From the Newsletter history archives...
About your fellow club members: In February, we wound up the "Club Officer Profile" series.
After a couple "false starts", this issue begins with the rest (alphabetic order) of our club members starting with:
Vintage Equipment
From the August '86 newsletter (entitled "Lenoir Amateur Radio Club" -after it was adopted as the official newsletter of the LARC but before it was renamed as the "News and Views"), it was noted, in the CLASSIFIED section, that an Atari 800XL, brand-new and still in its original box, was offered by the editor at $65. as a "close-out" item. Of course, it was on the leading edge of technology with 64K of RAM! A gateway to computing!
(Each month, a brief spotlight will appear here on equipment you may have seen at hamfest swap tables. This month it is the
Hallicrafters S-38 Receiver
).
Now I know everyone has seen one of these little jewels at just about any hamfest! In the 50's, any self respecting Novice usually started off with either an S-38 or a National SW-54. With a retail price of only $49.95, they were the logical choice for a newly licensed ham. The S-38 (or any of its later models such as the S-38B, C, D, or E) could be paired with either a homebrew low power transmitter or one of the many kits available at the time. The S-38, S-38A, and S-38B came in a flat-black color; the S-38C, S-38D, and S-38E in a grey hammertone. Nice examples are still fetching $60-75 bucks in very good condition. They make excellent conversation pieces!
Spotlight on Bill Barr, KG4GSV
Spotlight on James, N4NIN & Susan, N4OJN Bradshaw
Bill was born in Queens, NY in 1939. After serving with the USAF, he was in Law Enforcement for 20 years and Hospital Security for another 8 years before moving to Hudson, NC. Although an SWL'er since 1953, Bill was led to ham radio by Wayne Greene, KU4KH. He presently serves on the Board of Directors, Catawba Valley Hamfest. As a LARC member, he is an eager participant in all club activities. As seen on photo at left, Bill enjoys LOTS of elbow room at the console.
No, you aren't seeing double...James & Susan share the same ham shack station! The couple first learned of ham radio in the mid-60's thru CB radio friends who were also hams & began studying for their license through the use of 78 RPM records. Later, they attended a class in 1985/86 being offerred by CCC&TI (Instructed by Jim, N4EUX) and after passing their exams, with their new licenses in hand, they attended their first hamfest in Asheville and purchased their first rig...a Kenwood TS-520SE which is still in use today!
James is presently Chairman of the Repeater Committee and Susan is our most recent past-Secretary/Treasurer (2004). Both are
CHARTER MEMBERS
of the club...having a continuous membership since the club's inception in 1986.
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