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Lafayette History Rabbit Holes

This is where we’ll share research into different topics as we look into them.

Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ:

Summaries

Moving Into The Second Phase (Published on March 30, 2022)
Moving into The Third Phase (Published on August 19th, 2022)

Oral Histories

Pleis, Wendell — 5-21-2021

Broadcasts

The First Broadcast of KCEQ (November 15th, 1982)

Acalanes

Pre-Amateur Radio Station Radio Clubs

1949-1950 Acalanes Radio Club

  1. Possible 1942-1943 Acalanes Radio Club
  2. 1947-1948 Acalanes Radio Club
  3. 1949-1950 Acalanes Radio Club
  4. 1950-1951 Acalanes Radio Club
  5. 1951-1952 Acalanes Radio Club
  6. 1954-1955 Acalanes Radio Club
  7. 1955-1956 Acalanes Radio Club
  8. Mystery Acalanes Radio Club Member (1956 Aklan)
  9. 1958-1962 Acalanes Electronics Club
  10. 1968-1969 Acalanes Radio Club
  11. 1969-1970 Acalanes Radio Club
  12. 1970-1971 Acalanes Radio Club

Acalanes Amateur Radio Station (Call Letters WA6AAG)

Entry for the 1971-1972 Acalanes Radio Club in the Fall 1971 amateur radio call book

Entry for the 1971-1972 Acalanes Radio Club in the Fall 1971 amateur radio call book

  1. 1971-1972 Acalanes Radio Club
  2. 1972-1973 Acalanes Radio Club
  3. 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club
  4. 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club
  5. 1975-1976 Acalanes Radio Club
  6. 1976-1977 Acalanes Radio Club

KCEQ

  1. 1979-1980 Acalanes Radio Club
  2. 1980-1981 Acalanes Radio Club

Las Lomas

Pre-Amateur Radio Station Electronics Clubs

Picture of the members of the 1954-1955 Las Lomas Electronics Club Members

1954-1955 Las Lomas Electronics Club

  1. 1953-1954 Electronics Club
  2. 1954-1955 Electronics Club

Las Lomas Amateur Radio Station (Call Letters K6JQP)

Picture of the 1958-1959 Electronics Club

1958-1959 Las Lomas Electronics Club

  1. 1955-1956 Electronics Club
  2. 1957-1958 Electronics Club
  3. 1958-1959 Electronics Club
  4. 1959-1960 Electronics Club
  5. 1961-1962 Electronics Club
  6. 1962-1963 Electronics Club

Post-Las Lomas Amateur Radio Station Radio Clubs

Picture of the 1966-1967 Amateur Radio Club homecoming float

1966-1967 Amateur Radio Club homecoming float

  1. 1966-1967 Amateur Radio Club
  2. 1968-1969 Radio Club
  3. 1969-1970 Amateur Radio Club
  4. 1972-1973 Radio Club
  5. 1973-1974 Radio Club

Miramonte

Pre-Amateur Radio Station Electronics Clubs

Picture of the 1957-1958 Miramonte Electronics Club

1957-1958 Miramonte Electronics Club

  1. 1955-1956 Electronics Club
  2. 1956-1957 Electronics Club
  3. 1957-1958 Electronics Club

Miramonte Amateur Radio Station (Call Letters K6KGD)

Picture of the 1958-1959 Miramonte Electronics Club

1958-1959 Miramonte Electronics Club

  1. 1958-1959 Electronics Club
  2. 1959-1960 Electronics Club
  3. 1960-1961 Electronics Club
  4. 1961-1962 Electronics Club
  5. 1962-1963 Electronics Club
  6. 1963-1964 Electronics Club
  7. 1964-1965 Electronics Club
  8. 1965-1966 Electronics Club
  9. 1966-1967 Electronics Club
  10. 1967-1968 Electronics Club
  11. 1968-1969 Electronics Club
  12. 1969-1970 Electronics Club
  13. 1970-1971 Electronics Club
  14. 1971-1972 Electronics Club

Del Valle

Pre-Amateur Radio Station Electronics Clubs

Picture of the 1961-1962 Del Valle Electronics Club

1961-1962 Del Valle Electronics Club

  1. 1960-1961 Electronics Club
  2. 1961-1962 Electronics Club
  3. 1962-1963 Electronics Club
  4. 1963-1964 Electronics Club
  5. 1964-1965 Electronics Club
  6. 1967-1968 Radio Club
  7. 1968-1969 Radio Broadcasting Club

Del Valle Amateur Radio Station (Call Letters WA6VGG)

Picture of the FM Club from the 1974 Del Valle yearbook

1973-1974 Del Valle FM Club

  1. 1973-1974 FM Club
  2. 1974-1975 FM Club
  3. 1975-1976 FM Club/Amateur Radio Club/DV Radio Club
  4. 1976-1977 Radio Club (The Arrival of Jonathan Hymer)
  5. 1977-1978 Radio Club
  6. 1978-1979 Radio Club & The Closure Of Del Valle
  7. Las Lomas Memorializes Del Valle & Additional Info On The Closure

Campolindo

Pre-Amateur Radio Station Electronics Clubs

Picture of the 1964-1965 Campolindo Electronics Club

1964-1965 Campolindo Electronics Club

  1. 1964-1965 Electronics Club
  2. 1965-1966 Electronics Club
  3. 1966-1967 Electronics Club
  4. 1967-1968 Electronics Club
  5. 1968-1969 Electronics Club
  6. 1969-1970 Electronics Club

Campolindo Amateur Radio Station (Call Letters WB6OOH)

Picture of the 1975-1976 Campolindo Electronics Club

1975-1976 Campolindo Electronics Club

  1. 1972-1973 Electronics Club
  2. 1973-1974 Electronics Club
  3. 1974-1975 Electronics Club
  4. 1975-1976 Electronics Club
  5. 1976-1977 Electronics Club
  6. 1977-1978 Electronics Club

Early Wendell Pleis At Scottsbluff High School

Picture of Wendell Pleis

Scottsbluff High School, 1957-1958

  1. Scottsbluff High School 1957-1958
  2. Scottsbluff High School 1958-1959
  3. Scottsbluff High School 1959-1960
  4. Scottsbluff High School 1960-1961
  5. Scottsbluff High School 1961-1962
  6. Scottsbluff High School 1962-1963

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