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The Queen Mary in Long Beach
The 1999 ARRL SouthWestern Division Convention was held on the Queen Mary luxury ocean
liner. The Queen Mary has been a permanent tourist attraction docked in
Long Beach, California since 1967.
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This is one of the many seminar programs held
during the 1999 SouthWestern Division Convention. The event shown here is the
ARRL panel session. The ARRL division director, Fried Heyn-WA6WZO, can be seen
standing near by the podium.
Photo by KQ6JD
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A view of the Ham Radio exhibitor's area, where vendors show off
the latest gear, usually at specially reduced prices. Photo
by KQ6JD |
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Some of the Ham Radio exhibits parked outside
the Queen Mary (L-R: ICOM and Gordon West).
Photo by KQ6JD
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Lowell-KQ6JD is shown standing on the deck of the Queen Mary in
front of the antenna system of W6RO, the ham radio voice of the Queen Mary. Photo by KQ6JD |
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Members of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club
selling tickets to the Midnight Ceremony of The Royal Order of the Wouff Hong. (L to
R) Bud-WA6VPP the OCARC president; Tom-WA6PFA; and Steve-KE6NAH.
Photo by W6HHC
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Part of the OCARC cast and crew for the Wouff Hong ceremonies.
(L to R) Ken-W6HHC, Chris-KJ6ZH Ceremony Producer, Jim-KE6UCH,
Bud-WA6VPP. Cory-KE6WUI, and Bob-AF6C. Notice the appropriate name on
the building for HAMS to practice ceremony rehersals.
Photo by AF6C |
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At the Convention Banquet Chris-KJ6ZH, Producer
for the Midnight Ceremony of The Royal Order of the Wouff Hong presents Riley
Hollingsworth -K4ZDH with an honary Wouff Hong to help the FCC with its enforcement
efforts.
Photo by W6XD
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This is a photo of the OCARC's "Terrible
Wouff Hong", an instrument used by The Royal Order of the Wouff Hong to discipline
thoughtless and/or naive hams who do not have a high regard for fellow hams.
Photo by KE6UCH |
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Royal
Order of the Wouff Hong |
Pictures of the midnight ceremony of The Royal
Order of the Wouff Hong are available for viewing only by visitors who are members of the
Royal Order. After you enter the LINK above, use the Royal Order password
when prompted.
Note: The private Wouff Hong
picture collection (above) is in ".PDF" format and requires Adobe Acrobat©
Reader -- available free for most computer platforms (just click below):
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