Headnote: An earlier version of this article appeared as part of the Novice History Series, Part IX, in the Winter 2010, volume 5, #4, QCWA Journal, pages . This article is the first in our special topic on school based amateur radio programs in the Novice era. In this article…

Jack Brown's (W6EQH) 33 year high school electric shop teaching career started at Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles (LA). World War II recently started when Jack started teaching in 1942. He also taught drafting and coached gymnastics. Since WWII stopped ham radio, Jack sponsored…

JB went on to teach at Roosevelt High School in 1946 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood east of downtown LA. Jack was an alum of Roosevelt. Back at Roosevelt, he taught: Ron Greenberg, W6AEK, Larry Wolfe, W6BNN, Keith Fowler, W6BCQ and others who are either sk or not in touch…

Introduction Jack transferred to Hamilton High School ("Hami") in the South Robertson neighborhood of LA in 1953 where he remained for the rest of his career until he retired in 1975. Jack did not have to start a ham radio program from scratch at Hami. Some kids came to Hami…

After he retired they continued their friendships with one another and with him even though most let their licenses expire and are not active hams. Jack retired from teaching in 1975. After he retired, Los Angeles Unified School District dismantled the electric shop program and threw everything into a dumpster…

(in alphabetical order) Bob Burns, N6ZH, Don Deverich, Dr. Marv Sugarman, DDS