W1HQ Snake Gets Name, Call Sign:
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The ARRL Letter, Vol 27, No 19
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May 16, 2008
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W1HQ Snake Gets Name, Call Sign:
With more than 400 votes tallied, the
W1HQ snake finally has a name
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/02/21/100/. Sean Kutzko, KX9X,
president of The Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club W1HQ,
announced that the snake not only has a name, but a call sign, as well:
"Members of the club met over lunch to discuss and vote on all the names
that were sent in. The winning entry came from Charlie Liberto, W4MEC,
of Hendersonville, North Carolina. He, along with former ARRL staffer R.
Dean Straw, N6BV, submitted the name Hamaconda. Paul Trotter, AA4ZZ, of
Charlotte, North Carolina, submitted H1SS as a name. We liked the idea
of the snake having a call sign, so the club decided, out of all the
great names and call signs sent in, that Charlie's and Paul's
submissions fit our mascot perfectly." Both Liberto and Trotter will
receive a copy of "The ARRL Antenna Book." Kutzko, the ARRL Contest
Branch Manager, was voted in as president of the HQ club at the meeting.
ARRL Membership Manager Katie Breen, W1KRB, was selected as
vice-president. ARRL Lab Manager and W1HQ Trustee Ed Hare, W1RFI, was
selected as the club's technical officer, and ARRL MVP
Associate/Production Assistant Carol Michaud, KB1QAW, was selected as
club secretary.
Source:
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 27, No. 19
May 16, 2008
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by KE4ZHN on May 17, 2008
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A snake for a mascot? Its fits since the league is so snaky in the way it operates.
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by KJ4AGA on May 19, 2008
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Well I've been raising snakes for years, thats a great mascot!
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by K4RAF on May 20, 2008
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It is kind of nice to know what some of the 135 paid employees at the ARRL do with their day$.
Kind of like finding someone at my County government playing Solitaire on the clock...
Not my $$$ so I'llleave it at that
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by AA5JG on May 21, 2008
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Why give him an honorary callsign? The extra is now so easy, I am sure the snake could pass it on the first try.
73s John AA5JG
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by QRZDXR2 on May 22, 2008
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go fugure -- a snake - arrl
I always thought they were turkeys-- hiss hiss
don't know too many snakes that are frendly -- and don't know too many ops that won't stomp the life out of one if they get a chance--oh well best let that one go. (hmmmmm)
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