[K6NCG] Just Found the K6NCG Site

Tue Apr 8 14:34:31 EDT 2008

If you thought Pete has it easy visiting, I live a half-mile away..! 

Unfortunately, I wasn't out here at all before 1999 and have never been 
in the Navy.  I'm just an active ham with an active interest in the 
history of the island.  The Island is in an odd state of "limbo" now 
between the city and Navy.

Pete and I are serious about the opportunities to do field day from here 
running out.  The master redeveloper has plans to eventually level 
everything except buildings 1,2, and 3.

The original shack out on the west shore has been replaced by housing 
decades ago and the new shack by the post office was flattened when the 
city moved in.  I'm told that this was premature and the Navy wasn't 
happy about it so there is still something to visit, including the base 
of the tower from 1972 complete with the callsigns that were left in the 
wet cement at the time.  Some of you know who you are!

I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to live out here, since my place 
is scheduled to go someday.  This year however, I'm commodore of the TI 
Yacht Club http://www.tiyc.org and I will find a way to accommodate 
whoever wants to come out for Field Day.  Last year we tried to do this 
and ran into a number of obstacles, not the least of which was that only 
Pete and I made it.  We did manage to get K6NCG into a couple of dozen 
log books, though!  A few more hands and a little more planning would 
make it work.  (It was also a conflict with a big event at the yacht 
club which won't be a problem this year.

Give some though to coming out for a visit this year in late June.  If 
you have an RV, that would be best.  I think I can get permission to 
stay overnight at the barbecue area that's right next to the old 70's 
shack.  We can also do this from the yacht club parking lot if that 
works better.  I just need to find out if anyone's coming out to know 
what I have to plan for.  We could also set up something else.  Field 
Day is June 28-29, 2008.

I might not be here next year.

 From TI,

Desmond, KC6VHG

Ronald Carman wrote:
>    Good to hear from you again, Tom; where are you living now?  Like 
> Pete, I believe I last saw you in Olongapo
> one evening when my rust-bucket of a ship was in port!  Anyway, my 
> wife & I now live in central Texas and we
> don't intend to move again, Lord willing!  Our kids both live in the 
> Houston area.  Anyway, let's hear more from
> you - I'd love to visit the old ham shack site but it is so far to 
> go.  Pete & some of the guys are lucky living in the
> Bay area - not far to go for them!  Building 318 on TI was my Navy 
> home till I left in May of 1966!
> Ron, K5CXH
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <petevanp at pacbell.net>
> To: <k6ncg at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [K6NCG] Just Found the K6NCG Site
>
>
>> Welcome Aboard Tom, great to hear from you, it's only been since 1964 
>> or 1965 when I last saw you in the Philippines!  I still remember the 
>> trip out to your house boy's parents home and how his momma opened a 
>> pineapple with one hack from her machete.  That deft blow by that 
>> diminutive weathered lady clearly made an impression.
>>
>> We are still planning to put together a Field Day effort on the 
>> island this year using "K6NCG" (Thanks to Mike Mitchell, W6RW 
>> (formerly N6NU and WB6FCE).
>> Tom,  you and any of our K6NCG alumni are invited to attend.
>> This year I hope to have more than one operating position and two 
>> operators to make things happen.  And we'll be a little more 
>> organized than last year about which bands and what frequencies we'll 
>> be using.  Hopefully we'll be able to hook up with a lot more of the 
>> group this year.
>>
>> Anyone want to spend a few days in the San Francisco bay for Field 
>> Day this year?
>>
>> 73
>> ...pete...
>> WA6UDU
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "THOMAS EVANS" 
>> <the.evans at prodigy.net>
>> To: <k6ncg at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:40 PM
>> Subject: [K6NCG] Just Found the K6NCG Site
>>
>>
>>> Hello fellow K6NCG'ers,
>>>
>>> Tom Evans here, ex-K4SOM (ex-GM5AOR{Scotland}, ex-KA2TE {Japan}, & 
>>> since 1981, NA4U).
>>>
>>> ET(CTM)'A' 1963-64, ET(CTM)'B' 1966-67, CTM 1963-71, WO/CWO(CT) 
>>> 1971-77, LDO(CT) 1977-1987, LCDR(ret).
>>>
>>> Great site. I really enjoyed the pictures from the 1960's. Those 
>>> were the days my friends.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Tom
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