[MCARC] WØDOD callsign

[Mike Stillwell]

I would be open for a club meeting and late October or early November
Mike AC0I

On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM Dave Crawford <k0ksi at bluevalley.net> wrote:

> Years ago there were three amateur radio clubs in the area, Blue Valley
> Repeater Association (Greenleaf Repeater), Marshall County Amateur Radio
> Repeater Association, and Marshall County Amateur Radio Club.  The BVRA
> disbanded and MCARRA merged with MCARC.
>
> MCARRA originally had the callsign KCØRJO and later got the WØDOD vanity
> callsign.  MCARC originally had the callsign KBØTRG and later the WØGCJ
> vanity call sign.  WØDOD was Bill Hamel’s callsign and WØGCJ was Earnie
> Wolf’s callsign.
>
> I am the trustee for the WØDOD callsign.  I did not realize it under a
> month or so ago, but the license for WØDOD expired in February of 2024.
> Renewing the license requires my signature as trustee along with an officer
> of the club. I am not sure who the officers would be.  I liked getting the
> WØDOD callsign for Field Day.  We tried that once and it didn’t work as
> nicely as we might have thought it would.  We then started using the WØGCJ
> callsign for field day.
>
> My own opinion is let the WØDOD callsign lapse.  I can’t see us ever using
> it again for field day and someone with the initials of DOD might be happy
> to get it.
>
> If there is an interest in having a meeting, it might be nice to have a
> program.  Our recent conversation about logging programs, etc. might be a
> good topic but would probably require a location with internet.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> 73.
> Dave
> KØKSI
>
>
>
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