[MCARC] WØDOD callsign

[Bob Thompson]

10 meter band wide open this afternoon !!!

On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM Mike Stillwell <fixmyhouse1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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