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Memberships Needing Renewal this Month, and coming up for Renewal in the Next 2 Months)

CallsignFirstLastPaid ThruStatus_1st Join New_1st_
NA4VY David Belt Mar.2024 Renew Jan.2001 . . . . .
N4KF Ken Fath Mar.2024 Renew Mar.2020 . . . . .
KO4CSW Robert Furberg Mar.2024 Renew Mar.2020 . . . . .
KE4YRB Joline Hodges Mar.2024 Renew Feb.1999 . . . . .
KE4NBB Ted Hodges Mar.2024 Renew Feb.1999 . . . . .
WA4PSC Howard Hoyt Mar.2024 Renew Jun.2010 . . . . .
KM4WHL Sarah Hoyt Mar.2024 Renew Feb.2017 . . . . .
N4JHH Joseph Horvath Mar.2024 Renew Aug.2020 . . . . .
W1KES Keith Stouder Mar.2024 Renew Jan.2015 . . . . .
K4OGP Chris Lamb Mar.2024 Renew Feb.2021 . . . . .
KK4MEG Albert Jones Mar.2024 Renew Jan.2015 . . . . .
K4AAI Jay Zaragoza Mar.2024 Renew Jun.2019 . . . . .
W4AG Stan Dicks Mar.2024 Renew Mar.2023 . . . . .
KN4VDO Devin Ceartas Mar.2024 Renew Mar.2023 . . . . .
W3AHL Steve Ahlbom Apr.2024 Current Mar.2009 . . . . .
KM4MDR John Boone Apr.2024 Current Aug.2015 . . . . .
KM4MBG Jack Hill Apr.2024 Current Aug.2015 . . . . .
KF4PAB Lenore Hill Apr.2024 Current Feb.2016 . . . . .
W4SAR Dave Snyder Apr.2024 Current Oct.1992 . . . . .
KD4YJZ Karen Snyder Apr.2024 Current Oct.1992 . . . . .
N4KW Pete Raymond Apr.2024 Current Apr.2018 . . . . .
KD8FQM Robert Carr Apr.2024 Current Jun.2022 . . . . .
K6LZL Wyatt Underwood Apr.2024 Current Mar.2023 . . . . .
KR3AM Mark Sidell May.2024 Current Apr.2014 . . . . .
K4SAR Joe Simpson May.2024 Current Oct.1992 . . . . .
KJ4VWG Sam Tannous May.2024 Current Apr.2011 . . . . .
W7GBP Michael D Smith May.2024 Current Jan.2022 . . . . .

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Memberships from Last Month that are Expiring

CallsignFirstLast1st Join Paid ThruStatus__Member_Status_Greeting_
N8BR Bill Bischoff Jan.2015 Feb.2024 Expiring Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KU4GC Dee Ramm Jul.1997 Feb.2024 Expiring Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!

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Memberships that have Expired in the Past 12 Months

CallsignFirstLast1st Join Paid ThruStatus__Member_Status_Greeting_
KW4KZ Charles Anoia Jan.1998 Sep.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KW4KZ/XYL Mary Anoia Sep.2022 Sep.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KN4QCC Onda Blevins Jun.2019 Jul.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KS4VX Roger Boyles Dec.2012 Oct.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
W4ORD William Carrington Aug.1992 Jun.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KQ4DCE John Colli Sep.2022 Sep.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
W4CFO Jim Davis Oct.2019 Nov.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
K2RRT Mark DeWitt Jun.2020 Jul.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
WA2JLW Roy Forrest Jul.2012 Sep.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KO4RQN James Gartrell Jun.2021 Jun.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KG4NEL Jim Jingozian Aug.2001 Nov.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
AC4RD Ken Kuzenski Oct.2012 Apr.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KV7D Adriano Marquz May.2006 Sep.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KN4BTI Mark McClish Aug.2018 Nov.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KY4HU Charles McComas Oct.2019 Dec.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
K4KGM Kevin Medlin Oct.2022 Oct.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
WB1AJJ Jonathan Meigs Sep.2020 Jan.2024 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KO4TVC Diana Rodriguez Oct.2021 Oct.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KY4SX Domingo Tabangcura Dec.2022 Dec.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
KA2DEW Tadd Torborg Jul.2007 Aug.2023 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!
W4LMW David Wright May.2018 Jan.2024 Expired Hope you renew your OCRA Membership!

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Memberships with Dues Current

CallsignFirstLastPaid ThruStatus_1st Join New_Ham_Radio_Interest_Areas_
KF4O Randy Adams Sep.2024 Current Jun.2022 . . . Antennas, CW, Public Service, 40m, 20m, 15m, ares
W3AHL Steve Ahlbom Apr.2024 Current Mar.2009 . . .
KW4EE Kevin Alt Mar.2025 Current Mar.2024 New Antennas, Contesting, CW, DX, Field Day, Foxhunting, Public Service, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm
W4OFZ Banks Anderson Sep.2024 Current Aug.2022 . . . Antennas, Nets/Net Control, SSB, 20m, 10m, 6m, 2m
KM4IWI William Bailey Dec.2024 Current May.2015 . . . CW, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
N4GF Roger Barr Apr.2026 Current Jul.2015 . . . Antennas, QRP (Low Power), POTA
AK4W Ed Best Sep.2024 Current Sep.2011 . . . APRS, Toantennas
KO4DHJ Ken Bigley Jul.2025 Current May.2020 . . . Antennas, APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, Field Day, Foxhunting, Nets/Net Control, SSB, 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio, ares
KF4WBK Chip Blach Sep.2024 Current Jan.2000 . . .
KM4MDR John Boone Apr.2024 Current Aug.2015 . . . DX, Field Day, QRP (Low Power), POTA (Parks on the Air)
KF4COP Jim Boyle Sep.2024 Current Sep.2023 New
KA5JUJ Martin Brody Nov.2024 Current Jul.2016 . . . Antennas, DX, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m
KQ4BYL Jody Browning Jan.2025 Current Jan.2024 New Antennas, CW, Digital, Field Day, QRP (Low Power), SOTA
KF5CYN Derek Burrage Feb.2025 Current Feb.2024 New
KN4DRN Michael Canada Sep.2024 Current May.2018 . . . Antennas, DX, Mobile Ops, Remote Station Ops, Repeaters, Satellite Ops, SDR
KD8FQM Robert Carr Apr.2024 Current Jun.2022 . . . Auxcomm, Public Service, Repeaters
KN4JYP Kathy Chavis Jul.2024 Current Jul.2018 . . . Antennas
KO4QLU Patrick Connelly Jan.2025 Current Jan.2023 . . . Antennas, DX, Field Day, SSB, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m
W4FK Bob Cook Oct.2024 Current Oct.2021 . . . Antennas, APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, DX, Field Day, Foxhunting, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, Satellite Ops, SDR, SOTA, SSB, Vintage Radio, 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
KO4RON Ron Craig Jan.2025 Current Jan.2021 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, Digital, DX, Foxhunting, Public Service
KI4RAN William Creery Jan.2025 Current Oct.2020 . . .
K4LIF Dan Daniel Aug.2024 Current Jul.2022 . . . Antennas, CW, Field Day, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), SSB, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 10m, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
K1KPD Kevin Darby Jan.2025 Current Dec.2023 New
WA1QCE Ron DiSalvo Nov.2024 Current Nov.2023 New Antennas, CW, Digital, DMR, DX, Field Day, Mobile Ops, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), Repeaters, SDR, SOTA, SSB, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm
KM4NOU Joel Dunn Jan.2025 Current Jan.2016 . . . Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Repeaters, 40m
KR4UB Dan Eddleman Feb.2025 Current Apr.1993 . . . Antennas, Digital, DX, Field Day, Foxhunting, Remote Station Ops, Repeater Crew, SDR, SSB, 40m, 20m, 17m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm, FT-8
KB1WE Wayne Estabrooks Lifetime Feb.2009 . . .
WF4ZT John Feole Oct.2024 Current Oct.2023 New
KY4OU Christopher Ferrer Dec.2024 Current Aug.2022 . . . APRS, Auxcomm, Digital, DMR, DX, Mobile Ops, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), SDR, SSB, 20m, 2m, 70cm, ares
N1QYW Steve Gartrell Nov.2024 Current Jun.2021 . . . Public Service, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm
W4QL Bob Good Jul.2024 Current Jul.2023 New
KX4P John Green Sep.2024 Current Feb.2014 . . .
K2IX Barry Groner Feb.2025 Current Dec.2022 . . . Contesting, CW, DX, Field Day, SDR, SSB
KD4JWF Jose Guzman Oct.2024 Current Oct.2021 . . . Antennas, APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, DX, Field Day, Foxhunting, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), Satellite Ops, SOTA, SSB, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 6m, ares, Go Kits, Raspberry PI
KN4QBZ Fred Gvillo Oct.2024 Current Feb.2020 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, Field Day, Foxhunting, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), SSB, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 12m, 10m, 6m, SHARES, DMR, DSTAR, WinLink
KM4MBG Jack Hill Apr.2024 Current Aug.2015 . . . Antennas, APRS, Digital, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Remote Station Ops, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, SDR
KF4PAB Lenore Hill Apr.2024 Current Feb.2016 . . . APRS, Field Day, Repeaters, 2m, 70cm
KO4GJO Boyd Hudson Sep.2024 Current Aug.2020 . . . Antennas, DX, SDR, SSB, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm
Greg Isley Greg Isley Jan.2025 Current Jan.2024 New
N1GMR Kimberley Jackson Mar.2025 Current Feb.1992 . . .
KZ1X Steve Jackson Mar.2025 Current Feb.1992 . . . Antennas, DX, construction
KM4WXW Jeffrey Jagoda Dec.2024 Current Nov.2018 . . . Auxcomm, Field Day, Public Service
KI4MXP Gerald Jones Aug.2025 Current Nov.2006 . . .
KQ4JDJ Jere Judd Feb.2025 Current Feb.2024 New
W4BOH Wilson Lamb Mar.2025 Current Sep.2008 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, CERT, CW, DX, Field Day, Public Service, Repeater Crew, SOTA, Vintage Radio, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 2m, 70cm, ares, Offering help with HF tube operation
KO4ICM Doug Largent Mar.2025 Current Nov.2020 . . . CW, QRP (Low Power), 40m
KO4TXN Steve Lovett Sep.2024 Current Jun.2020 . . . Antennas, DX, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m
KK4NNQ Mark MacAllister Aug.2024 Current Aug.2013 . . . APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, SOTA, 2m, 70cm
WQ8U Mac Macaulay Apr.2025 Current Mar.2022 . . . CW, Vintage Radio, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
KK4VOU Ted May Jan.2025 Current Dec.2023 New Antennas, CERT
N1LN Bruce Meier Feb.2025 Current Jul.2006 . . . Antennas, Contesting, CW, DX, Field Day, Nets/Net Control, SSB, Vintage Radio, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m
N1YXU Laurie Meier Feb.2025 Current Jul.2006 . . . CERT, Field Day, Nets/Net Control, Public Service
KQ4IWB Mike Merzke Jul.2024 Current Jun.2023 New Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
KO4UFU Eldon Miller Dec.2024 Current Dec.2021 . . . Antennas, 10m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
KK4VUR John Mitchell Jan.2025 Current Jan.2017 . . . SDR
KQ4GKB Nyi Myint Mar.2025 Current Feb.2023 . . . Digital, DMR, 10m, 2m, 70cm
W4AEN Ed Neely Oct.2024 Current May.2019 . . . Antennas, APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, Field Day, Foxhunting, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, SDR, SSB, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm
KJ4TTU Steve Newton Jan.2025 Current Jan.2021 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, Mobile Ops, Repeater Crew, SDR
KQ4PES Kent Overby Mar.2025 Current Mar.2024 New Field Day, Public Service, 40m, 2m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
KG4JGJ Joseph Puentes Jul.2024 Current Jun.2021 . . .
WB4OSU Sherri Rapp Nov.2024 Current Dec.2015 . . . Digital, DX, Field Day, Satellite Ops, 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 10m, PSK-31, FT-8, RTTY, FELD HELL, Winlink
N4KW Pete Raymond Apr.2024 Current Apr.2018 . . . Antennas, Contesting, CW, DX, Field Day, Repeater Crew, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 10m, antennas
N7RYN Ryan Reed Mar.2025 Current Feb.2021 . . . Antennas, APRS, Digital, DMR, DX, Mobile Ops, QRP (Low Power), Remote Station Ops, Satellite Ops, SDR, SOTA, SSB, Vintage Radio, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm
KN4VXC Leo Reynolds Jun.2024 Current Aug.2019 . . . Antennas, QRP (Low Power), Vintage Radio, 160m, 80m, 40m
KB3ZD Glenn Ricart Mar.2025 Current Feb.2024 New
N2XZF Paul Robertson Apr.2025 Current Apr.2014 . . . Antennas, DX, Field Day, Foxhunting, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, SDR, 20m, 10m, 2m
KC1TWR Tim Rodgers Mar.2025 Current Mar.2023 . . . Antennas, APRS, Auxcomm, Field Day, Foxhunting, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, SSB, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio, ares
KK4JGT Terry Schmidt Feb.2025 Current Jan.2019 . . . Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, 2m, 70cm, ares
N0US Paul Schnoes Sep.2024 Current Aug.2023 New
KD4UCZ Charles Schott Jan.2025 Current Sep.2019 . . . Antennas, Digital, Satellite Ops, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm
NE4U John Shadle Lifetime May.2007 . . .
K4BMW Brian Shanahan Jan.2025 Current Jun.2020 . . .
KO4SZE Bob Shelton Sep.2024 Current Sep.2021 . . . Antennas, Field Day, Foxhunting, QRP (Low Power), Satellite Ops, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 2m
KR3AM Mark Sidell May.2024 Current Apr.2014 . . .
K4SAR Joe Simpson May.2024 Current Oct.1992 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, Field Day, Foxhunting, SSB, 15m, 10m, ares
W7GBP Michael D Smith May.2024 Current Jan.2022 . . . Auxcomm, CERT, DMR
W4SAR Dave Snyder Apr.2024 Current Oct.1992 . . . Antennas, APRS, Digital, Field Day
KD4YJZ Karen Snyder Apr.2024 Current Oct.1992 . . . CERT, Field Day, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, 10m, ares
KK4RRT Michael Stein Sep.2024 Current Feb.2021 . . . Auxcomm, CERT, Mobile Ops, QRP (Low Power), 20m, 10m, 2m, 70cm, ares
KJ4VWG Sam Tannous May.2024 Current Apr.2011 . . . Antennas, APRS, Contesting, CW, Digital, DMR, DX, Field Day, QRP (Low Power), Remote Station Ops, Repeaters, SDR, SSB, ares, ADS-B, Radio Astronomy, NEC2 Internals
KN4ZHP Mike Thorn Jan.2025 Current Jan.2020 . . . Antennas, APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, DX, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), Repeaters, SDR, SOTA, AF MARS
KN4VXB Aurora Toennisson Jun.2024 Current Jun.2019 . . . APRS, CERT, Public Service, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
K6LZL Wyatt Underwood Apr.2024 Current Mar.2023 . . . Antennas, APRS, Digital, DMR, DX, Field Day, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, Repeaters, 80m, 40m, 2m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
N3LTV Doug Wall Jul.2024 Current Jul.2022 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, Digital, Nets/Net Control, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 2m, 70cm
N4SJW John Welton Jul.2024 Current Sep.1992 . . . Auxcomm, CERT, Digital, DMR, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, Allstar
KN4EOO Rick Wenklar Aug.2024 Current Aug.2017 . . . APRS, Auxcomm, CERT, DMR, Mobile Ops, Public Service, ares
KA5ETS Douglas White Jul.2024 Current Aug.2011 . . . Antennas, Auxcomm, CERT, Contesting, CW, Digital, DMR, DX, Field Day, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, QRP (Low Power), Remote Station Ops, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, SDR, SSB, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio, ares, antennas, FT8
KW4JY Calvin Whitt Sep.2024 Current Aug.1992 . . . Antennas, Digital, DX, Remote Station Ops, SDR, SSB, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, digital, antennas
KO4BHX Ben Williams Mar.2025 Current Mar.2020 . . . Antennas, APRS, CW, DX, Foxhunting, Mobile Ops, QRP (Low Power), Satellite Ops, SDR, SOTA, SSB, Vintage Radio, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m
K4FD Dan Wise Nov.2024 Current Nov.2019 . . . Packet Radio
JRW-01-93 Jason Wolonick Oct.2024 Current Nov.2021 . . . Repeaters, Repeater Crew, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, ares
KQ4PEC Mike Woods Mar.2025 Current Mar.2024 . . . APRS, CERT, Digital, Field Day, Mobile Ops, Nets/Net Control, Public Service, Repeaters, Repeater Crew, SDR, 2m, 70cm, Attended Meeting to Learn about Ham Radio
W4KIL Andy Yates Feb.2025 Current Oct.2008 . . . Antennas, CW, Field Day, 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m
AI4MW Tommy Yeager Mar.2025 Current Jan.1999 . . . DX, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m

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Recent Posts

Danny Hampton, K4ITL Repeater Builder, Mentor, SERA Leader & FCC Liaison, SK February 28, 2024

OCRA like many other ham clubs, repeater builders and users owe a great debt of graditude to Danny, K4ITL for his very gracious and generous help to anyone with a genuine willingness to learn and build repeater systems to his level of excellence.

Below is the lifetime membership presented by OCRA to Danny at the April 2009 RARS Hamfest in appreciation for his technical assistance, mentoring and advice over the years that has greatly helped in keeping the tall tower OCRA 442.150 repeater on the air.

His talent and generosity was widely recognized.

https://hamvention.org/2009-hamvention-award-winners/

https://www.wral.com/story/engineering-contractor-danny-hampton-has-died/21308694/

http://pcrn.net/

https://sera.org/home/

© 2024 photo by KR4UB, OCRA Inc

The plaque gold section above contains the award text in Braille

© 2024 photo by KR4UB, OCRA Inc

A perspective from two long time repeater builders……

Charlie Durst NC4CD, principle DFMA Repeater Builder

https://www.dfma.org/

It was with great sadness that I heard on Wednesday evening that Danny Hampton, K4ITL, of Raleigh, had died.

I first met Danny in the early 70’s at his home in Raleigh. One of the original members of DFMA, Wayland “Doc” McKenzie, K4CHS, took me to meet Danny one evening at his home. He said, “let me turn on some lights for you”. Danny was blind since birth and his wife, Sandy, was also blind. Together they raised their two children, both sighted. After Sandy’s death, he married a childhood friend, Rose, who survives him. Danny grew up in Kannapolis and attended the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh. He had become quite skilled in electronics and worked for the Johnson radio dealer and later with Nextel. After Nextel, he worked with my CSI business partner, Elmo Yancey, in their company, Direct Call. Direct Call provided community repeater and telephone interconnect radio systems before cell phones were available. CSI built the towers for Direct Call.

Danny was a master at designing and building repeaters and linked repeater systems. In the 1970’s he built the PCRN analog linked repeater system that covered North Carolina from coast to coast and into Virginia and South Carolina. As digital radio technology emerged, he designed and built the PRN system which now has over 60 repeaters in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia linked via the internet using DMR technology originally pioneered for the commercial market by Motorola.

Danny developed an amazing skill at tuning receivers, transmitters, and duplexers to make a highly functioning repeater. He had a service monitor and other test equipment that ‘talked’ to him. Relying on a keen sense of hearing, he could probably hear a tenth of a dB change in a noise level in a receiver he was tuning.

Many repeaters in the Carolinas and Virginia transmit the call sign K4ITL. Many of these repeaters are on tall TV towers in Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington and had the equipment located near the antennas at heights of over 1500 feet. On several occasions, a repeater would develop a technical problem that required his personal attention. He would put on his safety belt and ride the elevator up the tower to the repeater. Someone asked him if he was afraid of those heights. His response was, “No, I don’t look down !!”

On many occasions Danny’s days and nights would get mixed up and he would send me an email at midnight asking if I was still up for a phone call. Being a night-owl, I would email back and we would talk on the phone until 1 or 2 am about some technical subject. I knew he was ok with email because his computer talked to him.

Danny was recognized for his skills and contributions to the repeater community at the Dayton Hamvention in 2009 when he received the “Ham of the Year” award. Danny was instrumental in the Southeast Repeater Association (SERA) since its beginning in the early 70’s as the Carolinas Virginia Repeater Association. For many years he was the Director for the North Carolina Division and was currently serving as President of SERA.

The ‘shoes that will have to be filled’ by his absence are tremendous. The loss of Danny leaves a void in our hearts as he was a dear friend of many. His expert technical abilities will be difficult to be replaced. The funeral service will be at the McCullers Community Baptist Church in Raleigh with visitation at noon and the funeral at 1 pm on Wednesday, March 6th.

Rest in peace, good friend. Enjoy the tallest antenna site and the beautiful view that you can see from there.

73 Charlie NC4CD

Dan KR4UB, principle OCRA Repeater Builder

We both grew up in Kannapolis, NC where our paths crossed two different ways. In looking through my amateur radio station log, my first QSO with Danny was on June 14, 1964 on 3.830 with Danny back for the summer at his childhood home, a whole 2 miles away. Things seemed a lot more distant as a kid back then.

I eventually met Danny face to face through a conversation his father and my father had.  Our respective fathers worked at two businesses just a block or two apart, and both were customers of each other’s business. That’s the way things were in a small town.  One day Danny’s father stopped by my Dad’s workplace and as typical, Dad’s talked about what their kids were up to.

When Danny’s father Wade Hampton Sr., was told of my desire to go the NC State to get an engineering degree, he strongly urged I have a face to face conversation with Danny.

Danny spent much of his early childhood as student in Raleigh at the NC School for the Blind and knew about NC State’s reputation of being a very tough engineering school. He  had a piece of advice to give me. His words were, “if you’re planning to go to NC State, you better be prepared to work your ass off”.  How true that turned out to be.  He was not one to mince words and spoke plainly and directly.

Our paths did not cross again until 30 years later, when John Welton, N4SJW and I took on responsibility for the OCRA 442.150 and the other club repeaters.  Danny was very gracious and generous to anyone who demonstrated a genuine willingness to learn and build repeater systems to his level of excellence.  You can’t venture very far in the ham community without crossing paths with many others that Danny has similarly helped and turned into long term working relationships.

He was gifted in his ability in building relationships with so many hams and institutions who in turn, helped him build the repeater systems he dreamed of.

Maybe it was growing up in a small town where most everybody seemed to know everybody and if you needed help and was one willing to give help, life long relationships were built.

73  Dan, KR4UB

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