[ADXA] Curtis, W5DTR, SK

[Nick Kennedy]

I definitely remember Curt Williams as I was big on OZK in the 1964 - 1966
period. He was the net manager and mailed out an OZK newsletter every
month, which was always fun to receive.  Sorry to hear of his passing.

Another claim to fame for W5DTR, IIRC, was that he had a KWM-2.

OZK shows his birth year as 1942 so if first licensed at 13 that would have
been '55.

Interesting that the DOB info is no longer in QRZ except for some of us
OOTs.

73-

Nick, WA5BDU


On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 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 12th.  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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