[AMRadio] K5AYD

[w5jo at brightok.net]

Lum had a distinctive presence in this part of the world.   He modified the 
audio circuit in the Apache and it had a real punch of audio allowing him to 
be heard in difficult conditions.

RG 34 is large coax, about 3/4 or so in diameter which makes it low loss. 
There was a storm sometime after you received that card and it destroyed his 
center support.  He re-erected it at about 25 ft. but still covered almost 
al much of the country as he did with the higher support.

He was about 6'1 or 2" and had grey hair.  When attending a hamfest he 
followed the tradition of wearing a suit and tie or sport coat with tie. 
When I was first licensed in 56 that is how we attended a fest, Lum never 
changed, the last fest he attended was in Elk City, OK about 1999. 
Following that one, his wife became ill and he took care of her till she 
passed away in 2012.

Here is his obituary which will give some of his impressive background.

https://www.jacksonfuneral.net/obituary/akvis-lum

73,

Jim
W5JO

-----Original Message----- 


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