[NCDXA] [PVRC] K3ZO Ham Bio from NCJ 2015 courtesy CW Ops

[Phillip Barsky]

Willie,  Have you sent your fabulous idea to the CEO of the ARRL? Going
directly to the top works, in most cases, to illuminate the idea in an
organization. I would surmise that MOST hams licensed in the late fifties
to early sixties have similar backgrounds fostered by  ham activities in
their teens.

Thank you for speaking out about this subject.

73  Phil K3EW

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 11:42 AM WILLIE BABER <wlbaber at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
>  "We knew this day would eventually come.  It doesn't make it any
> easier." --Ken, k4zw
>
> I have often wondered what would make it easier, as we all have it
> "coming" in an aging fraternity.
>
> I suggest public narratives of the lives of senior amateurs while we are
> still living, in QST.
>
> I have suggested this approach to QST editors and as a possible repacement
> of "a look back"---rather than reprint an old QST cover and article,
> describe instead the real-lives of senior ops including the link between
> professional lives, and/or work, and radio technology and activity. This
> would not involve contesting only, but any technological and/or operating
> aspect of amateur radio.
>
> What would Fred, k3zo, have had to say about diplomacy and amateur radio,
> in some details about his life?  While we can reconstruct Fred's story
> based on the NCJ interview, other published material, and those who knew
> him well, there is no substitute for the words of Fred, himself.
>
> I offered an example to QST through the life and work of Jim Hall, w4tvi,
> a dxer, cw op, and engineer.  I helped Jim disassemble his station and EE
> laboratory. He and wife Myrtle moved into assisted living as they both
> approach the age of 90 years.
>
> I am hopeful that Jim's story will grace the pages of QST while he is
> still living.
>
> Why?
>
> Jim was the lead engineer and manager of HP's  development (with Japanese
> engineers) of Canon printers.  He was highly successful, but over time he
> very much missed working in rf engineering.  Jim retired early just to get
> back into radio---otherwise having very little leisure time given work as
> an HP manager.
>
> Each life story could highlight ones youthful interest in radio and
> operating--including older technology and old radios---that often led to
> work opportunities or other insights into life and work; this knowledge may
> be helpful to young people today in the same way that Jim, in his youth,
> was inspired by Thomas Edison (self-educated), who died in 1931.
>
> Or, in the example of Fred, how he got involved in the United States
> Foreign Service and PVRC, as noted in the NCJ interview.
>
> Finally, maybe this approach to "a look back" would help bridge the
> generational gap in amateur radio, in the pages of QST.
>
>
> Fred, k3zo
> RIP
>
>
> 73, Will, wj9b
>
>
>
> CWops #1085
> Former CWA Advisor levels II and III
> http://cwops.org/
>
>
>
> On Thursday, January 5, 2023, 8:04:04 AM MST, Phillip Barsky <
> phillipbarsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From CWops reflector:
>
>
> "A few years ago, K1AR worked with Fred to create Fred's ham radio
> biography.  It was published in the NCJ in 2015.
>
> sepoct15feat.pdf (ncjweb.com) (
> https://ncjweb.com/features/sepoct15feat.pdf?amp;mibextid=Zxz2cZ )
>
> Bob R - N7WY"
>
> Enjoy  73 Phil K3EW
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