[Boatanchors] Ashtabula Bill W8VYZ SK

[Al Parker]

click here to see a video of him & his shack
<http://www.amforever.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1074#p4606>

73,

Al, W8UT
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www.hammarlund.info

"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
Ratty, to Mole

On 9/29/2011 6:20 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> Bill ran primarily HB transmitters and tuners of 40s-60s vintage,
> along with his beloved BC-348s and their outboard slicers. Not much to
> look at really, but that's not what mattered to Bill. His signal
> sounded like a million bucks and folks could hear him easily. That's
> what counted, and that's how most folks will remember him: a
> rock-crushing signal booming through their speaker or headphones.
>
> ~ Todd/KAQ
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:41 PM,<bavarianradio at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> I never spoke to Bill, but remember listening to him late at night, He had a great voice on the air. Wasn't he operating a 20's vintage homebrew station?? Thanks, Ross W1EKG
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