Jim Clark passed away earlier this week, he was a member of our club and very active in many capacities. His wife Patsy was always by his side. Cards of Condolences can be sent to :

Patsy Clark

191 Empire Drive

Fortuna, Ca. 95540

One of our long time club members, Ben Autry, K6LHR, passed earlier this week.His grand daughter, Becky Cookson, wanted the membership to know of his memorial service being held on Monday Nov. 27 at 11:00am at the Angels Memorial  Chapel, 1071 S. Main St. Angels Camp, CA.I had the pleasure of meeting Ben a few times a the the old Perko’s Coffee shop in Angels Camp before he temporarily moved to Florida. The club used to hold the club breakfasts there until closing and becoming the Calaveras Hospice Thrift Store.For those club members not having known Ben here is an excerpt from his biography on QRZ.

I have been a Ham since the early 50’s when I lived in San Leandro, CA.. Spent several years in the Navy ( 1942-1945) and then another stint in the Naval Air Corp. After some 18 years in the engineering Dept of Southern Pacific RR and another few years as Engineer for a major construction Co. I finally worked for and retired from the City Of Newark, Ca, Moved to Angels Camp, CA and set up a repeater on Fowler Peak which is still operating on `145.170. Club call there is still CARS.

After XYL passed away I Moved to Leesburg, Fl in 2006.  I have now moved back to Murphys, Ca.

. Still active on 2 and HF.

Station is rather simple. I run a Kenwood TS 450 into a Mosley 2 element beam. Gives me really good results at only 20 ft. above ground. Gated community rule.

 Work 20 and 40 most of the time

OMISS # 7516

Southcars #8896

Ben must have been one of the founding members to have mentioned help setting up the repeater on Fowler Peak. I am sure fellow members have some great stories to tell ,perhaps at a club meeting.

Sorry to bring sad news on your Happy Thanksgiving Day.

73

Mark, N6IV

CARS, it is with sadness that I pass along this information we received yesterday:

My name Is Len Hanson, I grew up going up to Fowler peak working on the 145.170 repeater with my Dad Doug Hanson WB6MFV.
Later, after his father passed, he took his fathers call sign W7IRJ.
I am sad to report that my father passed away yesterday in Roseburg, OR.
I felt it was important to write to this club and let them know.