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A Note from the HBN Manager:
Effective immediately, I am resigning as Manager of HBN. I apologize to all of you for my extended absence from the net. I
know I’ve let everyone down, and I sincerely apologize for that.
New Management: Manager:
Bob Johnson, K3RC.
Ass’t Manager and Treasurer: Ole N4ABM
Statistician: Will, K4IWW.
Newsletter: N4ABM & WD8DIN
Thanks so much.to all of you. I am not yet ready to get back
on the air, but I shall return. A special thanks for all the birthday greetings. They brightened my day. 73 ARF - Sis WD8DIN
Arfer News: Address
change N3COR, 10 Sylvan Lane, Russell, PA 16345. Email: n3cor[at]verizon.net
K4IWW new email address: k4iww[at]nc.rr.com in addition to k4iww[at]arrl.net.
New check-ins: W3SAS,
Stephanie, EPA; N9NY, Gregg, IL; N3IN, Lynn, WPA.
NCS VOLUNTEERS needed for HBN.
NOV 2007 HBSN REPORT
30 SESSIONS
QNI 262 QTC 200 QTR 899 MINS
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Greater Buffalo Hamfest
Sunday - March 02, 2008
Ismailia Shrine Center
1600 Southwestern Blvd RT 20, West Seneca, NY
Hamfest Information and Seller's Table Reservations
Sponsored by: The Lancaster Amateur Radio Club - W2SO
Inquiries: mailto:luke@towncountryflorist.com
Sponsored by: The Lancaster Amateur Radio Club - W2SO
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HBN |
January 08 |
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QNI |
QTC |
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NG1A |
Fred |
MA |
15 |
34 |
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AB1AV |
Bill |
NH |
5 |
1 |
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KC1DI |
David |
ME |
1 |
0 |
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W1KX |
Bill |
ME |
5 |
5 |
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N1OTC |
Jack |
MA |
27 |
273 |
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KW1U |
Marcia |
MA |
20 |
46 |
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W1WCG |
Van |
CT |
26 |
24 |
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W2EAG |
Mark |
NC |
28 |
36 |
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W2MTA |
Bill |
NY |
29 |
15 |
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K2TV |
Bob |
NY |
22 |
4 |
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K2VX |
Dave |
VA |
11 |
1 |
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VE3DTR |
John |
ONT |
17 |
5 |
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W3FAF |
John |
MN |
7 |
0 |
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VE3GNA |
Glenn |
ONT |
30 |
323 |
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W3JKX |
Earle |
PA |
1 |
0 |
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WA3JXW |
Dudley |
PA |
8 |
3 |
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K3MIY |
Ron |
PA |
7 |
4 |
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N3ND |
Dan |
MD |
1 |
0 |
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W3OKN |
Merle |
PA |
1 |
3 |
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K3RC |
Bob |
OH |
7 |
1 |
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N4ABM |
Ole |
VA |
26 |
11 |
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WX4H |
Mort |
FL |
26 |
51 |
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K4IWW |
Will |
NC |
24 |
6 |
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W4TY |
Art |
VA |
2 |
1 |
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W4VFJ |
Chas |
NC |
1 |
0 |
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W4WXA |
Tom |
GA |
8 |
4 |
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KX8B |
Chuck |
OH |
23 |
1 |
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WD8DHC |
Mike |
WV |
13 |
14 |
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K8GA |
Gerry |
GA |
6 |
34 |
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W8IM |
Dean |
FL |
18 |
1 |
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WB8KPE |
Don |
WV |
24 |
0 |
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K8KV |
Ben |
FL |
17 |
3 |
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K8LJG |
John |
MI |
30 |
103 |
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WD8Q |
Henry |
OH |
1 |
3 |
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WB8RFB |
John |
IL |
30 |
17 |
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KA8WNO |
Jack |
WV |
29 |
33 |
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K9PUI |
Dick |
IN |
6 |
5 |
Totals Dec 2007 Jan 2008
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QNI |
646 |
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631 |
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QTC |
1111 |
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976 |
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QSP |
1055 |
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908 |
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QND |
1340 |
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1239 |
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Sessions |
31 |
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31 |
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HBN QNI |
December 07 |
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QNI |
QTC |
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NG1A |
Fred |
MA |
12 |
20 |
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AB1AV |
Bill |
NH |
2 |
0 |
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KC1DI |
Dave |
ME |
2 |
0 |
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W1KX |
Bill |
ME |
9 |
2 |
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N1OTC |
Jack |
MA |
30 |
375 |
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N1PVP |
Marino |
MA |
1 |
0 |
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WA1RWO |
Dave |
FL |
1 |
0 |
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KW1U |
Marcia |
MA |
24 |
78 |
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W1WCG |
Van |
ME |
26 |
4 |
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W2EAG |
Mark |
MA |
26 |
22 |
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W2MTA |
Bill |
NY |
24 |
18 |
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W2PL |
Phil |
NY |
10 |
2 |
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K2VX |
David |
VA |
8 |
0 |
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N3COR |
Don |
PA |
3 |
0 |
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VE3DTR |
John |
ON |
19 |
2 |
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KK3F |
Pat |
MD |
28 |
14 |
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W3FAF |
John |
MN |
13 |
0 |
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VE3GNA |
Glenn |
ON |
18 |
97 |
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VE3GT |
Larry |
ON |
5 |
0 |
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N3IN |
Lynn |
PA |
2 |
0 |
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WA3JXW |
Dudley |
EPA |
4 |
0 |
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K3MIY |
Ron |
WPA |
15 |
9 |
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N3ND |
Dan |
MD |
1 |
0 |
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K3RC |
Bob |
OH |
5 |
0 |
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W3SAS |
Stephanie |
PA |
1 |
0 |
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N4ABM |
Ole |
VA |
14 |
5 |
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WX4H |
Mort |
FL |
28 |
55 |
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K4IWW |
Will |
NC |
25 |
8 |
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W4TY |
Art |
VA |
1 |
0 |
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W4VFJ |
Chas |
NC |
3 |
0 |
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W4WXA |
Tom |
GA |
1 |
0 |
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KA5NNG |
Mike |
AR |
23 |
3 |
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K7IFG |
Ken |
OR |
4 |
0 |
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KX8B |
Chuck |
OH |
21 |
4 |
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WD8DHC |
Mike |
WV |
4 |
6 |
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W8IM |
Dean |
FL |
9 |
1 |
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WB8KPE |
Don |
WV |
29 |
1 |
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K8KV |
Ben |
MI |
20 |
4 |
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K8LJG |
John |
MI |
29 |
124 |
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KA8NYY |
Dudley |
FL |
1 |
0 |
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WD8Q |
Henry |
OH |
12 |
28 |
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WB8RFB |
John |
IL |
24 |
16 |
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KA8WNO |
Jack |
WV |
31 |
18 |
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WB9JSR |
John |
MI |
18 |
25 |
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N9NY |
Gregg |
IL |
2 |
3 |
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K9PUI |
Dick |
IN |
7 |
9 |
RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD HAM
by George Hart W1NJM
A journalistic
history of the life and times in the
Amateur Radio World
of George Hart W1NJM
Geo goes to W1AW and ARRL
Chapter 24 - Getting settled in preparation for ARRL
During the summer of 1938, while at State College, I came across a document entitled "Annual Report of the
Officers and Directors of the American Radio Relay League, June 1938." Gil Crossley was an assistant director of ARRL and
on the mailing list for this document. It was a fairly thick mimeographed booklet and most of the reports were of little interest
to me, but I read avidly the "Report of the Communications Manager" in which he (F. E. Handy, W1BDI) described progress on
a new Maxim Memorial Headquarters Station being completed in Newington, CT. One notation of particular interest was that they
would be hiring a new operator when the station began operation in the fall.
I assumed I was not eligible because I had only a Class B amateur license and surely a commercial license
would be required. However, the description of the fantastic array of kilowatt transmitters and the 7-acre antenna farm so
fascinated me that I thought what-the-heck, I'll give it a try. I wrote Mr. Handy a letter expressing my availability and
eagerness. Back came a lengthy letter by return mail saying, in effect, that he knew all about me (astonishing) and felt I
had all the requirements except one: a Class A license would be required. But he assumed that with my experience and expertise
this would be no obstacle. He suggested I pay them a visit, stopping on my way in New York to take the Class A license exam
and that I come with the expectation of staying. The salary would be $22 a week, subject to a raise in 6 months if my services
were satisfactory. Even in 1938, $22 a week was close to a starvation salary if there was no other source of income, but I
cared nothing for the money; I was sure my mother would supplement it as and if necessary.
It was early August, 1938. Mr. Handy sent me a copy (free) of the ARRL License Manual and I started boning
up on the Class A questions. I had already passed the 10 w.p.m. code test ( with "one hand behind my back") but the technical
questions were a different matter. I was so worried that I spent long hours memorizing the answers and entered the Federal
Building in lower Manhattan in "fear and trembling." The test, much to my astonishment, consisted of questions worded exactly
the same as in the License Manual. Having memorized the answers, I breezed through it. I'm sure I made 100%. On to Hartford!
I'd never been in New England before so the route was unfamiliar. Somehow I managed to get on the Merritt
Parkway, which then was completed only so far as Westport, and the spanking new roadway was enshrouded in a dense fog. I had
to creep through Bridgeport and New Haven on U.S. Route 1, and when I arrived in the northern outskirts of New Haven it was
11 p.m. I stopped at a diner for coffee and pondered whether to continue the journey in the fog or hole up at a motel for
the night. It figured to be only an hour's trip to Hartford on U.S. 5, but it had been a long hard day and I was exhausted.
Nevertheless, I decided to continue. The fog became less intense as I went inland but still made progress slow. Finally I
saw a sign pointing to Newington and West Hartford and took the side road, figuring I could find a hostelry of some kind and
be nearer my place of work in the morning. It was already after 1 a.m. and I became completely lost , and saw no sign whatever
of any motels or hotels or "tourist home." Finally I drove toward the brightest lights, made increasingly evident by the thinning
fog and found myself in downtown Hartford. It was nearly 3 a.m. and the streets were deserted, but still I saw no hotel signs
as I wandered aimlessly around. Finally, down a side street I saw a sign: "New Savoy Hotel." I turned down the street and
parked my open Willys roadster on the street in front of the hotel, grabbed my suitcase and wearily lugged it inside. The
New Savoy was by no means the best hotel in Hartford, as I perceived the minute I entered it, but I was in no mood to be fussy.
I went to my room, which looked out over Trumbull Street, ran the tub full of water after staring down a roach who peered
at me out of the drain, took a bath and hit the hay. It was 3:30 a.m.
I awoke the next morning to the rumble of trucks and honking of horns on the street outside and discovered
it was 10 o'clock. After becoming fully awake, I called Mr. Handy at the Headquarters offices in West Hartford.
During the ensuing conversation he must have cleared his throat at least 20 times, one of which was preceded
by a silence when I told him where I was. Yes, he knew where it was, but I sensed a prim disapproval. He proposed to come
down and take me to lunch, after which we would see if we could find a place for me to live. He arrived shortly after noon,
took me to his house on Brookline Drive in West Hartford where we were served lunch by Mrs. Handy, after which we sat perusing
the morning Courant "Rooms for Rent" section. We then
boarded his old Oldsmobile sedan and visited several potential addresses, all of them private homes, all
of them at prices too high for me. Imagine paying five dollars a week just for a room to sleep in! I had three dollars tops
in mind, but there appeared to be nothing of this nature available, at least not in any section of town Handy considered suitable.
Our final visit (I could sense Mr. Handy’s growing impatience) was to a house on Annawan Street in
Hartford where Hal Bubb, W1JTD, lived. This was not on the list, but Mr. Handy thought she might have a vacant room, since
it was a big house. Hal was not at home, but we met Mrs. Allen, a very gracious widow lady perhaps in her sixties, who said
she did indeed have a vacant room but it was her guest room and she had not intended renting it. Mr. Handy talked her into
it, assuring her I was a person of good family and would be working with Hal, whom Mrs. Allen apparently held in great esteem.
She proposed four dollars a week, the same rent Hal was paying. The room was just across the wide corridor from Hal's, on
the second floor facing the street. The rent was still higher then I wished to pay and the room was not so nice as the ones
we had inspected in West Hartford, but I decided to take it. I paid her for a week in advance and the fully furnished room
was mine.
Coming in Chapter 25 - Geo Introduction and ARRL Tour.
Happy Birthday!
February 22 W8BEZ; 22 WA3QNT; 27 N3COR
March 13 K3NNI; 21 N1OTC; 21 KE4WCW; 22 W4FRR; 23 W3JKX; 29 WF1M; 31 KB8ZZY
April 5 WA8GZL; 6 WA3UNX; 7 K8KFJ; 16 N1PVP; 25 W1KX; 26 WA4DOX; 29 WB4FDT
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Treasurer’s Report
Ole N4ABM, Treasurer
Balance 4/14/07 $218.23
Pd Print 5/24/07 $98.51)
Pd Post 5/24/07 $55.35)
Balance 5/24/07 $64.37
N4ABM 5/30/07 $25.00
KB5GXD 5/30/07 $10.00
WA4SRD 7/18/07 $10.00
WA3JXW 7/23/07 $15.00
W3OKN 8/28/07 $20.00
N9KHD 9/08/07 $20.00
NG1A 9/12/07 $10.00
WA2CUW 12/05/07 $20.00
Balance 12/31/07 $194.37
W8CPG 1/06/08 $10.00
K2VX 2/06/08 $25.00
Balance 2/10/08 $229.37
Thanks to all contibutors
To make a contribution, please make check payable to Merritt W. Olson, 12106 Stirrup Rd., Reston, VA 20191-2104
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January QNI : KA8WNO 31; N1OTC 30; WB8KPE 29; K8LJG 29; KK3F 28; WX4H 28;
W1WCG 26; W2EAG 26; K4IWW 25; KW1U 24; W2MTA 24; K2TV 24; WB8RFB 24; KA5NNG 23; KX8B 21; K8KV 20; VE3DTR 19; VE3GNA 18; WB9JSR
18; K3MIY 15; N4ABM 14.
QTC: N1OTC 375; K8LJF 124; VE3GNA 97; KW1U 78; WX4H 55; WD8Q 28; WB9JSR
25; K8GA 23; W2EAG 22; NG1A 20; W2MTA 18; KA8WNO 18; WB8RFB 16; KK3F 14.
December QNI: VE3GNA 30; K8LJG 30; WB8RFB 30; KA8WNO 29; W2MTA 29; W2EAG
28; N1OTC 27; WX4H 26; W1WCG 26; N4ABM 26; K4IWW 24; WB8KPE 24; KX8B 23; K2TV 22; KW1U 20; W8IM 18; VE3DTR 17; K8KV 17; NG1A
15.
QTC: VE3GNA 323; N1OTC 273; K8LJG 103; WX4H 51; KW1U 46; W2EAG 36; NG1A
34; K8GA 34; KA8WNO 33; W1WCG 24; WB8RFB 17; W2MTA 15; WD8DHC 14.
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