I certainly heard him a lot of times, and may have worked him.  I think that 
when he died or could no longer live there the station was owned by W2VP. 
But that didn't last very long.  Not only is serious money required to build 
such a station, but also to maintain it over more than a few years.



Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 7:56 PM
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Subject: Anyone Remember Arnold, W2HCW?

Arnold had the first 80 meter beam I ever encountered. It was a 2
element KLM with the driven element shortened to 92 feet in length.

He also had a 3 sloper array on 160. At my Mississippi QTH, he would go
from arm chair copy on his southeast sloper, to down below the noise
level on one of the others.

Arnold made no bones about the fact that he was not a contester.

I talked with him briefly a few times on 40 meters, and once on 12 meters.

While he was obviously in another economic world from me, I always
found him to be interesting, and he was always pleasant with me on the air.

-- 
Mike Duke, K5XU