Apologies for the tangled state of the last, don'tknow what's going on, but
outlook express seems to be up to its usual gatsian misbahavior. I had
closed this thing down with send later, but it nevertheless went out the
door.
Anyway, the club call was W1TPX if memory serves. Just one thing ranckled,
even though I had a big hand in getting the thing going, when I went to
public school, I was physically banned from the radio shack by the obnoxious
Ben Smith, the then acting principal.
The club finished up with I believe a kws1, and a beam on top of Bridgman
Cottage.
We started off with an ark 5 matched set.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Brugsch" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Clubs at Schools for the Blind


> Well, no mension of it here, but Perkins had a club which started in the
> late '50s. There were 4 of us in the initial group,with W1EGE,and w1dur
(not
> sur of this call),Vern, and Suthard who were our elmers. They took it in
> turn to help us through the theory, and electronics.
> I remember,we were told to learn Ohm's law during the next week. We none
of
> us had done it, so we had to sit down with slates, and write the thing out
> 25 times.
> I can still do it, i=e/r e=i*r,r=e/i. In my sleep for cryin out loud.
> Well, one day, we all came into the room, and Vern and Suthard wer there,
> with an odd manner about them. "Boys, we are going to do some code
practice.
> This is what it'll be like for the exam, so let's pretend it is. So do the
> best you can."
> Each of us went through the string of words and characters. We did them on
a
> borrowed brailler, and read them back.Then we were all told we had passed
> our novice code! A few weeks later, on a warm afternoon afterschool, we
had
> a surprise vissit from Vern, He took each one of us to one side, and read
us
> the questions, and then told us we had all passed our question part.
> all 4 of us got through. Out of the 5,1 is dead, although active through
the
> whole time, 2 went almost immediately inactive, and I am still here as
G0gKU
> inactive, and I am still here as inactive, and I am still here, active as
> g0gku.that part of it.
> Out of that group, 5 of us got our tickets. after
> A few weeks later, was nearly summer,Vern and them back.
> We all
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Clubs at Schools for the Blind
>
>
> > That I think was the same thing at Michigan.  From what I was told the
> > antenna arrangements were on the three story main building, and the
> > service building.  Everyone seemed to operate HF from what people have
> > posted so far, but whatabout 2-meters?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Richard WEbb wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > tHe Iowa School for the blind, IBSSS or whatever they call it had a
> > > club station in the 50's and '60's.  iN the '50's it was located in
> > > the four story main building then moved to the boy's dorm.
> > >
> > > IT was the host of the Benton county amateur radio club actually, and
> > > their club station.  THey had a tri-bander on the roof of the main
> > > building on the bell tower, an 80 and 40 meter dipole fed with a
> > > common coax.
> > >
> > > NOvice station consisted of an old National receiver and a transmitter
> > > which was crystal controlled, not sure the make, but I remember
> > > lurking as k0yl, then wa0dag and others operated the Collins kwm2 on
> > > hf many an afternoon.
> > >
> > > LEft the school for the blind in '68 and wasn't permitted to pursue
> > > the hobby in any way, so didn't become licensed as I planned.  My dad
> > > thought hobby radio was a silly thing, at least until all the truckers
> > > started adding chicken band radios to their rigs, then he had to have
> > > one of course.
> > >
> > > 73 de kb0ruu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard Webb
> > >
> > > Electric Spider Productions
> > >
> > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > >
> > > --- Benjamin Franklin November 1755
> > >