[AReU] DE W4UOO

[Jon Pearl W4ABC]

Nice story Mike.  Makes on appreciate the pioneers that came before us.

Digging through some old Ham gear in a consignment shop a bunch of years
ago, I found the J-38 that I had learned Morse with.  On the bottom of the
wood plate that it's bolted to, is the callsign of Bob Kastle - K4TQW and
that of his brother.  Bob and his brother who lived in Akron OH. used to
talk each and every day on HF.  Bob's brother died unexpectedly many years
before him and Hamming was never the same for Bob.  Bob's sister-in-law
shipped Bob his brother's J-38 to him.

More than one time I've thought about grabbing Bob's old callsign.

Jon Pearl W4ABC
ex WA4LTX/WN4LTX

W4ABC (Belonged to retired USN officer who it was first assigned to in
1934.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sprenger" <mikesprenger@attglobal.net>
To: <areu@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: [AReU] DE W4UOO


> Hi,
>
> Just thought I'd let you know that I'm no longer known to the FCC as
> KD4LEB.  I have been issued W4UOO which belonged to an Uncle who was a HAM
> for many years, and served as an engineer for the FAA after he served as a
> pilot in what he called "The War", which we know as WWII.  He got me
> started in Ham Radio.
>
> So, KD4LEB has been cancelled, and W4UOO lives on.
>
> 73
> Mike