[ADXA] Curtis, W5DTR, SK

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

"U gg RN5?" 

:-))) 

ZN 

On 2020-12-16 10:25, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:

> Nick, 
> 
> I had forgotten about the OZK Newsletter.  My first shack was in a vacant rent house about 100 yards down the road from our house.  My parents sold it while I was in the Navy and some stuff got lost in the clear out....some logbooks, QSLs and things like OZK newsletters.   OZK was a busy net back in the late 60's.  Lots of radiograms from military folks telling their family they had arrived safely somewhere in SE Asia.   Curtis called QZK pretty regularly.  I was looking through a log from '66 where he had called OZK and sent me to RN5. Then he called the early session of RN5.   Busy fellow.  
> 
> Yes he did have a KWM-2...kinda like having a Mercedes! 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Pat 
> 
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Nick Kennedy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:24 AM
> To: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] Curtis, W5DTR, SK 
> 
> 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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