[PPRAANet] Adaman Club and PPRAA

[Steve KT0DX]

Interesting and thanks for sharing it with us.

Steve (KT0DX)

On 12/31/2019 23:10, K3ILC wrote:
> I found part of an interesting article referencing the Pikes Peak 
> Amateur Radio Association - PPARA (that was the predecessor of PPRAA, 
> pre-WWII) and the Adaman club from Dec 30, 1936. Unfortunately only 
> part of the article is readable.
>
> It states that the PPARA would be assisting staying in touch with the 
> Adaman club.
>    "... touch with the AdAmAn party by shortwave radio will be Charles 
> Eining of station W9YYO" (Colorado used to be in the 9th call 
> district) "and Charles Freeman, both of Colorado Springs.
>    Eining and Freeman, members of the Pikes Peak Amateur Radio 
> Association, will leave Manitou Springs at noon for the summit of the 
> peak.  Messages sent out by the two will be received here by Colorado 
> Springs members of the association.
>    Eining and Freeman said last night that that (sic) would attempt to 
> contact amateur stations with which they have listeningschedules in 
> Europe, Asia, and many cities in the United States.
>   The radio party's expedition has been arranged under the direction 
> of Charles M. Stockdale, president of the association. The radio 
> operators will use the associations call W9OKY in its broadcasting 
> tomorrow ..."
>
> and from Jan 1, 1937:
>
> "Short Wave Round World.  The ceremonies of the summit were broadcast 
> by amateur operators, the description being set out in experimental 
> work on extremely short wave lengths.  The operators were hoping to 
> establish a world record for distance with five-meter transmission.  
> The messages were received clearly in Colorado Springs, but it was not 
> known last night how far they went in their world girdling (sic) 
> journey.  The operators were Charles Eining and Charles Freeman, both 
> of Colorado Springs and members of the Pikes Peak Amateur Radio 
> Association, which sponsored the broadcast.  The operators used the 
> association call K9OKY (sic), in their broadcasting".
>
> It would be interesting to know how they packed the equipment and what 
> equipment they used.  There was another article that the Cog Railway 
> tried to make it's way up the mountain for New Year.s but it didn't, 
> due to huge snow drifts and problems with their snow plow.
> I think these articles are out of The Gazette newspaper.
>
> 73 and have a great new year
> Jim K3ILC
> Historian
> PPRAA (not PPARA)
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