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.: dedication to Felix Ghirlando
My grandfather Felix Ghirlando
was Italian born, married my maltese grandmother from the island
country of Malta and after the war, they setted here on Long Island,
in NY, USA. He was a very industrious gentleman and was a technician
at NBC Radio. I am told he had many interested in self doing
projects. He was very active in amateur radio back in his
day. He even was involved in local civil defense organizations and
Radio clubs. I learnt he was also active in foxhunts with his club
and friends. He was active in the 40's and 50's, his call was W2VQY.
Sadly at only 47 years of age he became a 'silent key' in
1955, just a few months before I was born. His equipment was donated
to the local church and his call; I guess was put back in the FCC
pool. As far as I know that is where it stayed, until I began my
search for it. Since nothing of his station was ever recovered, my
search for his callsign was coming-up empty. One day I
remembered that ARRL's QST Magazine has a Silent Key column in every
issue. I soon was in contact with John C. Hennessee, N1KB; The
Regulatory Information Specialist, from the Field and Educational
Services Department, at ARRL. Mr. Hennessee took the time to look
reseach back QRT issues of 1955 and sure enough he found my
grandfather's name and callsign in the March 1955 issue. I filed for
his callsign and in less than 30 days was granted his call as my
own. So after almost 46 years his call is now back in the family and
on the air. My personal thanks to: N1KB John C.
Hennessee
.: Felix L. Ghirlando
Working at NBC
Radio in New York City
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broadcasting
The Weekly
Newsmagazine of
Radio
November 15, 1943
DUGOUT PICKUP was necessary when
Felix L. Ghirlando, NBC
Technician, handled the controls for a Army Hour
broadcast which originated at Infantry School, Fort Benning
(Ga.). The broadcast involved the firing of 105 mm howitzers
as well as small arms. Mr. Ghirlando was moved up
close to the impact area on Hook range to pick up the full
effects of the explosions. Dugout was to prevent being hit by
shell fragments.
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