THE WACKY WINGDINGERS

DEDICATED TO THE AMATEUR RADIO FRATERNITY WHERE A MILLIWATT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP RETURNS A KILOWATT OF SATISFACTION

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

WWD NETS MEET EACH MONDAY

The WWD nets meet at 7PM each Monday on 28.390 MHz. (10 meters) and at 8PM on the W4IZ 146.7/444.4 MHz Repeater System.

The WWD traces its beginning back to Spring 1957 when what is now the North Florida Amateur Radio Society was organized as the Wacky Wing Ding Society at a backyard cookout on Chaseville Road.
 

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

WWD BASIC CERTIFICATE


The NOFARS Wacky Wing Ding Society certificate is available to those Amateur Radio operators who contact seven (7) certificate holders.

The certificate is FREE for NOFARS members and costs $1 for non-members. A self-addressed stamped envelope is required for mailing of a certificate.  Otherwise certificates will be presented at a NOFARS meeting.

NOFARS members who wish to pick up their certificate at a meeting may make application by e-mail to n4uf@nofars.net  Please advise the meeting that you will be able to attend to be presented with your certificate. Click here for meeting dates.


No specific application form is required. List the 7 WWD certificate holders that were contacted by call sign, operators first name and WWD number.

Send certificate applications to Billy Williams, N4UF; P.O. Box 9673; Jacksonville, FL 32208.

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

RECENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED

OUT-OF-AREA CERTIFICATE HOLDERS ARE ISSUED ##101 TO 999

893.....KG4KVZ 894.....KF4HOQ
   

 


LOCAL WWD CERTIFICATE HOLDERS HAVE ##1-100 AND ##1000 & ABOVE

1404....KB2THD 1412....K2LSF 1420....W4UFG 1428....N1TJE
1405....KF4LUV 1413....KI4YOB 1421....KB4BLI 1429....N2GLF
1406....KG4IAL 1414....KI4UUL 1422....KJ4IXW 1430....KG4UNB
1407....KG4UKL 1415....KI4ZHR 1423....KH6OU  
1408....W4BXT 1416....K2RMA 1424...KI4RHQ  
1409....WB8GVI 1417....KI4MUG 1425...KJ4JKZ  
1410....K4WMN 1418....KI4YNH 1426....KJ4GNK  
1411....KB2NEJ 1419....KJ4FEQ 1427....KG4GBX  

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

ENDORSEMENT APPLICATION PROCEDURES

WWD endorsements are issued for contacting 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200 different WWD certificate holders and in additional increments of 25. Endorsements are free for NOFARS members.  The cost to those who are not members of NOFARS is $1 for each sticker.  A self addressed stamped envelope is required if stickers are to be mailed. Endorsements can be presented at a NOFARS meeting.

When applying for endorsements, please send a cumulative log listing all contacts.  Give the call, first name and certificate number for each beginning with your first WWD contact.

Send endorsement applications to Billy Williams, N4UF; P.O. Box 9673; Jacksonville, FL 32208.

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

WACKY WING DING REWIND: SUMMER 1979

1979 was a year when bands were hot.  A net log from Monday, August 26, 1979 indicates 30 check-ins to the WWD net on 28.690 MHz.  Apparently, ten meters was not open that night as only local stations were recorded in the log.

The net started at 2000 (8pm EDT) and concluded at 2216 (10:16pm EDT).  These were the check ins:

N4UF Billy WWD #2  (Net Control);  W4IZ WWD #1; WD4MDM Pat WWD #1010; WD4ETG Bob WWD # 80;  WA4WPQ Carl WWD #53; WD4LSE Bob WWD #1019; WA4EYU Charlie WWD #6; WB4BMB J.H. WWD #1007; WD4AIP Eric; WA4GYJ Bob WWD #47; WD4ITK Steve WWD #74; WD4IYR Dave WWD #1021; K4KUU Maxine WWD #31; KA4GVK Win WWD #1018; WB1ELI/4 Dick WWD #1028; KA4FYC Bill WWD #1020; WD4KGV Don WWD #1016; W4JL Jim WWD #29; WD4JWR Fred WWD #86; KN4Y Ed WWD #66; W4MET Tex WWD #98; W4DRM Perry WWD #45; W4PTT Pete WWD #50; KA4FPO Curtis WWD #1027; KF4S Gary WWD #1015; W2KGI/4 Bob WWD #41;  N4BFX Tom WWD #1022; WD4KKF Margie; WD4OCJ Joe WWD #1023; WD4IGP Jack WWD #1017.

In 1979, there was no two meter WWD net.  Novices did not have ten meter privileges.  The 2010 WWD frequency 28.390 MHz. was CW only in 1979.

Currently, the Wacky Wing Ding Net meets on the W4IZ 146.7/444.4 MHz repeater each Monday at 8PM.  Also, sometimes there is a WWD HF net at 7:30PM Monday on 28.390 MHz.  If no net control is present, any WWD member may call the net. All check-ins are welcome. 

BALANCED MODULATOR ONLINE NEWSLETTER NEW HAM ADVISOR GETTING STARTED IN HAM RADIO HAMFEST MEETINGS & EVENTS
ROSTER NETS FCC TESTING W4IZ REPEATER SKYWARN
MEMBERSHIP INFO HRAWORLD PHOTOS  LINKS SEDAN
WACKY WINGDING NET ARES HOME  WEATHER REPORTING CONSTITUTION