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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club |
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Club Membership Meeting on Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
| At this meeting, we honored those area Hams who have 50 or more years in the Ham Radio hobby. |
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(l-r) Eldon WØMQO--59 years, Fritz WØKO--50 years, Roger WØWUG--53 years, Brian KØEOU--51 years, Jim KØLIO--50 years, Jim W9VEQ--55 years, John W3MQD--60 years, John WØJGY--52 years, Jim WØYA--54 years, and Lyle KØLFV--50 years. Congratulations to them all. |
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Thanks to Vi Myers, wife of John W3MQD, and Marilyn Amundson, wife of Lyle KØLFV, for serving cake, ice cream, and coffee to the group. |
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Roger WØWUG showed some of his early rigs including a World War II surplus transmitter. Roger has been Hamming for 53 years. |
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John WØJGY has been an advocate of VHF and satellite communications since the beginning of his 52 years in the hobby. |
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John W3MQD talked about his 60+ years of experience in the hobby while Lyle KØLFV operated a computer to display John's early photos. Lyle, with 50 years in hamming, gave a great talk too. |
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Jim WØYA showed a photo of some of his early home-built equipment some 54 years ago. |
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Brian KØEOU has been hamming for 51 years and in the process worked all countries to gain the ARRL #1 Award. |
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Eldon WØMQO, with 59 years in the hobby, recounted his experiences and noted how well piloting airplanes and Ham Radio just seem to go together well. |
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next meeting will be on Thursday, October
25th, in Room 800 at the Brainerd High School South Campus Building.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. |
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This page was last updated 09/30/2007 Ø
