[K6NCG] Field Day

[Dave Sublette]

Hello to all,

I was also disappointed not to have worked K6NCG during Field Day. It 
would have been great to have heard that callsign on the air again. I am 
pretty sure the only time I have worked K6NCG was when I was operating 
from KA2KS at Kamiseya, Japan. That was sometime between 1963 and 1965, 
after I left TI.

On the other hand the Field Day experience wasn't a total loss. I have 
been experiencing a control problem with my remote antenna switch on the 
tower for too long now. My nine year old grandson was visiting  and he 
helped me troubleshoot it. Using a pair of 440 FM handitalkies, we 
communicated between the house and the tower while he switched the 
controls. I quickly found a bad crimp on one of the control wires and 
repaired it.

He used my wife's call (his grandma) while she was the control operator 
in the same room. Before beginning I explained basic procedure to him 
and he was a wonderful operator on the air. He will make a great amateur 
someday, should he decide to pursue it.

I would love to meet the gang from K6NCG at a reunion sometime, but the 
odds are against it. Kentucky is a long way from TI. So far, the 
proposed dates are conflicting with things I already have on the 
calendar. However, we will keep monitoring the email reflector and 
perhaps something will work out.

73 to all,

Dave, K4TO