[ADXA] Vintage ham images

[k5ur at aol.com]

EJ, I did some more digging on those vintage pictures you routed the other day.
You mentioned they came from a W0 estate by the name of deWolfe. It may have been Bill DeWolfe, W0LVI. He lived around the Denver area going back many years. Best I can tell he was first licensed in 1959. He became a SK in 2017.  He was into photography, which might explain him having those vintage negatives. He was a photographer for a Denver hospital. Interestingly, I searched back in my emails and found his call in 2011 in reference to the ARRL and our legislative efforts back then. Here's his obituary:
https://rmrl.org/rl/2017/01/21/silent-key-bill-dewolfe-wolvi/
The radio store RAPSCO went by the name CW Electronic. The fellow holding the microphone may be John Capone who had the radio store downtown.

The picture of the house with the antennas is probably that of W0PG, Mike Lyons, and his wife Pat, W0EVG (not sure of call), both SK's I believe. They lived in rural Arvada outside Denver which is the location that I mentioned it looked like in the email the other night.
73,Rick - K5UR

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Anybody know these guys? 

I think RAPSCO was a dealer in Denver that sold Viking gear back in the day. I suspect their address in downtown Denver was the one shown written on the box in one of the pictures. 
The QTH of the picture with the house and antennas looks like it's north of Denver, maybe 75th to 95th street, or Hwy 287 today, with the Rockies in the background.
73,Rick - K5UR

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Subject: [ADXA] Vintage ham images

Anybody know these guys?  From a W0 estate - last name deWolfe.  They are from the 50's.  Check the antenna system.  Maybe a Rhombic? They definitely dress up more than we do at a meeting  😊

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