Hams and Others Who Have Sent Gifts
and Lent Equipment
· Mr. T. Alberts, PA0TAU (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bob Allen, KK5MI (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bob Allphin, K4UEE (South Georgia Island VP8GEO & Southern Thule / South Sandwich Island VP8THU DXpedition videos)
· American Radio Relay League, Station-in-School Grant
· Mr. Dave Anderson, K4SV (QSL cards, May/June 2004 DX Magazine)
· Mr. Donald Backys, K9UQN (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Dr. Martin Bayes, AA1ON (ham radio teaching materials; large collection of QSLs; ham radio tutorial and study sessions, classroom visits, web profile, Lucky Cat from Japan)
· Bay State Federal Charitable Foundation, Mr. John Murphy, Chairman, President and CEO and first grade grandparent of Brendan Rocha (HAMster letter, $2,500.00 donation)
· Mr. William Beal, W1PNR (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Gordy Bello, K1GB (FARA support, Zack and Mac, Lost in Seattle and Zack and Mack, Mady Goes to England ham radio comic books)
· Mr. Bill Beyer, N2WB (HAMster letter, Peter I Island map and other 3Y0X DXpedition souvenirs)
· Mr. William Blasingame, K14AAN (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Hans Peter Blattler, HB9BXE (HAMster letter, QSL cards, color copy of QST Magazine article QRV from the top of Africa, April, 2005)
· Mr. Richard Bongeomo, W6VX (class set of his QSL card, color photo, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Mike Bragassa, K5UO (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. John Brannon, W4RBO (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note, miscellaneous QSL cards)
· Mr. Jeff Briggs, K1ZM ($40.00 donation)
· Mr. Howie Bromberg, K1VSJ (class set of his QSL card)
· Ms. Betty and Mr. Ed Byrd, KB5CSQ and KA5VFU, (class set of their QSL cards)
· Mr. Duane Calvin, KB2HV (class set of his QSL card, miscellaneous QSL cards)
· Dr. Theodore Cohen, N4XX, ($200.00 donation for 8 code practice oscillators, class set of his QSL card, miscellaneous and gorgeous QSL cards, HAMster letters)
· Mr. Norm Cohler, NH7UA (loan of his awesome “vintage” QSL card collection including the QSL card from his first QSO made on May 16, 1956 J)
· Mr. Richard Cosma, AA1VI (AT-600 VHF+UHF hand-held FM voice transceiver, Icom US Frequency Allocation Radio Spectrum poster, Icom World Map, DX Zone map, amateur radio band plan posters, Yaesu Amateur’s World Map, Morse code key)
· Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Counselman, Jr. ($200.00 donation)
· Dr. Chuck Counselman, W1HIS (QRP transmitter; Morse keys/paddles; iambic keyer; two copies of Ham Radio for Dummies; ham radio text and visual teaching materials; HF doublet antenna; 150 ft. 450-ohm window line; antenna & feedline support structures and materials; balanced-line & coaxial lightning arrestors and grounding; 100 ft. LMR®-400-LLPL low-loss UL plenum-rated coaxial cable; toroidal balun transformer; coaxial common-mode chokes; HF antenna tuner; assorted cable jumpers, connectors, adapters, other parts; instruments; tools; classroom visits, web profile; ham radio tutorial and study sessions QSL cards; logbook;...)
· Mr. Tad Danley, K3TD (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Jim Davis, NN6EE (Grundig G4000A portable HF communications receiver; international postage stamps, class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Ken Dixon, VE3KP (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bill Dodge, K1BD (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bryan Edwards, W5KFT (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Dr. Bob Eshleman, W4DR (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Kenneth Fattmann, NA0Y (class sets of his QSL card, bundles of miscellaneous QSL cards)
· Mr. Dave Flack, AH6HY (class set of his QSL card)
· Framingham Amateur Radio Association, FARA (shipping costs of the HAMsters’ toy drive for Florida hurricane victims; class set of the FARA QSL card, $500.00 donation)
· Dr. Denis Franklin, W6EW (photos and text from his Antarctic icebreaker voyage, web profile, HAMster letter)
· Dr. Ralph Fedor, K0IR (HAMster letter)
· Mr. Norm Fusaro, W3IZ (classroom visit, NASA color prints)
· Ms. Sharon Machlis Gartenberg, KC1YR (web profile)
· Mr. David Gemmell, VK4GL (HAMster letter, kangaroo, joey, koala stuffed-animals; Australian wildlife book; pins)
· Dr. Carlos George-Nascimento, NP4IW (XR0X San Felix Island 2002 DXpedition book; HAMster letter; 3Y0X DXpedition patch)
· Mr. Terry Gerdes, KX6BU (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Keith Gilbertson, K0KG (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Jim Glasscock, W0FF (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Tom Goldsmith, K3PSK (HAMster letter; box of QSL cards from four ham friends including Mr. Earl Johnson, W4LLX, Mr. George Edwards, W40SE, and Mr. Terry Granger, KF4WLN
· Mr. Bob Grimmick, N60X (HAMster letter; 3YOX patches)
· Mr. Don Greenbaum, N1DG (classroom visit, 2 sets of his QSL cards, international money, mica slice from the Himalayas and his A55A DXpedition, many special arrangements to work 3YOX ham friends, loan of Heard Island DXpedition video,)
· Mr. Chuck Guenther, NI0C (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Lars Hansen, KK5V (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Gordon Hardman, W0RUN (HAMster letter; 3Y0X patch)
· Mr. George Harlem, W1EBI (Morse key; loan of antenna tuner, class set of his QSL card, QSO skeds and equipment tests with W1HIS and the HAMsters)
· Mr. Jose Hauser, OA4HJ (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Udo Heinze, N10G (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Robert E. Helms, AF5Z (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Orin Helvey (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Patrick Hess, NK7C (HAMster letter, 3Y0X patches; photos of his shack and ranch)
· Mr. Bill Hickman, W5ITE (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Oscar Hilbert, K1IYD (class set of his QSL card, miscellaneous QSL cards, stamps from Australia, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Ray Hibnick, WA9YYY (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Rusty Hill, NA5TR (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Dave Hoaglin, K1HT (loan of Kenwood TS-450S HF transceiver, Astron SS-25 power supply, paddle, keyer, Bhutan A52A and Clipperton Island FO0AAA DXpedition videos, ham radio tutorial and study sessions)
· Mr. Frank Hoffmann, N2VRA (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Jay Hoskelis, K0BCN (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Gary Hosler, W0AW (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Brad Humelsine, KL7AU (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Bernhardt Huth, YO2CMI (class set of his QSL card)
· Captain Don Inbody, AD0X, (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Alan Jones and Ms. Maria Baguer Jones, first grade parents of Nicholas ($250.00 donation)
· Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kelley, first grade parents of Andrew ($20.00 donation in celebration of Nicholas Jones’ 7th birthday)
· Mr. Chris Kendall, K1CBK (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter, class copy of the wonderful book, Hello World, A Life in Ham Radio)
· Mr. Malcom Keown, W5XX (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Richard Kriss, AA5VU (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Gary Knight, A15T (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter, extra QSL cards and international stamps)
· Mr. Lee Laird, K5UN (7 class sets of his QSL cards, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Dave Landry, KA1CRP (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. and Mrs. Arthur LaRoche ($50.00 donation)
· Ms. Barbara LaRoche ($100.00 donation)
· Ms. Donna LaRoche, KB1LWY (Now You’re Talking! All You Need for your First Amateur Radio License; General Class License Manual; ARRL General Q & A Manual; DK Eyewitness Electronics; Electricity, A Self-Teaching Guide; Understanding Basic Electronics; My World of Science – Conductors and Insulators; My World of Science – Using Electricity; A True Book, Experiments with Electricity; How Can I Experiment with Electricity; two sets of ARRL Introduction to Morse Code CDs; three Morse keys; $500 donation)
· Ms. Jennifer LaRoche ($50.00 donation)
· Mr. Glenn Lowery, K2FF (class set of his QSL card)
· Ms. Vicky Luetzelschwab, AE9YL (5 class sets of her QSL cards, HAMster note)
· Mr. Willy Maclean, W1LY (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bob Mantell, K3BYV (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Eric Martin, K7ABV (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Bill McIninch, KA1MOM (classroom visit, web profile, iambic keyer, ham radio teaching materials)
· Mr. Scott Millick, K9SM (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bill Moore, NC1L (classroom visit, class set of his QSL card, Amateur Radio Emergency Service stickers, The Adventures of Zack and Max Lost in Seattle comic book, 3 copies of the Radio Amateur World Atlas, ARRL certificates of appreciation & pins, two copies of ARRL DXCC list)
· Mr. Ed Morris, K0EFM (class set of his QSL card)
· Ms. Eleanor Morris, KD4NFE (class set of her QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Walter Morris, K4ELK (box filled with a class set of his QSL card and sets of cards from 9 other DX entities)
· Mr. Bob Nadolny, WB2YQH (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note, box filled with 7 class sets of QSL cards from his radio club, their annual lighthouse operation, and DX entities around the world)
· Mr. Mel Nichols, NZ0O (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Dutch Nydam, N7YB (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Parents of 2004-2005 HAMsters ($770.00 donation)
· Mr. Ray Perkins, KD2GC (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Jeffrey Peters, K9JP (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Dr. Gordon Pettengill, W1OUN (classroom visit, web profile)
· Mr. Royce Pinkston, KB5VVT (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Allen Pitts, W1AGP (Allen’s delightful, original stories written for the HAMsters titled Bear and Hamster’s Saturday Adventure and Where is Bear?, Amateur Radio in Space packets, HAMster letters, First Contact Award certificate)
· Mr. Jonathan Poulton, W0CK (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Bob Preston, W7TSQ (class set of his QSL card, big box filled with QSL cards, HAMster letter)
· Ms. Charlotte Richardson, KQ1F, and Mr. Paul Young, K1XM (a collection of their positively gorgeous QSL cards and very kind permission to share them on our class ham radio website
· Mr. & Mrs. Raj Razdan, 1st grade grandparents of Andrew Kelley ($500.00 donation for code-practice oscillators and keys and a copy of ARRL Intro to Morse Code CD)
· Mr. & Mrs. Justin Roe, 1st grade parents of Elizabeth (Hello World, A Life in Ham Radio)
· Mr. Thomas Roscoe, V26X (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Dana Reed, W1LC (2005 ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications)
· Ms. Ann Santos, WA1S (classroom visit sharing her extraordinary photos and stories of her Kure Island DXpedition, big box of QSL cards, ham radio comic book)
· Mr. Eric Scace, N3NA (classroom visit, web profile, 4 sets of his QSL cards, HAMster letter, loan of Jarvis Island video, loan of 3B9C and D68C videos)
· Ms. Gail Schieber, K2RED (class set of her QSL card, HAMster letter, class set of Archie’s Ham Radio Adventure comic book, April and May, 2005 CQ magazines, Fall 2004 and Winter 2005 CQ VHF magazines, CQ Ham Radio Horizons video)
· Mr. Gunther Schooll, OE1XXU (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Alan Sewell, N5NA (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Jay Sewell, W5SL (class set of his QSL card, annotated international stamp set, hamming QSL cards and envelopes, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Gunther Schodl, OE1XXU (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Terry Schieler, W0FM (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. James Schnaidt, KJ0M (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Ian Shrader, W7IAN (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Mark Spencer, WA8SME (Basic Electronics kit; Ham Radio through the Years, QST CDs, 1915-1929, 1930-1939, 1995-1999; radio spectrum posters; Yaesu Radio Amateur’s World Map; two code-practice oscillators with keys; box of QSL cards; web profile; ARISS photos; weather-satellite photos; other Space in Classroom teaching materials on paper and CD-ROM)
· Mr. Gary Stilwell, J68GS (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Gordon Sturos, W8IDB (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Herbert Ullmann, OK1QW (class set of his QSL card)
· Ms. Ali VanBaars, Ms.LaRoche’s niece and HAMster friend, ($15.00 donation)
· Mr. and Mrs. John VanBaars ($50.00 donation)
· Mr. Ron VanDiver, K9UVK (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
· Mr. Phil VanHeurck, W9XAN (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Rick Vidmar, K9KK (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. John Vugtereen, W7KNT (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note, copies of the QST and CQ articles about his VP8SSI DXpedition)
· Mr. David Walker, K0COP (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. John Warren, NT5C (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Obie Weathers, N5VYS (class set of his QSL card)
· Mr. Ron Webb, VE2 WBE (class set of his QSL card)
· Ms. Maty Weinberg, Assistant to the Editorial and Production Manager, ARRL (multiple copies of QST for Feb., 2005, including pieces about HAMsters & Donna LaRoche)
· Mr. Joe Weisse, W1HAI (web profile)
· Mr. Tom Whiteside, N5TW (class set of his QSL card, HAMster note)
· Mr. Lawrence Wolf, KJ4UY (8 class sets of his QSL cards)
· Mr. Larry Wolfgang, WR1B (web profile)
· Mr. Charles Wooten, NF4A (class set of his QSL card)
· YCCC, Yankee Clipper Contest Club, ($1,000 donation)
· Mr. Rick Zysk, K0AXU, (class set of his QSL card, HAMster letter)
NOTE: With our permanent station, the HAMsters and fellow Winn Brook students, families and school community members now have unique and exceptional learning opportunities for regular, dynamic, interactive, scientific and cultural connections world-wide!
If you would like to make a contribution to our HAMster Amateur Radio Station in School project and program, your tax deductible donation may be made payable to the Winn Brook School PTA, HAMster Program and sent to Donna LaRoche at the Winn Brook School, 97 Waterhouse Road in Belmont, Massachusetts 02478. Warm and sincere thanks to you from all of us.
