Join Us - 90th Anniv of 1st Msg Passed Coast-to-Coast (US) via Radio

[Tom Hammond-3]

Folks... for your enjoyment and (hopefully) delight):

To observe the 90th anniversary of the First Transcontinental Relay
of Formal Message Traffic, the Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club of Jefferson
City, Missouri, will activate a 24-hour Special Event Station using
call sign "W9C" beginning 2000 UTC on Saturday, January 27, 2007.

The event is in commemoration of the work of 18-year old Willis
Porter Corwin, 9ABD, of Jefferson City who was the third station in
the relay that set the transcontinental record on this date in 1917.

http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2007/01/23/community/342com01.txt

http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2007/01/23/community/342com02.txt

Unfortunately, the newspaper left out several of the pix from their
Internet-readable article. If you'd like to see pix of the 9ABD shack
(outside), his antenna, and RX/TX, please drop me a note and I'll
ship them off to you a.s.a.p.

CW frequencies will be approximately 40 kHz. above the lower band
edges of 80, 40, 30, and 20 meters (WARC and above if conditions
warrant) +/- QRM.

SSB frequencies will be approximately 3940, 7240, 14240, 21240, 28340
kHz +/- QRM.  SSB operation will probably be used during daylight
hours, with CW during the night hours.

Mid-MO ARC will QSL 100% to your address as shown at www.qsz.com.
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If your mailing address is not correct at www.qrz.com, or if you wish
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We looking forward to working you during our 24-hour commemoration operation.

Regards,

Tom Hammond,  N0SS
for Mid-MO ARC


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[Mike Morrow-3]

Tom wrote:

>The event is in commemoration of the work of 18-year old Willis
>Porter Corwin, 9ABD, of Jefferson City who was the third station in
>the relay that set the transcontinental record on this date in 1917.

He sounds like an interesting fellow.  There doesn't seem to be much on the internet about him.  When did he pass away?  Was he a ham thoughout his life?  If so, did he keep W9ABD as his call?

73,
Mike / KK5F
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