[SFDXA] [DCARC] club call sign

wb4ehg wb4ehg at rjoerger.com
Mon Nov 15 16:20:18 EST 2021


Hi Kai,

I like that idea.

Rich wb4ehg

On 2021-11-15 13:59, Kai KE4PT via groups.io wrote:
> Above all else Pete, N8PR, was a Mentor (formerly called an "Elmer") 
> to hams and non-hams of all ages.
> Shouldn't we look favorably on a "Pete Rimmel, N8PR, Mentor Award?" 
> Nominations to be sent to the SFDXA and DCARC officers for resolution?
> He's mentored me on several occasions and topics, the latest was on 
> EME communications.
>
> In respectful memory of Pete,
> Kai Siwiak, KE4PT
> SFDXA member
>
>
> On 11/15/2021 13:35, Bubba Tim N2BBT wrote:
>> Good idea about an award...
>>
>> ​*/Bubba Tim  N2BBT/K4OPX/*
>> */"Hero of small cats and undersized lobsters"/*
>> */bubbatim.com  overlandpx.com/*
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>> *From:* main at DCARC.groups.io <main at DCARC.groups.io> on behalf of Al 
>> KJ3Q <asoto66 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 15, 2021 12:23 PM
>> *To:* main at dcarc.groups.io <main at dcarc.groups.io>
>> *Subject:* Re: [SFDXA] [DCARC] club call sign
>> Ditto. I don't think we should change the club call sign.
>> I know we have plaques, bricks and other ways to remember him and our 
>> other SK friends.
>>
>> Pete liked operating and he liked to help others learn or improve 
>> operating practices or new modes.
>> I don't think there is a band or mode he didn't use or could talk at 
>> length about how to make contacts on except maybe the Ghz stuff (not 
>> to many mountains around here).
>> He also thought the point of field day was to actually make QSO's, 
>> not just hang out for a good lunch.
>> As he said with a smirk many times, "field day is not a contest, its 
>> more important than a contest".
>>
>> For future thought if we want to keep exploring this idea and related 
>> to some of what he did for this club, I think he would get a kick out 
>> of something like an annual "most QSO's made for the club on field 
>> day" award being named after him and given to a club member each year.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Al
>> kj3q
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:38 AM Bill W2CQ <bmarx at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>     I would agree completely.
>>     Bill W2CQ
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 11/15/2021 10:17 AM, Mark Horowitz wrote:
>>>     I would leave the club call alone
>>>     There are other ways to honor Pete. Maybe his call on the side
>>>     of the trailer, maybe the picnic could be the annual Pete N8PR
>>>     picnic...etc
>>>     Mark K2AU
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Nov 14, 2021, at 11:10 PM, RichQ -W4RQ <rich.w4rq at gmail.com>
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>>     I do not believe it would be a good idea to change the club’s
>>>>     Callsign.
>>>>     I would vote against doing so, but I agree with Jeff, we can
>>>>     find another, more appropriate way to memorialize Pete.
>>>>      We can discuss this further at our next club meeting if you
>>>>     wish to do so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     /*_Rich - W4RQ_ Amateur Radio: The Original Social Media*/
>>>>
>>>>>     On Nov 14, 2021, at 22:46, Rich WB4EHG <wb4ehg at rjoerger.com>
>>>>>     wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>      Yes we could after it becomes available which may be several
>>>>>     years.
>>>>>     His QRZ page is marked "SK". I don't know if the call has been
>>>>>     surrounded to the FCC.
>>>>>
>>>>>     I don't think DCARC should ask for the call.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Pete was much more involved with other clubs/organizations.
>>>>>     One example is SFDXA <https://sfdxa.com/>to whom he left all
>>>>>     his radio equipment.
>>>>>
>>>>>     As trustee of NA4DC I would honor the club's wishes if they
>>>>>     voted to apply for the call.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Personally, I do not want to open that wound every time I hear
>>>>>     the call sign on the club repeater.
>>>>>
>>>>>     73, Rich
>>>>>
>>>>>     On 2021-11-14 07:58, Ken WA2MZE wrote:
>>>>>>     Could the club apply to the FCC to capture Pete's call sign
>>>>>>     for use by the club, just as the ARRL did for W1AW, the call
>>>>>>     sign of their first president, Hiram P. Maxim?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     -- 
>>>>>     73, Rich wb4ehg
>>>>>     Check my QRZ page <http://qrz.com/db/wb4ehg>
>>>>>     Listening 146.52, 147.210 & 147.330
>>>>>     SKCC:  #21946
>>>>>     FISTS: #19877
>>>>>
>>>>>     -- 
>>>>>     -- 
>>>>>     73, Rich wb4ehg
>>>>>     ARRL VE <http://www.arrl.org/volunteer-examiners>, DCARC
>>>>>     <http://dcarc.club/>, SFDXA <https://sfdxa.com/>, FCG
>>>>>     <https://floridacontestgroup.org/>, QCWA
>>>>>     <https://www.qcwa.org/qcwa.php>
>>>>>     SKCC <https://www.skccgroup.com/>:  #21946
>>>>>     FISTS <http://www.fists.org/>: #19877
>>>
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