Gilbert "Gil" Galambus, W9JZA
QCWA #4523
QCWA Chapter 36 Charter Member
1932 photo courtesy of Rob Hopkins
Rob's grandfather was George Hacker W9FDD (later W8LPS) who lived on the east side of Chicago.
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Photo provided by Andy Finick, W9FXT
Click this photo for full-size, that includes a newspaper article to go with it!
Unknown date of article, but the SWL card shown is dated 9/22/36.
QSL provided by Andy Finick, W9FXT
(probably from around mid-1940's... see similar below)
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Photo provided by Dave Nicolaus, W9DN
On the left is Joe Ford (not a ham) who was a General Foreman at Midwest Steel. Gil, W9JZA, is
on the right. Gil was an oil salesman at the time and did a lot of business with the steel mills.
1977 photo courtesy of Rob Hopkins
Rob's grandfather was George Hacker W9FDD (later W8LPS) who lived on the east side of Chicago.
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