Why were so many of you banned before you even got your license?
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Henry Brugsch wrote:
> 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
> > > >
>
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