[PPRAANet] Request for information

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:18:47 -0600

Hello everyone,

Here's a request that I received today.  It's a little out of the ordinary,
but the guy checks out on QRZ.COM.  Does anyone out there recall working the
Jonestown hams in the late 1970s?

73
Al VO1NO / W0

 -----Original Message-----
From: Joey Dieckman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: question

My name is Josef (Joey) Dieckman, and I am a senior at the University of
Oregon, majoring in History. I am also an amateur radio license holder,
KC7CCF. I am currently undertaking a research project (not college related)
involving amateur radio.

I am exploring the relationship between amateur radio and The Peoples Temple
and their Agricultural Settlement in Guyana, also known as Jonestown. As
part of the research effort, I am collecting materials from hams across the
country that had some contact with this group in the late 1970�s, presumably
under the calls WB6MID/8R3 and WB6MNH/8R1.

            What kind of materials am I looking for? I am seeking out (photo
copies, scans or originals) QSL cards, post cards, hand written letters, log
book entries for multiple contacts, etc. If it�s on paper and related to
Jonestown/Ham radio, I�m interested in it. Also, I am looking for more
information on the effort undertaken by hams in the late 1970�s to record
communications between Jonestown and their stateside affiliates. This would
include talking to the HAMS that made these recordings, obtaining copies of
notes and log book entries related to the tapes. I have a few copies of such
tapes now, and am busily transcribing them. I would like to match them up
with their makers.

            Where is all this going? Well, this is all really part of a
larger research project on the Peoples Temple and Jonestown being conducted
by Fielding McGehee. The ham-radio connection is my little niche. The
immediate part I play in this is to gather as much available information as
I can track down. After a period devoted to collection, I will dive into the
processing portion of the work, which involves sorting, interpreting and
evaluating value of sources/materials. After this in completed all materials
and my work surrounding them will be forwarded to the guy I answer
to....Fielding McGehee...for final processing. And in the end, the goal is
to package the materials for consumption by the public, through the website
he maintains. Please feel free to visit it, as it is a great example of how
materials will be presented. http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/

            Rest assured, and donated materials will be properly credited to
you, unless you with to remain anonymous. Please feel free to contact me if
you have any questions.

Joey Dieckman

1420 W Fairview

Springfield, OR

97477

541-726-6908

[email protected]

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