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/section W6REK: Henry "Strick" Strickland

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/b August 2017: See my page about the
/b /link /1107  W6REK/B HF Beacon for Eclipse Science

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This is me in the shack at CM97ah (Santa Clara Valley):

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/section Field Day 2020 -- "W6REK 1A SCV" in the backyard

Here's the 2020 Field Day "radio camp" in the back yard, depicted by Raye Keslensky K3SLE in Animal Crossing:


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Compare to actual photos:


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/section EchoLink W6REK-R (for N6NFI/R)

Connects to the N6NFI/R repeater (145.23 (-) PL100) near Palo Alto, California.

Running modified SvxLink software and using an Icom IC-229H 2m tranceiver (from around 1992).

Supports the 9am Talk Net, weekdays starting at 9am Pacific Time ( http://www.9amtalk.net/ ).

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/section Former W6REK: Jim Holmes (James L. Holmes, State Assemblyman from Santa Barbara)

TODO: include pictures from here: https://loc.getarchive.net/media/congratulations-for-radio-amateurs-washington-dc-january-20-president-roosevelt

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About this time [1950's], Jim Holmes (W6REK) State Assemblyman from Santa Barbara, pushed through the ham license plate bill and soon hams all over the state were sporting their calls on their cars.

/i ( from https://www.sbarc.org/club-history/ )

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/i ( from  "Lompoc Record Newspaper Archives / May 24, 1956 / Page 11 of 16"  https://newspaperarchive.com/lompoc-record-may-24-1956-p-11/ )


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/i ( from  "Lompoc Record Newspaper Archives / May 24, 1956 / Page 12 of 16"  https://newspaperarchive.com/lompoc-record-may-24-1956-p-12/ )

( Also see the TV schedule on that page 12 for the two TV stations.
They don't start broadcasting until mid-day,
and one is still broadcasting a test pattern until 3pm! )

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W6REK James L. Holmes, 57 Oak Rd., Santa Barbara,

/i ( from "Full text of "Fall_1948_Radio_Amateur_Callbook" https://archive.org/stream/Fall_1948_Radio_Amateur_Callbook/Fall_1948_Radio_Amateur_Callbook_District_6_djvu.txt )

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James Holmes, Santa Barbara is a candidate for the State Senate in a special election set for Feb. 13 [1962]

/i ( from "January 17, 1962 /  Redlands Daily Facts from Redlands, California · Page 13"  https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/5003678/ )

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State Assembly 36th District James L. Holmes (R).

/i ( from "November 7, 1962 / A Publisher Extra Newspaper / The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California · Page 48"  https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/161603303/ )

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 36, James L. Holmes, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties;

/i ( from  "The Stanford Daily, Volume 137, Issue 16, 23 February 1960 " http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19600223-01.2.21 )

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/i ( from http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/ohnimus_collection/Scan0032.jpg at http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/arthur-ohnimus/collection/photos )

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