Written By Chuck Bliley, K3NAU@AOL.com
January 12, 2018

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INTRODUCTION

After I was discharged from the Coast Guard in 1971 was once again active in the Radio Association of Erie and headed back to college.

Bob Bair, WA3HDK, the editor of the club's newsletter asked me to take over photographing and writing profiles of interesting hams in the Erie area.hese articles were title, "Ham of the Month". I was not so certain I could do it, but I agreed to give it a try. After seeing the results, Bob asked me to continue doing the articles as long as I would like. Bob was a good editor and made my work look great. Thanks Bob!

I used a 35mm SLR and processed the film at home in my bathroom. Enlarger placed on a 2' x 2' sheet of plywood bridging the bathtub, and chemical trays on the bottom of the tub. The finished photos were hung from the shower curtain rod. It was not a sophisticated arrangement, but it did work.

As I get time, I will scan other articles that I wrote for the QUA-RAE. In all, there are seven profiles and several more articles that I wrote that you may find interesting. One is missing and I cannot remember the ham's name found in Proof Sheet Roll 2. If you know who this person is, please write me with the answer. Thanks.

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"HAM OF THE MONTH" ARTICLES

	LINDSAY H. JETER, W3HTD December 1971 * Newsletter Article (0.7Mb/PDF)			TOM GANNON, W3YX (D) March 1972 Includes: Tom's self-profile of his life and ham radio interests. * Newsletter Article (1Mb/PDF)
	ISABELLE BLILEY KAISER, W3KPE, (A.K.A. "Mom") (D) January 1972 * Newsletter Article (1Mb/PDF)			CHUCK MANROSS, WA3KAI (D) May 1972 * Newsletter Article (0.5 Mb/PDF)
	LEO WEINER, W3LOS February 1972 Celebrated his 105th birthday in November 2017! * Newsletter Article (3Mb/PDF) * Gallery of All Photos from the Session * Interview at 105 on YouTube * Erie Newspaper Article Nov. 2017			WESLEY R. "DOC" COOK, W3VHP (D) July 1972 * Newsletter Article (1Mb/PDF)
	RICHARD "DOC" STANCLIFF, K3AXS (D) February 1972 * Newsletter Article (1Mb/PDF)			D = Known to be deceased as of November 2017

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NEGATIVE PROOF SHEETS FOR ARTICLES

Here is a collection of 35mm negative proof sheets I created for consideration to these articles. Not all of the photos were solely for the QUA-RAE newsletter. Some are of my family and me, along with some related to possible other articles for the newsletter. I apologize for the mixed orientation, but these prints were intended for my personal use at the time and not for Web presentation 45 years later! Just download them and use your photo editor to rotate the sheet images. Each sheet image file is about 2 Megabytes.

Click on the thumbnail images to view them in relatively high resolution. Who know, you may find yourself in one of them. :-)

	ROLL 1 SUBJECTS Bob Bair, WA3HDK Leo Weiner, W3LOS Jim Rose, WA3FFD Chris Hopkins, WN3QVC (D)			ROLL 2 SUBJECTS Powell Brown, K3QAY (D) Myron Powers, W3ALD
	ROLL 3 SUBJECTS Lindsay Jeter, W3HTD			ROLL 4 SUBJECTS "Doc" Cook, W3VHP (D)
	ROLL 5 SUBJECTS Commuter Orientation @ Edinboro State College (The very day I met my first wife!) Field Day 1972 Chuck Smith, W3ZLO Solar Eclipse at Chuck Smith's Field Day 1972: Rick, WA3GUL Jim, Wa3FFD, Rick, WA3MKT & Joe, WA3MAU			ROLL 6 SUBJECTS RAE 146.19/79 MHz Repeater for Elevator Tower in Bob Smith's, K3WTZ, House Isabelle Kaiser, W3KPE Chuck Bliley Portraits Larry Kaiser, Stepfather
	ROLL 7 SUBJECTS RAE 146.19/79 MHz Repeater Equipment for Elevator Tower in Bob Smith's, K3WTZ, House Tom Gannon, W3YX			ROLL 8 SUBJECTS Chuck Smith's, W3ZLO, 34/94 Repeater in His House Isabelle Kaiser, W3KPE

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I hope you had fun looking over these old ems. Have a great day!

Chuck Bliley, K3NAU
Webster, NY, USA.

E-Mail: K3NAU@AOL.com

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