Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.

[John Callarman <johncallarman@xxxxxxx>]

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: canswl@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 00:46:53 +0000
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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 <swl.tn.usa@xxxxxxxxx>
> 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
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