[CVCC] Fill in of History

[J Robert Eshleman]

Ed Burkhart was W4LDF.  Another early club member was Tomy Toms W4DSW later W4IQ.  The farm we went to in Goochland for FD belonged to Jimmy Pearsall who eventually got a Tech license.  I don't remember his call.  Another active member of the early CVCC was Alex Clarke whose call was K4JYM. Alex was a faculty member in the Biomedical Dept at MCV and I would sometimes visit him over noon  Charlie Taylor, NK4J was active as was Mel Manning WB3D (now in Florida)  For several years the club divided into two multi-multi teams for the ARRL DX Phone Contest, KX4S and W4DR.  Even though we were only 2 miles apart this worked well and the scores were very close...less than 100K in 3+M.  During those years we always won the Small Club Gavel and as I reall the DR team won the intraclub competition.  Bud Block (K4AUL) was not our biggest contest scorer, but his wife Cecle set the best table.  Meetings were always in homes and the host/hostess provided the refreshments which were  frequently elaborate.  Oh yes another memory was Harry, K4GFH a single bachelor.  Harry invited his dates out to the farm to observe FD, but one year got his schedule mixed up and had two girls arrive at the same time.  Neither one was pleased!  Jimmy P had a 75 foot crankup tower mounted on a trailor so we usually had pretty good antennas for our FD operations.  As you can see the CVCC has a glorious history!