[WIARC] Western Illinois ARC newsletter

[Olin Shuler]

Fellows.

By May of 1950 I had been in Quincy about a year.  Enough to find work at
Motorola where a bunch of "real hams" and assorted "wanna-bes" also worked,
plus membership In the Western Illinois Radio Club.  Not owning a car yet I
chose to listen to 75 meter field day activity on a newly acquired
Hallicrafters S-38.  I remember hearing QSOs from the club site in Baldwin
Park.  The op that Sunday morning had a Q5 grade voice the cut thru the
noise, except for the "W" sound.  It came out like the sound of a strangled
bull frog. Calling CQ he frequently repeated the call sign W 9 W W O. (He
also had quite a time phonetically spelling Baldwin copied as Melvin, then
Belvin and having it understood.)  About the same time I recall club meeting
discussions about getting a license in the club's name.  The club members
had just completed a rather impressively powered AM HF Band transmitter for
members use, located at Central Fire Station.  A huge thing in a at least a
six foot high, 19 inch wide rack cabinet. There seemed to be some
legal/technical licensing  problem in that but work was under way. The
station custodian may have been using his personal call W9WW0 circa 1950 and
1951. Fast forward through the Korean War and my return to Quincy as an
EX-GI.  I noted the new license had been obtained and W9AWE was in use.  In
those days I drove by the Bell Telephone building at Sixth & Broadway,
regularly noting Gold amateur radio call letters on the back window of a
late model car: "W9OAB" and wondered "Who is that".  At the next field day I
would  meet him and witness his skill at throwing a rock weight and leader
rope over a high tree limb for an antenna anchor; a respected skill no doubt
learned in youth as a telephone lineman.  30.
73, W9PQD, Olin   

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I suppose we could start a project/research to see how many different
phonetics were used for this call...

Keep it clean !!!

Bob

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I also remember a YL using W9 All Watermelon Eaters.



Danny





From: ROBERT CRESWICK [mailto:rcreswick at msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 2:32 PM
To: Danny Pease; WIARC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [WIARC] Western Illinois ARC newsletter



Nice story from Mike about the W9AWE history.  I remember many Field Days
with W9 "ALL WHITE ELEPHANTS" on the air.



Reminder to all that this weekend is the Florida QSO Party.  Come work
us...W4MLB.  I'll be leading off the effort on SSB for the Platinum Coast
Amateur Radio Society (PCARS), starting at noon EST on Saturday.  Come work
us !!



Bob Creswick

NB4C





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The May edition of the Western Illinois ARC newsletter is available for
viewing. It can be seen at:

http://www.w9awe.org/Newsletter.html

The May meeting of the WIARC will be Wednesday, May 1, 7:00 PM at the Red
Cross in Quincy.


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