Jan 2, 2025
It has been a while since my last post, but the Southcars’ bus has been running well on all cylinders for many miles, picking up several new members along the way. We now have over 14,690 individuals who have joined The ScouthCars’ Net.
We have had Net Control Stations retire after many years of dedicated service, but during the same time, we gained just as many new ones that have been doing a superb job. This includes all the Alternate Net Control Stations that are very important to our operation, by steeping forward and filling in session vacancies when our full time Net Control Stations are unavailable to run their session.
This year 2024, our organization has been impacted with tragedy. Many of our members have passed on, becoming Silent Keys (SK). Several of them were viewed as true pillars of Southcars for many years, who volunteered their service to Southcars in the positions of management, i.e. Net General Manager, and the Net Control Station Manager/Net Scheduler. I would like to give recognition to each of these gentleman.
WB4GOV John Bostic: The first General Manager of Southcars following the reorganization of the net in 1996. He passed away November 9, 2024.
W4FHC Fred Crosby: The longest serving Net Control Station/Net Scheduler in the history of Southcars, Fred passed away June 11, 2024.
W2LEW Lew Iritz: Net Control Station/Net Scheduler. Lew took this position in late 2023 when Fred became unable to continue due to his sickness. Lew passed away June 13, 2024.
These gentlemen have created a void within our organization, however they will not be forgotten as long as we can see their names and calls here and for as long as we keep them in our heartfelt memories.
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Feb 21, 2021
From the Net manager Richard ND4Z :
Dec 14, 2020
From the Net manager Richard ND4Z :
I want to thank our new Web Master : Judson KJ4IDH and also to Glen WB4KW our Data Base Manager for all the time and work on our new Web Site !
Thank you very much,
Richard ND4Z