This has been updated/modified to include the fact that we do have access to the 1963 Mirada and add information from it to the post. In the 1963 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1962-1963 school year. Their advisor is listed as F.R. Davis. If you look in the Fall […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Moving Into The Second Phase
We’ve reached the year 1962. This is a good point to stop and summarize where we’ve been and where we’re going. Up until now we’ve looked solely at Acalanes, Las Lomas, and Miramonte. Acalanes At Acalanes we saw early examples of radio clubs. Acalanes also introduced us to the undocumented radio/electronics clubs. Sometimes these clubs […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1961-1962 Electronics Club
Because of a lack of a 1962 Miramonte yearbook–at the time of this posting–we don’t have a picture of the club. What we do have is an entry in the Fall 1961 Amateur Radio call book. Fall 1961 amateur call book The entry states the following: Miramonte H S Elec. Club, 750 Moraga HWY, Orinda […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1960-1961 Electronics Club
In the 1961 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1960-1961 school year. Not so well known but certainly deservant of recognition is this club, the Electronics Club. Their main project this year is building a closed-circuit television system. They are making large improvements on their amateur radio station, and they […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1959-1960 Electronics Club
In the 1960 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1959-1960 school year. The activities pursued by the Electronics Club during the year included visiting the FM radio station KJAZ, making a school television system, building a two meter transceiver, and listening to lectures on electronics. The officers were Mickey Wilber, […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1958-1959 Electronics Club (Miramonte Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
In the 1959 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1958-1959 school year. The Electronics Club set up a school amateur radio station, K6KGD. They also set up a booth at the school carnival on the defiance of the law of gravity. They provided all the sound equipment of the carnival. […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1957-1958 Electronics Club
In the 1958 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1957-1958 school year. The Electronics Club played an important role in Miramonte activities this year. Their main goal was the achievement of a licensed radio station at the school. Among their other accomplishments for the year were aiding other students in […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1956-1957 Electronics Club
Thanks to the 1959 Mirada… we know there was an electronics club during the 1956-1957 school year. In the senior section there is a student named Martin Smith ‘Marty’. He is listed as being in the Electronics Club during the 1956-1957 and 1957-1958 school years. Since there doesn’t appear to be a yearbook for Miramonte […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1955-1956 Electronics Club
Acalanes opened in 1940. Las Lomas opened in 1951. Miramonte was next in 1955. Something interesting to note is that while Acalanes had a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior class the year they opened; Las Lomas, Miramonte, and later Campolindo and Del Valle would all start with only freshman. Thanks to the 1959 Mirada… we […]
