[K6NCG] K6NCG Digest, Vol 23, Issue 7

[Bob Snyder]

Hi Bill,

Well, your memory isn't as bad as you think. I was at TI in 1969 and 
1970 and have great memories of the old shack (Bldg 318) on the West 
side of the island. I climbed that fantastic tower a few times myself. 
 From what I've learned (From Al K0FRP and the photos at 
http://www.qsl.net/k6ncg/index.html), the ham station was moved to a new 
location shortly after I left. The recent thread is talking about the 
latter location.

You can find lots of aerial photos of the way the island looks now 
(google maps is probably the best), but there are few resources for how 
it used to look. www.historicaerials.com  is a site that has historic 
aerial photos of practically everywhere. Here's a link that shows TI in 
1968:

    http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=5931

I think I can make out Bldg 318 just before the road turns right. Too 
bad it's not good enough to make out any details like the tower. You can 
see the old barracks too. I have a few photos of the old station and 
tower. I should dig those out and scan them.

Bob W6CP ex K7YDM


Bill Axelrod wrote:
> Help please.  
>
> Guess this old man's memory isn't what it used to be.  As I look at the
> Google Earth view of the K6NCG tower from the W6NMC site, well that's not
> what I remember from when I was a member of the team that refurbished and
> erected the K6NCG tower back in 1962.  
>
> As I remember, the tower went up next to the old K6NCG building near the
> shore line on the San Francisco side of the island.
>
> Is my memory that far off or am I thinking about another place and time?
>
> 73...   Bill Axelrod ND9E (and K3DDW back in '62 at K6NCG) 
>
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