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
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Al KJ3Q <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 12:23 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 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?






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