Bob Redoutey, N5KF, and Ben Thornton, NI5B, of Austin, Texas, have formed a new amateur radio club, callsign NU5DE, whose purpose is to promote the naturist philosophy among amateur radio operators worldwide. The FCC has officially assigned this callsign to The Naturist Amateur Radio Club. The club call can be used primarily for naturist events where amateur radio is being promoted and to promote naturism among the amateur radio community.
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Preliminary results for the 1997 Nude Recreation Week Special Event Stations are in. This year Bob, N5KF worked stations all week long, and with help from Ben, NI5B, racked up 471 contacts. That's more than the combined total of all participating members last year! Curtis, AE4BT also worked stations from TN. |
| Ben (at left) and Bob at their 1997 NRW station,
at Star Ranch. |
Name Callsign Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Bob KF5KF 54 93 56 39 21 72 136 Curtis AE4BT 6 27 8 The known total so far is 512 contacts.N5KF - Bob Redoutey
AE4BT - Curtis Harbin
All from his house in Jonesboro, TN
So far about 200 SASE's in to the PO Box in Austin.
The demo station at the 1997 Western Naturist Gathering went well! I contacted a total of 4 stations, one of which was at Lupin Naturist Club. I won't claim that it was the first time this was a 2-way contact on ham radio between 2 nudist resorts, but it *is* the first time that I know of that two members of NARSIG did so. Of the other 3 stations, one was a regular on the 20m net and mIRC chat room, and the other 2 were non-naturist friends I went to school with in San Luis Obispo, CA. By the way, the Western Naturists Gathering itself was also a great success! Congratulations to Swallows Sun Island for a job well done!
We do need volunteers for demo stations at the other TNS Gatherings and AANR conventions. Please email jimc@sdctp.com if you have any interest in volunteering, as I can help you make arrangements with the participating clubs.
July 8-14; NUDE Recreation Week United States & Canada
Special Event Stations 7.265MHZ, 14.265MHZ, 21.365MHZ, and 28.465MHZ.
Below is a list of known Special Event Stations and number of contacts. This list was updated July 30, 1996.
Name Callsign Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Bob KF5KF 16 6 2 23 56 22 Dave WA2HOY 2 14 11 10 4 Jim WB6ZPB 9 20 23 43 54 10 Bob K8RDN 37 45 The known total so far is 407 contacts.Bob, KF5KF, Ben, NI5B, Steve, KG5BR, Crystal, N5LEQ, and Raye, WA4CJC, operated at Star Ranch, near Austin, TX, July 13 and 14 on all of the above frequencies, though most of their contacts were on 20m.
Dave, WA2HOY, operated from Rochester, NY, during the evenings July 8 through 13 on 14.265 and 28.465.
Jim, WB6ZPB operated from San Diego, CA, on all of the above frequencies July 9 through 14, but actually heard replies on only 20m.
| July 18-21; Western Naturist Gathering, Lupin
Naturist Club, Los Gatos, CA
Jim Campbell, WB6ZPB operated a demo station at 2330Z (4:30PM PDT) on
7.265 MHZ on July 20th. Contact was made with Bill, WA6YPE,
who lives near and is a member of Silver
Valley Sun Club, which is near Barstow, CA. There were 11 people present
for the demo, and NARSIG now has 5 new members.
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| Some of those that attended the 1996 WNG ham radio demo |