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

Thu Jan 5 23:19:44 UTC 2023

This is a thing that could be done.  That all said, Fred was acutely aware
of the notion of memorial calls and vanity calls.  He may have left a
directive to his executor to do something about that.

73 Rich NN3W

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 5:00 PM w4rn73 via PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> The PVRC chapter to which Fred belonged can form a club and request his
> call in memoriam.
>
> The ARRL's VEC office and the MD director could be of assistance in this.
>
> The K3ZO call sign could then be kept alive and in use for PVRC Field Day
> or NAQP efforts (et al] rather than retiring it which is, in effect hiding
> it away.
>
> Just a suggestion.   I, for one would enjoy working K3ZO again through the
> tears and remembering our dear, departed member and friend.
>
> 73
> Mike
> W4RN
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Robert B. Weinstock via PVRC" <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: 1/5/23 4:33 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Phillip Barsky <phillipbarsky at gmail.com>, Fred Matos <
> blainefred at verizon.net>
> Cc: PVRC Digest Submissions <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>, NCDXA <ncdxa at ncdxa.org>
>
> Subject: Re: [PVRC] [NCDXA] K3ZO Ham Bio from NCJ 2015 courtesy CW Ops
>
> Intriguing concept, but I feel quite sure that FCC would not entertain
> such a request. FCC could, however, reissue K3ZO to an entity formed for
> the purpose of memorializing Fred, as they have done in many other cases.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob, W3RQ
>
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>
> On Thursday, January 5, 2023, 3:52 PM, Phillip Barsky <
> phillipbarsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Fred,  How does one do that?
>
> 73  Phil
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 3:39 PM Fred Matos <blainefred at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Another way to honor amateurs who have made major contributions to the
> service is that their call sign would be “retired” by the FCC after they
> died and never reissued.
>
>
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>
> On Thursday, January 5, 2023, 1:22 PM, Phillip Barsky via NCDXA <
> ncdxa at ncdxa.org> wrote:
>
> 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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