[LeArc] WIU Radio club call news

[R. Patrick Ryan]

 Greetings to LEARC, and happy to hear of this new addition to the
roster. 

  New WIU call is now listed on QRZ so it is out there for all to see.
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/W9WIU
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/KC9EQD links to above as well.

  And WIU is keeping the old W9YOL call, too. Hope to hear either on the
air, soon.

  Add that I was surprised when I first heard W9NIU come up and ID when I
first came back to my home state. I remembered the old call belonging to
one of the SK founders of the Starved Rock Radio Club, Mercer Nicholson
of Tonica, IL. And here heard again from the college at Northern Illinois
University in DeKalb. I know Mercer would have been proud to see his old
W9NIU call recycled under the vanity system, as his son Brad KA9WRZ
continues in Dad's fine tradition and later confirmed this news. Those
Novice QSO really stick in one's brain, and thought I was hearing a ghost
call from my early days as WN9SLK.

  Many fine old calls being recycled, and this seems to be a win win
situation for most. It certainly adds to a fine roster out there of
familiar calls that I hope to work again. And perhaps newsworthy, too.

vy 73 de Pat KC6VVT

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:23:51 -0600 Richard Sample <RR-Sample at wiu.edu>
writes:
> See http://www.learc.us for club information.
> 
> Next club meeting Feb 14th 2006 at 7:00 PM.
> 
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> 
> 
> Jay and the rest of the reflector community.   I am sorry that you 
> were 
> not fully informed about the new vanity call.  The WIU club still 
> holds 
> the original call W9YOL.
> Over a year ago the club acquired a second call so that it could be 
> used 
> to get the W9WIU vanity call.
> 
> It was agreed that with the history of the W9YOL call that is should 
> 
> never be given up.  I too have fond memories of operation using this 
> call.
> 
> I hope this clears up the confusion.
> 

Pat Ryan KC6VVT         ARRL Illinois Section Emergency Coordinator 
SEC/IL  ARRL                Phone: 815-442-3373   
P. O. Box 24                    e-mail: kc6vvt at arrl.net  
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