[MCARC] Fw: Ernie Wolff's callsign history

Sat Jan 7 16:27:36 EST 2017

No, I was not a member.  Back then Washington was about the only town we went to. HI

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From: MCARC <mcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Kenneth Kopp <radiojunkie at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 9:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [MCARC] Fw: Ernie Wolff's callsign history

That's very cool, Larry. Thanks for sharing that. Were you a member of the Marshall County club back or come over for meetings? (Looks like you may have lived in Greenleaf back then.)

-Ken

On 01/07/2017 02:01 PM, larry trumble wrote:

Here is a certificate I received from the club a long time ago.  My call was WA0EZM back then.

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From: MCARC <mcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net><mailto:mcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Kenneth Kopp <radiojunkie at gmail.com><mailto:radiojunkie at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 10:29 PM
To: Marshall County ARC
Subject: Re: [MCARC] Fw: Ernie Wolff's callsign history

George K. Turner was her husband:

     KN0RPO (in 1959) and K0RPO (by 1960)

His obituary mentions his background and work history:

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110112911

-Ken

On 01/06/2017 02:41 PM, Patrick Stillwell wrote:
> Did her husband (also a ham) walk with a limp?  I remember being at an auction in Waterville and there was a ham who lived just a short distance from the auction sight so I walked over and had a chat with him.  I believe his name was turner.  Was he a shoe cobbler?
>
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> On Jan 6, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Kenneth Kopp wrote:
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>> Hmmm...  I see Dorman C. Craven, Hillsdale, as W0TCW?
>>
>> K0TCV is not showing up in any of the databases I use, but KN0TCV does!
>>
>>     Mildred M. Turner from Waterville.
>>
>> Perhaps she wasn't able to upgrade within the short period allowed.
>>
>> Ken
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>> On 01/06/2017 11:25 AM, Dennis Mason wrote:
>>> Interesting... all looks well except there must have been another in the series of exams given by Ernie ... K0TCV... ?????
>>> And being connected with SENRC/SENARC we had the same dilemma when a guy tried to claim the SENARC title in Nebr. City, we squelched it.  By the way, we had our 80th birthday last fall, and the claimer that we were the first Ham club in Nebr. Started in 1936.
>>> I thought I would cut a copy of the Certificate and get it posted in the CourtHouse Marysville.
>>> Dennis
>>> (did some research, found K0tcv, Dorman Craven, Hillsdale, KS (so he might not have been at the exam here)....
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "doc n janice"
>>> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2017 7:42 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MCARC] Ernie Wolff's callsign history
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>>>> I do remember the conditional license and Ernie giving the exam.  Fred was
>>>> good enough to drive and I rode along to KC to get our tickets.
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me that MCRC was changed to MCARC to keep it exclusive for hams.
>>>> CB'ers and ham wanna-be's could not be members.
>>>>
>>>> doc
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: MCARC [mailto:mcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nate
>>>> Bargmann
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 10:20 PM
>>>> To: mcarc at mailman.qth.net<mailto:mcarc at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [MCARC] Ernie Wolff's callsign history
>>>>
>>>> * On 2017 05 Jan 21:09 -0600, Kenneth Kopp wrote:
>>>>> John D. Habel, K0TCX
>>>>> 912 N. 12th St
>>>>> Marysville, KS
>>>>> License Class: C
>>>>>
>>>>> Mabel I. Leiber, K0TCU
>>>>> RFD 1 Box 72
>>>>> Waterville, KS
>>>>> License Class: C
>>>>>
>>>>> Laura E Riegle, K0TCW
>>>>> 120 E Main
>>>>> Waterville, KS 66548
>>>>> License Class: C
>>>> All held a Conditional license (at one time if a person lived beyond a
>>>> certain limit of airline miles from the nearest FCC office, one could take
>>>> the General exam elements from another amateur who held a General class or
>>>> higher license, the result was a Conditional license which had the same
>>>> privileges as a General.  It was phased out in the late '70s).
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that the club's name on the certificate was Marshall County Radio
>>>> Club--MCRC.  I wonder if Fred or Doc knew of its existence prior to our
>>>> forming MCARC in 1985?  Surely, Ernie knew, but I don't recall him saying
>>>> anything about it.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Nate
>>>>
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