[ADXA] Curtis, W5DTR, SK

[Steven Rutledge]

Thanks for putting that out there Pat.  Its always nice to see someone 
who had some influence on your ham career mentioned.  One of mine was 
Ken, W8LU.  Ken was the CFO for American Motors.  I met him in Detroit.  
He was an incredible CW op.  He, K8RV and I did the 10 meter contest one 
year at C6AFP.  I handled phone. They certainly drove our score up.  
Band was open back then.  Then there was Ted Drake, W8JBI.  He moved to 
AZ and changed his call to N8GZ.  I had the pleasure of working him on 
six meters on 3 JUL 2010 shortly before he passed.  He did get a card 
out to me which I have displayed here in my shack.  Ted was a big DX guy.

Steve, QQ

On 12/15/2020 9:45 PM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting this Pat. I don't recall that I ever met Curtis but 
> I certainly knew who he was. Sorry to hear he is now SK.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
> On 2020-12-15 14:17, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I learned this morning that Curtis Williams, W5DTR, became a silent 
>> key on December 12^th . Curtis was Section Communications Manager 
>> (today’s Section Manager) for AR in the 1960’s.  He was very active 
>> on the traffic nets…Razorback Net and OZK CW net.  Curtis was very 
>> enthusiastic about amateur radio and went out of his way to help new 
>> hams get off to a good start.  When I met Curtis he was an Engineer 
>> for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Little Rock.  He stopped by my 
>> old homeplace near Perryville, AR on his way home from a business 
>> meeting.   I was 16 and a new General Class at the time.  I was 
>> interested in engineering and Curtis gave me a tour of the SWBT Engr. 
>> Dept at 900 W. Capitol in Little Rock.  He had transferred to St. 
>> Louis before I went to work as an Engineering Assistant in that 
>> building in 1973.   Curtis had been a member of the St. Clair, IL, 
>> ARC since 1978 and served as president, VP, VE Team, and on the 
>> repeater committee.  He was active in ARES/RACES and a volunteer 
>> fireman.   First licensed at age 13, Curtis had been a ham for 65 
>> years.  Some you “real” OTs may remember where Curtis grew up?  May 
>> he RIP.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Pat, W5VY
>>
>>
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