Many years ago, at the July 1968 club meeting, a question of changing the club callsing from W6OTX to something shorter was brought up, and that is when the club was reminded of the history of its callsign.

I’ll repeat it here, becuase it is an important memory of Wilbur Lauridson, the original holder.
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I’ve recently been going through the dusty, musky archives that have been retrieved from the non-weatherproof PAARA trailer. I have discovered when PAARA and the Menlo Park CD Radio Club were joined at the hip (March, 1970), and when the first PAARA picnic was (1979 in Huddart Park).

More details, and perhaps some pictures, will emerge as I continue this historical research.

This year&#8217’s Field Day will be awesome, with more HF stations, bigger antennas, and more demonstrations for visitors and the media.

We will be operating in the 4A category—four HF stations, one Get On The Air station, a VHF/UHF station, satellite, and perhaps even HSMM—something for everyone.

So come to get a preview, and find out how you can help make this the club&#8217’s best Field Day ever.

Gerry, N6NV will introduce you to our grand plan, our station captains will tell you about their equipment, and then we’ll show you how to operate our new networked logging system.