[AMRadio] K5AYD

[Rob Atkinson]

I had not worked Lum in a long time.  When I read the news of his
passing I went down to the shack and found his QSL card.  I never met
Lum but he impressed me as a kindly gentleman as so many are from 5
land.  I worked Lum at least once, on 3883 on July 1st 2010.  Lum had
a red white and blue card with an outline of Oklahoma showing the
location of his town Cache, over in the southwestern part of the
state.  Underneath his callsign, it read, "Comanche County, gateway to
the Wichitas."  Lum ran (back then) the aforementioned Apache, and a
SP600 and R390.  Antenna was "D.P. flattop 43 ft. h. center fed & RG34
Coax."  I'm not familiar at all with RG34.  According to Lum's card,
he was "10 & 14 Air Force 931 Sig Avn [and] CBI WW2."  CBI stands for
China Burma India theater, known as "the forgotten theater of World
War Two."  Lum also included a pair of old postcards with his QSL, one
showing the "famous mad scramble" at the Oklahoma prison rodeo,
"largest rodeo behind prison walls," and one of an ox team and covered
wagon, in a parade as part of the Okla. prison rodeo held in McAlester
Ok.  Lum was one one of the few remaining WW2 veterans.

Rob
K5UJ