Let me express my sincere appreciation to you for your MARS activities.
When I was able to I was a volunteer operatar at the Bien Hoa AB MARS
station. I remember vividly the LONG lines of war weary troops waiting for
a chance to make a phone patch home. And if that didn't work out due to
propagation, or ''other'' happenings how they would make out a Marsgram.
Without you guys on the stateside end none of it would have worked. Let me
ASSURE you that your efforts were much appreciated. And remembered.
Dan/W4NTI AFA2FY
> [Original Message]
> From: John Vickers <wa4tt@nlamerica.com>
> To: secc <secc@contesting.com>
> Date: 11/12/04 1:17:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [SECC] Re: Old
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lanney"
>
>
> All of the early NMs
> > such as W4DDY have become SKs other than W4PIM.
>
> I have a TenTec Omni D that was one of Homers (DDY) last rigs. John ,
K4NGI
> (aka AA4TT ) and Larmar Hill, W4BOL, got me into GSN in the early 60's.
Some
> of us teenagers formed the Ga Training Net on 3712 kc daily, and also had
a
> Phone net on 3830 or so on Sat mornings. By then I had 'sweet talked' my
> grandmother into buying me a used HT 37 and HQ180 from W4WKP. W4RZL and
> WA4POM in Columbus helped me with a few parts and I rigged up a 3 tube 813
> amp. As soon as I turned 16-- Lamar had a Air Force Mars call waiting for
me
> and for several years my time was spent on those frequencies handling CW
and
> RTTY traffic from SE Asia. That was also about the time of the Arrl
> incentive license deal and a lot of us were p----d that we could not work
> the bottom end of the bands we had worked so hard to gain access to. So it
> was easy to just work the Mars freqs and be content.
>
> I feel fortunate in that I have known some fine gentleman and ladies thru
> ham radio --- and to have experienced the lure and mistique of
'shortwave'.
> I just don't think that hams of today can truly appreciate the hobby
without
> the warm glow of dial lamps and 807's etc. I have kept every rig I've
owned
> since my first home brew 6L6 in 1961 and hope to get them all out of
storage
> one day and operating again, so some of the new guys on the block can see
> what they missed !!
>
> 73 John WA4TT
>
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