The above picture was taken at a meeting at home of San,K5YY-
Members L. to R.were-Jay K0ETC, Myron K4YA,San K5YY,Rick W0RT & Sam K5SW.
NOTE-THIS CLUB IS A SMALL LOCAL AREA CLUB -IT IS NOT IN COMPETITION WITH CSVHF SOCIETY
MOST OF OUR MEMBERS ARE ALSO CSVHF SOCIETY MEMBERS
We have on the air meetings each Monday (local) at 8PM local on 144.190- SSB or CW-Please join in with us.
Join in on Tuesdays 222 MHZ Activity nights 7-8PM 222.100 SSB/CW.
Also on 432 Activity Nights Wednesdays on 432.100 SSB/CW 7-8 PM
This club was formed to promote weak signal modes---members are from Eastern Oklahoma and surounding areas--impromptu meetings and other events are contest operation,beacons,getting higher freq. activity, propagation awareness,weak signal operation and general fellowship among" like minded amateurs"--the club takes it's name from the column in QST before WW2--"On the Ultra Highs"--the column in qst now is called "World Above 50 MHZ"----
Charter members were -
K4YA
K5SW
K5YY
WD5AGO
W0PW
KM5ES (SK)
N5OSK
K5PJR
K5TTT
W5PIC
K0ETC (SK)
K0UO
KB0HH
WA5ICW
WB5YWI
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**** Here is some of the history of the W5VHF "Weak Signal Society".
It was the brainchild of Myron K4YA. He felt we needed something to "glue together" the VHF-UHF activity in our area. He spoke to Sam K5SW & Sam came aboard. Myron found out that the call W5VHF was not assigned so he told Sam K5SW, so Sam went to work to obtain that call for our group.
The organizational meeting was set for Saturday August 21st 1999 at the Northeastern State University Campus in Muskogee
The organizational meeting was attended by-
K4YA
K5SW
WD5AGO
W0PW
K5PJR
W5PIC
& maybe others that I forgot.
From that meeting Sam K5SW obtained the call sign "W5VHF" & became trustee of W5VHF call sign.
Myron K4YA came up with an idea for a newsletter called "THE BEACON" & then was able to published four (4) issues of the clubs newsletter before he retired from NSU & moved from the Tahlequah, Ok. area to Eastern TN , the area he grew up in
In time I or someone will try to add copies of the Newsletters in PDF form.
Here is a copy of one of the newsletters-
We had no plans to have "Regular" in person meetings, just "impromtu" gatherings. However at each Green Country Hamfest we began to met informally & at the 2000 Hamfest San, K5YY, gave a talk to encourage hams who had a desire to get into VHF-UHF WEAK SIGNAL work on SSB & CW, & later we added the Digital mode for those interested.
We began to have area gatherings-
The First one was at K5YY's home in Springdale, Ar.(at that gatherimng was K0ETC from MO & W0RT from KS, with (W6CL, N6CL, K5SW , K4YA (OK), and K5YY (AR),
a 2nd at Sam's K5SW Muskogee home ,(N5OSK & WB5YWI attended).
a 3rd at Charlie's K5TTT in Tulsa,
a 4th at Tommy's WD5AGO in Tulsa (that gathering was attended by W0RT (KS), KB0HH (KS), W5VTM,K5SW,W7QJQ & K5GR (ALL OK), maybe others that I forgot.
We began to grow with hams from OK,KS,AR & MO in our group.
In about 2009 K5SW began a weekly net on Tuesdays on 144.190, later that net then moved to Mondays at 8PM on 144.190 with Jimmy KD5ZVE EM26 as NCS. We now run anywhere from 28-34 check ins from 7 States ( OK,MO,AR,KS,LA,TX & TN) each week.
At the Green Country Hamfest for March 9th 2013 in Claremore we will have another "impromtu" gathering of the members.
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I (K5SW) am going to begin to tell some of the history of the VHF-UHF bands. As well as who were some of the earlier operators.
Up until WW2 the VHF bands were-56 to 60 mhz 5 meters & 112 to 116 mhz 2 1/2 meters & there were higher frequency bands,but I don't think they were using them in our area.
After WW2, the hams were allowed back on the bands now changed to present day frequencies on 50 to 54 mhz 6 meters & 144 to 148 mhz 2 meters.
In Oklahoma some of the earlier ops were-
W5DFU Tulsa
W5HXK Watonga
W5HTZ Wewoka
W5JME Oklahoma City
W5MFX Enid
W5PZ Ponca City
From the nearby states I knew of-
W5RCI Marks, Ms.
W5AJG Dallas, Tx.
W5KFU Dallas, Tx.
W5NU Savoy, tx.
W5SFW Amarillo, Tx.
W5MJD Amarillo, Tx.
W5SWV Denison, tx.
W5VY San Antonio, Tx.
W5JWL Gurdon, Ar.
W4HHK Collierville, Tn.
W5FYZ Minden, La.
W5ML Oil City, La.
W5UKQ Baton Rouge, La.
W8WXV Shilow, Oh. (later K5WXZ Plano, Tx.)
W9AAG Il.
W9MAL Il.
W0EMS Omaha, Ne.
W0WKB Ankeny, Ia.
W0PFP Ia.
W0EYE Ward, Co. (later W0PW Mo.)
I'll sure add others as more info is sent to me.I know Kansas City was a "hotbed" especially on 50 mhz as 50 mhz WAS #1 & 2 came from that area, as well as St. Louis was a "hotbed".
Known area bcns-
N0SAP/b EM37 50.062
W5GPM/b EM26 50.065
N0LL/b EM09 144.296
N0YK/b DM98 144.288
W5HN/b EM13 144.280
W4HHK/b EM55 144.280
AA5C/b EM13 222.060 (low ant hgt. at this time)
K5PJR/b EM37 1296.133
W7QJQ/b EM25 1296.200
N0YK/b DM98 1296.247
WD5AGO/b EM26 1296.300
(On Demand-for tests)
W5VHF EM25 -50.070 ,432.070, 1296.070
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Taken abt 1966-Back row- W5UGO,W5FF,K5FF, UNK,K5IQL, UNK,WA5HIJ
Front ROW-W5HFV,K5SW- W5UGO ,Larry, Was the 1st ham to "work all 10 call areas on 144 mhz"-He was showing off the 10 cards
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Below are five (5) Oklahona VHFers taken in 1968-L. to R. W5UGO (SK), W5ORH now K5JL,W5HFV (sk), K5BXG now W0RRY & W5WAX now K5SW.
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W0PW ex W0EYE-Don Hilliard-Now lives in Clayton, Ok.in an assisted living center after his stroke & other health problems.
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Sign In Board at the CSVHF Society meeting in K C Mo in 1968 (LOTS OF MEMORIES HERE!!)
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WD5AGO Tommy D. Henderson-Contest/Grid Mobile operation
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Ranch House Location in EM06 of KB0HH Gary Gerber "Gerb"
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Below is Bill ex K0CER, W0WOI EN22 IA & family
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Below is home of Sid W7QJQ EM25 Ok-Active on 144 & 1296 (homebrew Antennas). Nice hilltop location out in the country.
Chad, N0YK's, antennas at his home now in town
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Above is 2304 MHZ dish at WB5AFY EM04 TX
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Below is Tony K5PJR EM37 Mo , adjusting his 2304 feed.
