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

[WILLIE BABER]

 "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, k3zoRIP

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"

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