About K6CU:

First licensed 1959 as KN7JYE
Upgraded to K7JYE in 1960
Current callsign K6CU in 1995
Married, 5 children
Career in magazine ad sales

Radio Locations:

1959-1971: Oakridge, Oregon
1971-1974: Hood River, Oregon
1974-1983: Alamo, California
1983-2000: Brea, California
2000-Present: Murrieta, California

Favorite Radio Activities:

DX and Contesting - CW
Restoring old wood radios
Operating QRP
Classic radios

QSL from Oakridge, Oregon - 1970

The Birthday Kids... Three of our grandchildren (Colston, Kristopher and Haylie) all celebrated their birthdays at a family barbecue in May.


	"Elmers"... "Elmer" is a ham radio term for people who help others become "hams" with their knowledge and experience. Here are some of the "Elmers" in my life: W7FXZ (sk) - "Charlie". A janitor by trade, he educated dozens of high school kids on ham radio, including me. W7ULC (sk) - Jerry worked more DX with "finesee" than he did with high power. N6AW - Jan is the ultimate contester and antenna guru. An inspiration on what can be done. W7AZK (sk) - Gave me my first transmitter -- an ARC-5 -- and was my first qso. A lesson on giving to others was learned. Wally & Marcy - The nicest people I've ever worked for. They showed me I wasn't too old to learn new tricks.

It was a party central at the Albrant's home on Saturday, May 10th, as we celebrated 4 birthdays, and 5 mothers on their day.

Colston, Kristopher and Haylie all got a chance to blow out candles on the birthday cake (Patti was not able to make it to the event).

Daughters Carrie Ann, Carrie Renee, Kristen, plus Robbin and Florence, were the special mothers celebrating. This was Carrie Ann's first Mother's Day with new daughter Chloe. Florence is a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother!

We all enjoyed a buffet style barbecue.

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Kayla and Colston watch as Grandma Robbin opens one of her Mother's Day cards...

Grandma Florence O'Flaherty is happy with one of her Mother's Day gifts...

About This Website:

On this website you'll find information on ham radio station K6CU, and his family, including a few photos (some old, some new), of interesting people and radios I've had the pleasure to know.