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8/5/2011 - A scan of my Glen Gates Gang Field Day patch given to us by Terri Hornik (WB9LAA), Thanks Terri !

One of these days I've got to sew this patch onto something !


7/1/2011 - I received an email from Greg Latus (WB9TRO), great to hear from you Greg !



4/23/2011 - I received an email from Scott Tilton (WB9JHX) with this picture attached, thanks Scott:

securing the tower winch on Balding's hill, 1972

This picture is from the 1972 Field Day on Balding's Hill, my first field day !




10/27/2010 - I received an email from Tom Raveret today, good to hear from you Tom ! - I've also heard from Errol Naimon right after putting up the pictures - I'd love to hear from the rest of you, too !

10/21/2009 - a night shot of the tower

This time exposure shows the tower lit up at night, with Morris Hornik (WB9JHW) providing the kinetic interest. Boy, it got cold out at the Evans farm at night !

9/23/2009 - a group picture from the 1980s ?

This picture is from a later Field Day effort in the 1980s ? Pictured from left to right are:
Patty Naimon (KA9EUQ, later KN2F), Chuck Olson (WB9KZY - me again !), Bob Hamel (W9MO), Sam Sansone (WB9LAB), Terri Hornik (WB9LAA), Morrie Hornik (WB9JHW), Tom Raveret (formerly KA9HCY). I don't remember the names/calls of the two fellows on the tower, sorry !
Possibly this was from a mockup (a trial run a couple of weeks before the event) since I don't see enough folks to raise the tower ? Maybe this was a 1a effort ? Can't remember.

9/22/2009 - a picture in the November 1974 QST Field Day results (page 70)

This picture was used in the 1974 issue of QST on page 70. It shows Jeff Weiss (WB9NGD) standing at sunset.

9/20/2009 - the November 1975 QST Cover picture

This picture was used on the cover of the November 1975 issue of QST. It showed the Glen Gates Gang transportable (70 feet tall ?) tower as set up for the June 1975 Field Day event. You can't see the roller skate wheels but they are there !

Click the picture for a larger view. Right click, save target as to save the picture to disk (367k in size).

9/19/2009 - the Glen Gates Gang post field day group picture

This is a group picture of the Glen Gates Gang, our 2a field day group. Mr. Gates (3rd person from the right) was a physics teacher at Nicolet High School in Glendale, WI. Mr. Gates was also the advisor to the Nicolet High school ham radio club.

I'm afraid that I can't remember every name or call now, nearly all of these folks are Nicolet High attendees, this picture was taken probably in the late 1970s or early 1980s at the Evans farm.

first row, left to right: Patty Naimon, Sam Sansone, John Loftus, Morrie Hornik, ?, Bruce Bursten
second row: Greg Latus, Errol Naimon, Chuck Olson (me!), Mike McGillen, Joe Loftus, Terri Hornik, Bob Hamel, Larry Evans, Bob Strong, Scott Tilton
third row: Mike Millar (on the tower), Rick Evans, ?, ?, Glen Gates

Yes, the right side of the picture was grafted on, I scanned in an 11 x 14 print of this picture and the scanner I have just isn't big enough to do it in one piece. I can't find my negative or that many pictures of field day. What happened to all of those awful slides that I took ? I think that Sam Sansone had them but after he passed away I don't know what became of them, maybe that's just as well :)

More to come !

Chuck Olson, WB9KZY, wb9kzy at wb9kzy dot com


Click the picture for a larger view. Right click, save target as to save the picture to disk (611k in size).

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