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Be Sure to Report Your Hours
Hours should be mailed to Karen Rankin at 3119 Leado Ave., Des Moines, IA 50310
Telephone Radio Ham Volunteers.
We had seven Iowa radio amateur telephone Pioneers who participated in the Annual Telephone Pioneer QSO Party held last December.
Our Iowa Chapter placed fourth this year, just beating out the Maple Leaf Chapter of Canada but getting beaten by the Golden Gate, South and Alabama chapters. Larry Zimmer and I were the top Iowa scorers.
Only two Iowa telephone hams participated in the Western Electric annual radio contest held in November, in which Iowa placed seventh overall.
Radio amateurs volunteer their radio equipment and communications skills for storm spotting and helping the Red Cross. You will find us hams actively volunteering for other events such as runs and fairs, whenever we are asked. Radio contests give ham operators a chance to check out their radio equipment and to practice their operating skills.
James Graham, Iowa Chapter Amateur Radio coordinator. w0nfl@arrl.netOnly two Iowa telephone hams participated in the Western Electric annual radio contest held in November, in which Iowa placed seventh overall.
Radio amateurs volunteer their radio equipment and communications skills for storm spotting and helping the Red Cross. You will find us hams actively volunteering for other events such as runs and fairs, whenever we are asked. Radio contests give ham operators a chance to check out their radio equipment and to practice their operating skills.
James Graham, Iowa Chapter Amateur Radio coordinator. w0nfl@arrl.net
The next issue of Hawkeye Happenings will be out in March 2008; deadline for articles will be February 23.
Night Shift Memories
One evening many years ago this operator went into the break room and noticed a sturdy tin bucket about three-fourths full of water with some sort of bran on the water’s surface. There was a small slat on a slanting course going to the top of the bucket. I asked what this was for. The reply was that the night operators had complained about seeing mice running around. So the janitor came up with this easy way to solve the problem. However, no mouse had as yet made the trip into the bucket. One of the operators finally brought a small rubber mouse which she dropped into the bucket at night. When the janitor found the decoy mouse the next morning, he gave up on his “trap” and set the usual kind of mouse traps.--Anonymous
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