From: QCWA General Manager, Chuck Walbridge, K1IGD, by emails from 9-13 April 2009 Re: W9SAL (Summary below, not directly quoted) * W9SAL not listed in 1931/34 call books. * W9SAL first listed 1935/37 Licensee: D.T.R.I Radio Club (D.T.R.I. = Dodge Telegraph and Radio Institute) Trustee: Wilbur Cummings, W9FQ * No listing in 1939 call book. * 1940 Licensee: All States Radio Club Trustee: Lloyd Sterek (no call listed) * 1947 No listing again * 1950-54 Trustee: Rhees C. Patton (no call listed) * 1955-65 Trustee not listed - see below (Some dates are missing as we don't have those books.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is not from QCWA, but continues the story: * Gene Wiggins, W9CWG, became W9SAL Trustee in the early-to-mid 1950's. Gene allowed W9SAL to expire in 2005, after keeping it alive for some fifty years. * Danny Scheetz, W9DWS, became W9SAL Trustee in Feb. 2007, retaining the name "All States Radio Club" as a memorial to the Valpo Technical Institute station, its students, and faculty. Danny uses W9SAL to identify two local repeaters: 444.950 (131.8) in LaPorte and 146.625 (131.8) in Gary.