Boy and Car

Left: Gerry N2GJ in front of his old 1978 Toyota (which was brand new when this photo was taken!)

Right: Gerry N2GJ sitting at his ham shack in Kingston, NJ in 1978. This photo became the picture on his QSL card (he bought 1,000 of them and still has a few left!) Note the Kenwood TS-520, D-104 microphone, RCA Tac-Tec handi-talkie, The SBE-144 2-meter transceiver and the CDE Rotor box (that drove my Ham-M rotor that turned my TA-36/40 beam). OH, and the "Not a CB'er" bumper sticker....

My Favorite Airplane of All Time

Here is a photo of a model built by Ron Peterka of Ramona, CA. I saw a picture of this plane (a Ryan STA) in a magazine and wrote to him to say how much I liked it. He sent me an original photo of it (along with a gorgeous photo of a model Gee Bee racer he also built). This is a 1/6th scale model. I hope you like it as much as I do!

I believe Steve Pitcairn (of the autogiro family fame) actually owns an original STA -- at least I remember seeing a photo of him flying one on the cover of an airplane magazine a bunch of years ago.

Memo from Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr.

I once wrote a letter to the head of Radio Shack. At that time, this was Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. He wrote this hand-written note back to me that said:

To: Jeri
Date 3/12/1980

Thanks for your interesting clipping!!

The Ham business just seems beyond our current intentions due to an insufficient population. Many of us hope that situation will change.

With 7600 world outlets, we really must stay with big movers and turnover. Imagine 7600 Collins floor samples?

Appreciatively,

Lew Kornfeld

My friend Al AA2H

This is a photo of my friend, Al AA2H, taken during ARRL Field Day back in 1978! He's really a great guy!

73,

GJ