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David L. 'Dave' Emmons Winter Park, FL QCWA # 37564 Chapter 45 |
David was born on June 15, 1935 and passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. The family lived in a Japanese neighborhood, and David and Don attended Japanese schools and learned to speak the language.
He spent his teenage summers riding the American West, traveling extensively through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Colorado on a WWII Army surplus Harley-Davidson, experiences he never forgot.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to Creations from the Heart, which makes and donates handmade items to be used by babies, children and families served by Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies in Orlando, Florida.
I started Haming in 1949 in the days before the novice license. I believe the original license that I have was a class B license and in 1955 I took the general class test. My call In those years was W5JKW.
In the 1970s I was raising little girls and they started charging money for a Ham license and for a while I let my license lapse.
After a few years I picked it back up and in the 1980s I took the extra class test. My call in Florida has been W4NWL since 1959.
My main ham equipment is a Yaesu FT 1000. I also have an IC 706 MKG with a AT-180 antenna tuner. My main antenna is a Cushcraft R-9 vertical multiband antenna. It is quite a good antenna and has a real really good ground.
One of my interesting contacts was Igor in the Ukraine who told me that he received the strongest signal from North America from me. He was amazed that I only had 200 W to the Cushcraft antenna.
I have recently discovered VOIP (voice over internet), I use both Hamsphere and QSO.net.
