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Jack C. Hammett Paeonian Springs, VA QCWA # 28036 Chapter 91 |
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DXer, Super-Station Builder, Past PVRC President Jack Hammett, K4VV, SK
01/03/2018
Jack Hammett, K4VV, of Paeonian Springs, Virginia, died on January 2 after a lengthy illness. An ARRL Life Member, Hammett was 78.
A US Army Signal Corps officer, Hammett, who held a PhD in physics, specialized in noise research.
After Hammett and his wife Sharon purchased a large tract atop Catoctin Ridge, he constructed his dream multi-position contesting station, which included an antenna farm featuring two Telrex Big Bertha rotating poles, a 106-foot monopole and a 120-foot self-supporting tower.
Shortly after completing the station, Hammett was diagnosed with Alzheimer.s disease, and he couple invited a group of his Amateur Radio friends to continue to operate the station. For several years, K4VV was at the forefront of multi-multi remote radio contesting.
The station was closed three years ago, although four towers and huge OWA Yagis remain in place.
Mike Lonneke, W4AAW, one of the K4VV operators, remembered Hammett as a 'kind, happy, brilliant, highly accomplished and generous man'. Sharon Hammett has requested memorial donations to Alzheimer's disease research. - Thanks to Mike Lonneke, W4AAW
Due to health reasons, K4VV is now closed and the station is being dismantled. The team of operators who built the station into the world's first Totally Remote Multi/Multi Contest Station has not disbanded. They now operate station W4AAW in contests. For more information on the Remote Radio Contesting Project, visit www.QRZ.com/db/W4AAW.
TeamK4VV
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K4VV is a contesting station located atop Catoctin Ridge near Paeonian Springs, VA. Two Telrex Big Bertha rotating masts support 17 optimum wide-spaced array yagis for 10, 15 and 20 meters. On 40 meters there is a two-stack of 4 el OWA yagis. Other very high antennas are available for 80 and 160 meters.
TeamK4VV is a group of over twenty dedicated operators who help maintain and operate the station. Three of the station's operating positions can be operated either by in-shack operators or by remote control over the Internet from anywhere in the world. Last November, CX7TT, operating from Uruguay (8,300 km distance) achieved a Clean Sweep in the CW Sweepstakes.
Several videos of K4VV antennas and operations are on YouTube, listed under "K4VV".
We hope to work you in several of the upcoming contests. 73
TeamK4VV Dec 2014
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LOTW OK BUREAU CARDS OK
Direct via W2YE
Bureau via NC4S
Due to health reasons, K4VV is now closed and the station is being dismantled. The team of operators who built the station into the world's first Totally Remote Multi/Multi Contest Station has not disbanded. They now operate station WØYR in contests. For more information on the Remote Radio Contesting Project, visit QRZ.com/WØYR.
TeamK4VV Aug 2015
No operators needed: A slightly dated photo from the now-dismantled K4VV MM contest
K4VV at 2 meter position and W3BTX on 6 meter.