September 2016

Volume 28 Number 9
August 2016
THE WIRELESS
Published Monthly by the Iredell County Amateur Radio Society
40th Anniversary!!
Next Meeting
The next meeting is at 1145
on September 10th. It will be
at Lakewood Park, Statesville.
For directions, see our
WebSite at W4SNC.org
August Program
The September program will
be will be 40th Anniversary.
The 40th is HERE!
Wow! 40 years. Who would have thought in 1976 we would have been
celebrating 40 years of the Iredell County Amateur Radio Society? I
bet that Don W4DON and John WB4WRY, our two remaining
founding members, hoped that ICARS would be here now. From the
modest beginnings, and all the struggles ICARS has been through, (you
did read our history on the web site, didn’t you?) we have come quite a
ways in the past 40 years. I hope to see everyone at Lakewood Park on
Saturday the 10th of September. We are charged with eclipsing the
previous record of 55 at the 20th anniversary get-together. See you
there!
To show some of the things that have happened, I have found some
archives that show our history. Enjoy!
October Program
The September Program will
“The Changing RFI
Landscape”, by Kim Craven,
Duke Energy Professional
Engineer. He will meet us at
the Boxcar Grille at 1730,
come and meet and greet
him.
(the Wireless is 6 pages this
month, be sure and read to the
end)
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1986 Officers:
1991 Proclamation
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Note from the Wireless Editor - Oct 2006
Events in Radio
1921
19 September: The first commercially licensed radio
broadcasting station in the United States, WBZ, is launched
by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Springfield,
Massachusetts.
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Debbie Freeze W0CJV
I was born on September 17 in Imperial Nebraska. This is a small farm community in south west
Nebraska next to Colorado and Kansas lines. My father was a lineman and lay many of the electric
lines in this area so folks could have electric power. He was a ham radio operator and most evenings
you find me on his lap listening to him talk all over the area. I was thrilled to listen and most
mornings I find myself in bed after I fell to sleep in his lap listening. By age five my dad was killed
and my mother was left to raise three children by herself. She moved to find work often but she kept
us fed. I missed dad and everything he showed me. I had to take care of my sister and brother because
mother did not have money to pay babysitters. I took on this responsibility and did a good job. My
brother and I decided we were going to talk some way. We decided on CB. It worked great and we
always knew what and where to find each other. During high school I worked full time and graduated
in the top 10% of my class. I had two scholarships to CSU but not enough money to go to college. I
joined the navy to earn my school benefits and GI loan. I married while in service and had a little boy.
Upon discharge I went back to school to be a nurse. I had always wanted to be a nurse. I graduated
with honors and took my boards. My husband was from Mooresville NC. We moved here to be close
to family and nine years later I kicked him to the curb and stayed in North Carolina. I stayed single
for nine years and I continued to talk with my brother. We talked on ten meter band most of the time
to get away from folks who were doing skip. My brother and I noticed one day cars that had
directional antennas on top. We packed up our stations and moved our equipment to be safe from the
FCC. We had too much to lose so my brother decided he was going to become a ham. He took his test
and started in on me. I met Perry Taylor and he told me to come to class at Mitchell he help me get
started. I passed my tests but really needed my general to talk to my brother in Colorado. So back to
the books I went. Took my code test and general in Salisbury at the library. Larry Earle help me get up
and started with the antenna and station. I remarried to my present husband and he was a welder by
trade. We owned a steel fabrication shop and I always could count on him to help me with any ham
projects. We have retired and still to this day I love my husband as much as the day I met him. We
have one granddaughter(who lives in Denver, Colorado), three grandsons and one great grandson.
Life can be very hard but rewards are even better. When the vanity call signs were offered my brother
decided he did not want to change his call sign from KB0DWI so it was decided that I would apply
for my dad's call sign of W0CJV. I had a copy of his license and it was no problem. Today when I use
his call sign a smile comes to my face and I know he is smiling back at me.
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ICARS at Shelby Hamfest
We had a booth at the Shelby Hamfest. Thanks to all who helped and attended!
ICARS Booth at Shelby - from the left Ben W4BGP, Don WA4NIZ, Rick KE4TEP, Jimmy KC4SZF.
Picture by Johnny KC4KQC
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