causes of propagation and how an Amateur can use it to his best advantage. He said that the second half of the program will be devoted to members questions.

The meeting will be held in the South Park Center in Lawrence's South Park on Massachusetts St., Time is 7:30 p.m.--WB0BIY, Editor

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From "The Unsupressed Carrier or Quantrill's Raidersgram," Vol. 2, No. 2, Feb. '71

Local YL Takes Top Prizes

W0JUV, Emma Berg, has recently placed very high in several Amateur Radio contests.

Her recent prizes include: 1969 High US Score for a YL in the certificate Hunters Club QSO Party, USA winner in the Chapter 43 Quarter Century Wireless Assn. CHC QSO Party and World High YL Score in the 1970 CHC QSO Party.

In an interview, Emma asked that we not mention that she holds more than 250 certificates for operating accomplishments. Naturally, we'll keep it quiet, Hi.--WB0BIY, Editor

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From "Raidersgram Loyal Order of Quantrill's Douglas County A.R.C.," Vol. 3, No. 5, June 1972

Shorts:

Lawrence had eight people attending the Salina Hamfest last Sunday. Several of them came back with prizes.

Allen and Dale Bush are now on two-meter F.M. with a G.E. Pre-Progress transciever. Welcome to the band of Fine Modulation.

The Lawrence repeater will hopefully be on the air soon. The license has been sent to the FCC, the equipment is being built, and the phone line hook-up is in the making. The repeater will be on .28-.88 and most likely on the dorms.

--WB0AXX, Editor

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Congratulations on Upgrading--Three members of DCARC are known to have upgraded recently in 2000 to Extra Class:

Vince Francisco, KC0DLP

Ken Olson, K0TLQ

Travis Brann, WA5RGU

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Corrections to the 2000 Membership list: The call for Bruce A. Stucky was incorrect. The correct call should be:

Bruce A. Stucky, NK0Z

The phone number for Rex Lockwood, WF0FOG was incorrect. The correct phone number should be:

331-2604

Please make these corrections to your 2000 Membership List.

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MINUTES OF THE MARCH 8, 2000 MEETING

Dan Gravatt, N2PRC, Acting Secretary

The business meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved unanimously without comment. The President, Dan N2PRC, brought the revised Club Constitution up for a vote after explaining how it had been modified by member comments. The Constitution was approved unanimously by the full members present (estimated at around 20 members).

The Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer were not present, so the President gave the Treasurer's report of the balances of the repeater and general funds ($414.90 and $711.91, respectively). The reports were approved.

The Emergency, Information, Newsletter, and Activities Managers had no reports. The Training Manager reported on the status of the training class and the upcoming VE session. The program manager reported that next month's program is a visit to the KLWN radio station at 3125 West 6th street at the regular club meeting time. The repeaters were reported to be working properly. The reports were approved. There was no old business. New business was brought by Andy W0AFQ, who mentioned the upcoming Joplin hamfest, and also reported he had paid the club's MoKan membership dues of $15. A motion to reimburse him for this expense was approved.

The meeting adjourned at 7:37 p.m., and the auction commenced. The final tally of funds was $145.85 for the club and $8.75 for the Library (half the proceeds for the sale of the old ARRL handbooks).

73, Dan Gravatt, N2PRC dgravatt@juno.com

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