During the last couple of years of John's exceptional life his primary hobby focus was on developing the all-new Ultralight Radio niche of the AM-DXing hobby. As such, he and I developed a pretty close relationship as DXpedition partners, experimental cohorts and pocket radio fanatics. John had superb organizational skills, which we desperately needed at the time (we had wild enthusiasm, but no organization). John set up our Ultralight Radio Yahoo group (ultralightdx), Awards Program and Ultralight Classification System-- all of which have been primary factors in our booming growth over 8 years. While fanatics like Rob Ross, Allen Willie and me supplied the enthusiasm John provided the organization-- although John himself frequently shared with me how Ultralight Radio provided some of his most thrilling hobby fun in many years. Shortly before John's unfortunate accident he shared with me how proud he was to have played a major part in rejuvenating the hobby interest of hundreds of hobbyists-- and in providing a thrilling new challenge for both domestic and transoceanic DXers. Although I had nowhere near John's DXing experience, like John I was a hard-charging transoceanic DXer who would always push my luck with huge external antennas on ocean beaches, boosting the performance of my humble pocket radios up to absurd levels. He and I really enjoyed trying to outdo each other in this friendly competition-- and there is no telling what John could have accomplished if he had continued in the hobby until the current FSL antenna craze. It's probably obvious that John's untimely accident hit me pretty hard, but his stellar accomplishments live on in many aspects of our hobby, especially in the Ultralight Radio niche group. His leadership, insight and organizational skills will never be forgotten! Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder
----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Salmaniw" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 6:49:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered. Thanks for those memories, John. You probably knew John the longest among today's DX fraternity. 73, Walt Salmaniw On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 2:38 AM, John Callarman <[email protected]> wrote: > I first met John Bryant in December 1956, when he was still in high school > in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and I was preparing to go from Canyon, Texas to > Germany after finishing Army basic training and the Army Information School. > John learned a lot about DX'ing in those early days, took time out to get > his college degree, then concentrated on his teaching career, following his > dad's footsteps in architecture at Oklahoma State, and amplifying on DX > research on both shortwave and BCB bands. > I visited with John in Stillwater... he visited me in Krum ... and his > work with antennas plus his interest in ultra-light DX helped keep the > DX'ing hobby alive. > The most important legacy John left was his eagerness to share the > knowledge he'd accumulated with other DX'ers. I detected, in my > relationship with John, no sign of personal ego -- "I'm the greatest DX'er" > -- that, fortunately, plagued only a handful of those of us who were active > in the hobby. > > John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, > DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon) > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 00:46:53 +0000 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered. > > > > Brandon, I thought of John listening to some old cassette tapes that I'm > > now digitizing. It was an old DXPL from 1990 describing the publication > > Proceedings, available from John in Stillwater, OK. Weren't they the > glory > > days of DXing! John was really special. Always the professor, we'd > have a > > mandatory Saturday afternoon "classroom" at Grayland, where we all had to > > give a mini-lecture on a topic of interest. Of course, some were superb > > (like John's and Guy Atkins, and Nick Hall-Patch), while others such as > > myself were a little more mediocre! John had the wonderful ability to > make > > a complex subject very understandable. His script was superb and > beautiful > > to behold. DX targets were either prominently displayed on cardboard, or > > in the form of handouts to all those attending. 73,...Walt Salmaniw > > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:46 PM, Brandon Jordan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Wow 6 years. I never had to pleasure to meet John in person, much less > > > DXpedition with him. I sure enjoyed our lengthy email conversations > and his > > > DX related articles online and in Proceedings. One of the great ones. > > > > > > -- > > > 73, > > > Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ > > > Fayette County, TN EM55gc > > > http://www.swldx.us > > > > > > WinRadio G33DDC G313-e | RFSpace SDR-IQ NetSDR | Elad FDM-S2 | Icom > IC-7200 > > > Array Solutions SAL-30 Shared Apex Loop > > > Clifton Labs Z1501F Active Whip > > > DX Engineering NCC-1 Phased ARAV3 Active Whips > > > Wellbrook ALA100HG Loop > > > _______________________________________________ > > > IRCA mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
