Amateur Radio Club Website is Featured By The Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

[R Russell Miller]

Good News!

The Club got recognized by The Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

and The Internet Archive.

You can read things here:

https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/19/college-radios-rich-legacy-latest-updates-from-dlarc/

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Russ WA3FRP

[Jim Talens]

That’s great!!

 

“But perhaps my favorite recent audio-visual addition is a compilation of 1960s home movies that document activities of University of Pennsylvania’s amateur radio club. They reside in our new Penn Amateur Radio Club archive, which collects items from this historically-significant club that began as the Wireless Club of the University of Pennsylvania in 1909. Early student wireless clubs were the incubators for future broadcast stations, so we hope to increase the representation of both high school and collegiate amateur radio clubs in DLARC.”

 

Holiday best wishes to you and family, Russ!

 

Jim

 

PS  Not sure if I spotted myself in the video!  Maybe at the very end,  not sure.

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[Jim Talens]

I think I am somewhere in that video….

 

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Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Club Website is Featured By The Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

 

Thanks, Jim.   Yes, we of the Holmesburg ARC(WM3PEN) are also getting archived there. We were fortunate to learn a lot about DLARC from archivist K6KJN when he spoke to our club via zoom in October.

 

WA3PZO already mentioned to me that UPenn was getting archived.

I look forward to the home movies!

 

Saul W3WHK 

On Dec 21, 2024, at 16:13, Jim Talens <jta...@verizon.net> wrote:



[R Russell Miller]

Yes, JT. 

You are in that last section of video when the Club was installing the 20M HyGain 204-BA in the Spring of 1969.  You will see WB2APG Barry Spangenberg (SK), our contractor, AKA Spang Enterprises, on the tower taking down the old antennas. You are on the ground, assisting Barry.  That was a time when the Club could independently decide on the antennas that either install them or contract for the installation without interference from the Administration.

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Russ WA3FRP 

[Jim Talens]

Yes, I did see that.  Damn, I was young.  I recall Barry hiring me to help, but not sure for more than a couple of hours.  I was ground crew, though maybe not the time on the video, not sure.

 

Times have changed, not necessarily for the better, with regard to access to the roof, etc.

[R Russell Miller]

Yes, we were all in our early 20s then.  I am there in that video  too.  Do you recognize me?

[Jim Talens]

Oui!!!!  Young Russ!

[R Russell Miller]

LOL!