Imported post: Facebook Note: 2009-12-31T14:47:27

Since this is an email thread, it may make more sense if it is read from bottom to top. An interesting piece of information about Austin's wife is in there too. I think I've tagged everyone who's on Facebook. Feel free to pass this along should I have overlooked anybody. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Dennis Please feel free to pass anything on to Joe's family. Email is certainly a lot easier to handle than 15 or 20m 73 Allan -----Original Message----- From: Dennis [mailto:dennis@denniso.com] Sent: 31 December 2009 18:52 To: Allan Isaacs Subject: Re: G3AQY Hello Allan, Yes, that is correct, he was "Joe" on the air, but he was Uncle George to me. I suspect that he used Joe on the ham bands because it was easier to send (and receive) on CW, although I never once heard him on morse. I have a friend who used an HT-37 for years back in the 1970's. That radio has some of the best audio quality around, but you really have to keep up with the phasing drift, else you're always transmitting DSB! The HQ-170 is another storied radio. BTW, I was fascinated by that homebrew HRO transceiver that Austin built for his daughter to "phone home" while she was away at school. The HRO dial is a marvel in and of itself. I hope to meet you on the air someday. I have just acquired a 3 element tri-band beam that I hope to get up in the air soon, just in time for the sunspots to come back. If it's alright with you, I'd like to pass this along to Joe's family. I know they'd all be interested in learning that Austin's wife is staying with you over the New Year's Eve. 73, Dennis O'Dell N4QM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Isaacs" To: "'Dennis O'Dell'" Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:33 PM Subject: RE: G3AQY > Pleased to meet you Dennis. > I remember talking to W4CJG in Louisville many years ago. We called him > Joe > rather than George although I can't say why that was so. > Gill, Austin's wife is staying with us here in the New Forest in Southern > England until this weekend. (emphasis mine - DrO) > She is no longer active on the amateur bands and has recently given me > Austin's radio gear. > I'm not too active myself but I am attempting to rebuild my old HT37 > transmitter to accompany an old Hammarlund HQ170 receiver so I can go back > on the air with all-tube equipment. > Best wishes > Allan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis O'Dell [mailto:dennis@denniso.com] > Sent: 31 December 2009 13:39 > To: allan.isaacs@btopenworld.com > Cc: dennis.odell@abc.com; Dennis O'Dell > Subject: G3AQY > > I stumbled upon your virtual radio museum website while I was searching > for > G3AQY. I was directed to it because of the reference to your > father-in-law. > > My uncle was W4CJG, George O'Dell, who kept a daily schedule with Austin > for > many years. My cousin Polly was going through some of George's ham radio > keepsakes, and came across some tape recorded letters that Austin sent to > my > Uncle and his family. Unfortunately she was unable to find a qsl card from > him (although she did find one of mine). I mentioned that I had found a > reference to him via your website, and I decided to go ahead and contact > you > for them. > > Your father-in-law, for all practical purposes, was a member of the George > O'Dell extended family, which included me. It was my uncle's qsos with > Austin that got me involved in Ham radio in my teens. I was WN4HUS then, > and these many years later now hold N4QM. > > It would be nice to read any remembrances of Austin and his family, and of > his Ham radio operations. > > Thanks, and very 73. > > Dennis O'Dell N4QM