[KYHAM] PIC Resignation

[John D. Meyers]

Clear DayIt is with great respect and admiration that I as Kentucky =
Section Manager accept the resignation of Steve McCallum, W2ZBY, as =
Public Information Coordinator.  I hope you will join me in thanking =
Steve for his many years of service not only to the hobby but to the =
ARRL. The following was sent to me by Steve and I want to share it with =
the Section.=20

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I am getting old (90 now!) and I want to spend more time writing fiction =
and playing with my new FT 817 QRP rig. A life member of ARRL, I have =
served Amateur Radio faithfully for more than half a century.

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My first "rig" was an oatmeal box BC receiver in the 1920s. A kid my age =
was a ham and I got interested and learned Morse. But I moved away =
before getting further in the hobby. Emerging from high school at the =
start of the Great Depression (1929) I soon became more absorbed in how =
to make a living than ham radio. It wasn't until years later I truly =
learned CW in the USCG, and as operator on an Army ship in Pacific =
Theatre in WWII.

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Back in civilian life as a newspaperman, I got my first ham ticket?Class =
B, CW only; upgraded to Class A year later--in New York City in 1948. =
Immediately joined the ARRL, became one ofNew Jersey's first 21 county =
ECs at the birth of RACES.  I've belonged to the Northern NJ ARA, the =
Schenectady, NY ARA, The Owensboro KY ARC, the Key West FL ARC, and now =
the Bluegrass ARS in Lexington. I worked successfully with other hams to =
get auto license plates in NJ,NY, and KY. I've also been instrumental in =
getting three state governors to issue proclamations for ham radio in =
NJ, NY and KY (in 1959 when I was KY SEC)

=20

In 15 years working in the then GE Tube Department and in GE's =
Electronic Components Division, I administered the former GE Edison =
Radio Amateur Award for public service during it's 10-yr run. The Edison =
Award culminated in a prestigious dinner ceremony in Washington DC, =
replete with congressmen, FCC officials and leading ARRL directors and =
staffers as guests of GE. Also for several years I was editor of the =
bi-monthly GE HAM NEWS, which recorded many technical "firsts" by ham =
radio scientists

at GE--including the famous "SSB Jr." which sounded the death knell of =
ham amplitude modulation in the 1950s. This GE HAM NEWS circuit was =
purchased by Central Electronics who produced their noted Model 10A--a =
10 w PEP tube transmitter that ran circles around the "Texas AM =
Kilowatts."

=20

I held K4URX during my first KY sojourn (15 yrs in Owensboro) and 14 =
years in Key West--and got my original call back a few years ago.=20

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 73 - Steve McCallum W2ZBY


John D. Meyers, NB4K
Kentucky Section Manager
Great Lakes Division
859-472-6690


Prospective hams... call the New Ham Hotline!
1-800-32 NEW HAM (1-800-326-3942)
Or surf to <http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html>!
http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=3DKY


PLAN TO ATTEND THE GREAT LAKES DIVISION CONVENTION
September 6-7 2003 at Findlay Ohio
Banquet Speaker ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP
Check the Division Website for more information soon.
http://greatlakes.arrl.org





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