Spokane DX Association

SDXA minutes 2013 JUNE 06

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Also shown is his Number 1 Honor Roll Plaque signifying that he has worked and confirmed all 340 DX entities; he recently joined other SDXA Number 1 Honor Roll holders Jay WS7I & Dan N5AR.

Wilse at 2011 Dayton Hamvention manning the AMSAT booth

Wilse at Seaside

Wilse and Gimmie

Wilse (WX7P) - at the 2011 SDXA Awards Banquet

Wilse Morgan WX7P died from his long cancer fight on June 13, 2013. Wilse put Rice, WA on the map with his multioperator contest station where it was more important to train new contesters then to win the contests.

A memorial celebration for the friends and family of Wilse Morgan WX7P was held at the Rice, WA Fire Station #12 Friday 6/21/2013. Great food was provided and many stories of Wilse’s exploits in amateur radio were made by his friends and family.

I last saw Wilse at Seapac, the convention in Seaside, OR on the weekend of June 1-2. At that convention, he could be seen busily checking QSL cards at the ARRL table. Also, he gave one of the 31 lectures to a packed audience on his famous 1000 foot beverage antenna on his property. Some of us in the SDXA saw this presentation a while back at our club meeting too. More details are pending.

Wilse and Gimmie with Niece Anna Lee and her boys in Alaska at 2008 Ham conference in Anchorage.

Wilse and Gimmie at the same conference.

Wilse showing what an Alpha can do for you.

Here are some links to information about Wilse when he was featured on this website:

In 2009, CQ Magazine announces Wilse is inducted into the CQ HALL OF FAME

Wilse in the 2008 SALMON RUN

Wilse uses extreme measures to ELEVATE ANTENNAS

From our EWA Section Manager Mark Tharp KB7HDX:

In 1979, Wilse Morgan, KL7CQ wrote a letter on behalf of AARC to the FCC to become the first Volunteer Examiner in the country. 1983, He made a proposal to the FCC for the Volunteer Examiner program.

Wilse was the first certified VE in the country, and on April 14, 1984 AARC was approved as the FIRST VEC COORDINATOR PROGRAM in the nation. In 1984, the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club through the leadership of Wilse Morgan, KL7CQ the Federal Communications Commission appointed the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club as its first volunteer examiner coordinator (VEC) in the United States. This program authorized December 1, 1983 allowed examinations for amateur radio operator licenses to be given by volunteer examiners drawn from the private sector. VE accredit volunteers administer the examinations and coordinate the entire program in a specific region. The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club was appointed the VEC for the State of Alaska, FCC Region 11. Today, the AARC VEC still plays an active role in the national NCVEC program through development of the Question pools used on the examinations and the AARC VEC continues to maintain the majority of the VE Examinations offered in Alaska. These programs are offered free of costs to all participating operators. The program has also been trying to prototype an online internet testing program to be available to remote Alaska.

Wilse and Mark KB7HDX, our EWA ARRL Section Manager
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Here is a good story about Wilse from his friend Earl N7EP:

wilse story
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Below is the information on Wilse from his QRZ.com site. This site disappears as soon as the FCC database removes a particular call so I preserved it for us.

PJ2/WX7P PJ2/WX7P PJ2/WX7P — I operated PJ2/WX7P from March 23rd till March 29 2011.

WX7P Information:

Wilse, WX7P, was first licensed in 1952 at the age of 20, sporting his Novice ticket call of WN6PVF. He entered the Navy and served during the Korean War. When discharged in September of 1954, he made use of the GI Bill and completed a five year course in math and electronics at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, known today as the California Polytechnic State University (http://www.calpoly.edu/ ), receiving a BS degree 1959.

Following his university studies, Wilse went to work for the FAA as an electronics tech in Grand Junction, CO. His first project involved checking the sensitivity of UHF receivers and power output of UHF transmitters and driving a snow cat on the Grand Mesa just above Grand Junction (http://www.grandmesabyway.org/ ).

After two years of special training at the FAA academy in Oklahoma City (http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/academy ) in communications, air navigational aids, and radar, he transferred to the FAA office in Seattle where he found himself still doing field work and inspections of FAA facilities.

In 1964, seeking new challenges, he left the employment of the FAA to make printed circuit boards in his basement. By 1969, he sold out his interest in the business which had 92 employees at the time and, once again, seeking greater adventures, went to Alaska in October of 1969, on a fishing trip and finally came back 20 years later. Once in Alaska, he worked for Federal Electric on the White Alice Communications System (http://www.whitealice.com ), the communications system that linked the radar networks that watched Russia such as the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) and the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BEMEWS) to control facilities. Subsequently, Wilse worked in the Air Force as an electronics engineer. He also served as a LT COL in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) (http://www.cap.gov/ ) and served in Search and Rescue on the Wing Commander staff as Chief of Communications for the State of Alaska. True to form as an amateur radio operator, he had the opportunity to experience slow rolls in an Air Force jet over Mt. McKinley while working two two-meter repeaters, one in Anchorage and another in Fairbanks, at the same time.good ole Wilse, always the ham.

By this time, Wilse had acquired the Alaskan call of KL7CQ with two 90 foot towers and two 60 foot towers with Telrex beams in the Rabbitt Creek region near Anchorage. He was quickly working the very first satellites as well as doing lots of DX contesting. As a member of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (http://www.kl7aa.net/ ), he served in different positions for 18 years and also became the number 1 life member of the club. KL7CQ left Alaska on October 4, 1989 but not before installing a large beam antenna with a hot air balloon and subsequently the same project with a helicopter. Both of these projects ended up being featured on the cover of CQ Magazine for September 1980 (http://hamcall.net/cqcgi/?res=l&yr=1980&mo=09&pg=001 ) and August 1984 (http://hamcall.net/cqcgi/?res=l&yr=1984&mo=08&pg=001 ).

During his 20 year tenure in Alaska, he taught courses in ham radio at University of Alaska (http://www.alaska.edu/ ) and the Anchorage Community College for 13 years, graduating over 800 licensed hams. He was involved with the very first VEC exam in the nation and was the first VE and the only one ever certified by the local FCC office in Anchorage. All other VEs subsequently were certified by volunteer examiner boards. Roger Hansen, KL7HFQ, was the Chairman of the VEC committee. Roger, Wilse, and YL KL7KL, Margaret Ogren, administered the first exam ever given in the US on April 17, 1984. Richard Dennis, KL7IOL, was the first amateur to pass a VE exam in the nation.

Also while in Alaska, Wilse became recognized by the ARRL for assisting through amateur radio with saving the lives of 9 souls aboard an airplane that crashed into Lake Minchumina in 1978. He received national recognition in QST and was the recipient of a nice plaque for display in his shack.

Currently Wilse, now WX7P, resides on 21 acres in Rice, WA overlooking the Columbia River with a relatively substantial antenna farm. He is very active on satellites, PSK31, DXing and contesting. Nowadays, there are three towers, a 13 element log periodic, a 40 meter 4-square array, a Hy-Tower vertical, full size inverted Vs on 160, 80, 40 meters, and dual yagis for satellite work on an az-el rotator. Look for him on the air but likely you will find him in a contest. Wilse is a Life Member of the Panoramaland Amateur Radio Club in Colville, WA (http://www.qsl.net/k7jar ) where he recently completed his second term as president but still keeps members informed about the latest contest activities and DXing. Wilse is also a member of the Spokane DX Association (https://sdxa.org ).

The latest recognition of his contagious enthusiasm for ham radio occurred as Wilse was entering the recent Dayton Hamvention (http://hamvention.org/) on May 15, 2009, when it was announced that he had been inducted into the 2009 CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.

Author Rick K5UJU

SETUP DATE: Friday, June 21 after lunch

FIELD DAY EVENT DATES: Saturday-Sunday, June 22-23 (Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.)

HF Tent Up And Ready To Go!

SPONSORS: Spokane DX Association (SDXA) & Panoramaland Amateur Radio Club (PARC) from Colville

WHO IS INVITED: SDXA & PARC members, their families, and friends; other hams and non-hams who want to find out more about amateur radio

LOCATION: QTH of Becky and Lynn Miner N2HS (same site as last year’s Field Day)

ADDRESS: 2716 Moser Road, Chewelah, WA 99109

HOW TO GET THERE (from the South in Spokane):

1. Go north on HWY 395 for 42 miles from the Division Y (yes, I know that seems like a round the world trip to some but it takes less time than going from the Y to the South Hill!).
2. There is one stop light in Chewelah – continue north for about 6 blocks.
3. Take the FIRST right turn (East) AFTER the city park (Cozy Nook Rd); Cozy Nook immediately curves north.
4. Stay on Cozy Nook for 2.8 miles.
5. You will come to a Tee.
6. Turn right (East) on High Line Rd – High Line curves North – East – North – East – North.
7. Stay on High Line for 1.1 mile – there will be a gravel pit on the left.
8. Turn right on Moser Rd (across from the gravel pit).
9. Go about 200 yards; you will see a red fire station on the left.
10. Turn left just past the fire station at 2716 Moser Rd.
11. I have the ONLY driveway on Moser Rd. The driveway is a fair grade, but I’ve had dozens of trailers and RV’s make it up with no problem. Pickups with trailers are advised to use 4WD if it’s a big one just to prevent slipping the rear wheels on the gravel (but not required).
12. After making the first grade up in the driveway, there will be a grass road to the right at the top of the first rise. This grass road splits into two directions leading over to the FD site. The right-most route is not as smooth as the straight through path, but has less grade into the field. Either route is OK to take to the FD site.

Here is a link to a satellite view of their place. The green arrow is where the RVs will be parked. You can see Lynn’s driveway from Moser RD and also the two different paths over to the Air Strip Field where we will setup FD.

Field Day Site at Lynn N2HS

FOOD: see Wayne’s comments below.

ANIMALS: If you bring your pets, keep them confined, i.e., leash, pen, etc.

SOFTWARE: We will be using the software package again at Field Day called N1MM. It is easy to use! Our multiple stations will be networked together.

EQUIPMENT: Our two main transceivers are the club’s ICOM IC-761s. If there is enough interest in VHF, we can put into use an ICOM IC-706 for 6 and 2 meters. This is the Summer sporatic E season so 6 meters could be a great surprise to you.

ANTENNAS:

tri-band 3-el beam
80/40 wire inverted Vee antenna
Gap Vertical antenna
3-el Belchfire beam for 6 meters
3-el beam on 2 meters (6 and 2 meters depending on interest and some one to install them).

Belchfire With Tag Line Rotor!

FIELD DAY RULES: They can be found at this ARRL FIELD DAY LINK.

INFO FROM WAYNE WA1PMA, SDXA PRESIDENT:

Field Day is just around the corner. June 22 and 23 are the official FD operating days.

Friday June 21, we will start setup after Lunch. Any and all are welcome to come help setup on both Friday and Saturday morning. I will be driving up and camping at the FD Site starting Friday through Sunday. We have plenty of camping space if anyone else would like to bring an RV, Tent, etc. There are a few RV’s coming and if you are planning to bring an RV, Gary AD7XG (FD Chair) would appreciate a heads up so we can plan for how much space we will need for RVs, Tents etc. There is plenty of room, but it’s nice to get an idea of how spread out we will need to be to accommodate everyone.

Last Year FD was at the same location, N2HS QTH, so a lot of the work from last year has already been done for this year. All the Antennas, towers, and associated hardware are on site, but will need to be transported from their storage location to the actual FD site. We will need help with this as well as putting up antennas, etc. and then again on Sunday for take down.

There will be 2 HF stations to setup with a possible VHF station depending on interest with VHF.

We are again doing FD with the PARC, the Colville Club, who has again said they would be handling a good portion of the food along with other items.

From the President of PARC:

“If you are planning to eat with us, it would be great if you would bring a side dish and/or a dessert. The beverages and the meats will be furnished by the club. We will be eating
around 1600 hrs on Saturday. Everyone is welcome to come up on Friday for that extra night of camping; the Field-day itself starts on Saturday at 1100 hrs.”

So if you are going to be with us Saturday at 1600Hrs local, please participate with the request for a side dish and/or a dessert.

This year the emphasis will be on Fun, Learning, and Visiting throughout the weekend. I will be available to check Cards for ARRL Awards once we are in operation and have everything working.

Even if you can’t spend the weekend come on out and spend what time you can.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there…

73
Wayne WA1PMA, SDXA President

George proudly poses for a picture of his newest award, to go along side his Honor Roll and other plaques and certificates.
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