Roger J. Wendell
Defending 3.8 Billion Years of Organic EvolutionSM
Club Stations
This page is dedicated to some of the Ham Radio club
stations I've been associated with over the years!
(Click on any Thumbnail" images for a larger view)
W6ZZM
Coast Guard Training center ("TRACEN") Petaluma, California
 W6ZZM circa 1971 A6ZZM MARS station |
 Me at the front door, Sept '75 Above me is a TH6-DXX |
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 Inside W6ZZM, May 1975, Left to Right: Joe Styels, Me, and Steve Chandler |
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KH6UL
NAVCAMS EASTPAC, Wahiawa, O'ahu, Hawai'i
The club station at NAVCAMS EASTPAC - The Navy's communications facility in the middle of O'ahu, near the town of Wahiawa. The Coast Guard shared a small corner of the base, therefore, I was authorized use of the station. In actuallity, I became the "manager" of the station since I was the most eager user. The TH6-DXX, along with a Henry 2K3, allowed me to easily work the world and I often became the center of pile-ups for those interested in Hawaii for their Bicentennial Worked All States award and other goals. Even during poor conditions I'd simply beam north and work Europeans just about anytime of night or day on 20 meters - I was 19 at the time and the world was my oyster!
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 KH6UL tower and TH6-DXX December 1975 |
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 KH6UL was also used as MARS station NNNØNPM |
 I was the "Manager" of KH6UL from late 1975 to early 1977... |
In addition to the amplifier (my QRO days), the photo at right also shows a dial telephone - not too many of those around any more!! As the only user of KH6UL, during the mid 70s, I was able to keep the shack pretty clean and orderly. Shown here is the Collins KWM2A and 30LI along with a Healthkit keyer and other stuff. Not shown, down along the desk's right side (by the fire extinguisher!), is a Henry 2K-3 amplifier...
On 10-29-2007 I received a great email from WA2HLI, Bob, a former Navy
Communications Technician that operated KH6UL during the early 70s.
Here are a few quotes from Bob's email:
"I arrived at what was then "Naval Communication Station Honolulu" in the summer of 1970 and I operated from KH6UL until September of 73. When I first arrived on station I was assigned barracks directly across from the building (bunker) that housed KH6UL.""It was great to see your pictures of the inside of the station. It appears some improvements were made to the operating area although I think that old grey desk was there when I was operating from "Uncle Louie"... hi hi. Anyway, when I left Wahiawa to return to civilian life in 73, the club station was still enclosed in a wire "cage" that roughly divided the interior of the building in two. The operating positions consisted of two complete S-Lines and yes.... that good ole' Henry 2K3 you mentioned. Some buddies and I actually erected that brand new aluminum tower and placed the pre-existing TH6-DXX at the top. It seems to me we also had military style "tunable" vertical up there and assorted dipoles that we used as a backup antenna."
"As you know it was a great experience operating from "Uncle Louie" and I spent many hours on the air from that QTH (I also enjoyed running many phone patches in those days and spent a lot of time on the "Confusion Net ... 21.400 as I recall??). We had several great field days out on Eva Beach at the NAS over there. Our official "trustee" at the time was actually my duty Chief at the time.... Gary Ellison (can't remember his call but he is now retired and living in the northwest)."
"Thanks for posting the info on "Uncle Louie" Roger, it certainly brought back some fond memories of hamming from paradise! Hope to run into you on the air one of these days (if I ever get that beam back up in the air.. hi hi!) Take care."
Best 73,
Bob - WA2HLI
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My High School's Club Station
and the Colorado QRP Club
During the early 70s I was a student at Cherry Creek High School southeast of Denver. My
friends and I helped maintain the club station throughout our tenure there. In the early
90s some other friends and I founded the Colorado QRP Club - a low power group that remained
active well into the second decade of the second millenium!
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WBØECQ Cherry Creek High School Englewood, Colorado  That's my future brother-in-law, WBØIEA, with me on the left. The photo is from page 77 of the High School's 1973-74 Year Book Less than a handful of us kept our high school's club station active, operational, and on the air. Back then, in the early 70s, the Cherry Creek School District allowed a week of intellectual/artistic/athletic exploration that they called "Wing Spread" in which students could select a topic of interest and pursue it for the week. I think all of the radio club members spent the week either on the air or repairing equipment and organizing the shack! |
WØCQC & NØCQC Colorado QRP Club www.CQC.org (Founded in 1994 by WØHEP, WBØJNR, KEØAZ, WBØREB, KGØPP, KEØER, NØXDA, NFØZ, KBØHPH, NNØC, KSØW, W2ZGB, and NØZKM)
CQC has been one of my favorite Clubs, since its founding in 1994, so it's appropriate to recognize them here. In this particular photo, from the club's 1998 Field Day effort, ABØCD shared his "Shack in a box" to add yet another operating position to our station. Dick's contribution, here, is just one example of the dozens and dozens of gear, antennas and other equipment people have loaned or given the Colorado QRP Club for its on-air presence! |
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