Biography

BANKHEAD SPRINGS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY, Short History.

BANKHEAD SPRINGS IS A DRIVE THROUGH GHOST TOWN, LIKE SO MANY TOWNS ALONG HIGHWAY 80 THAT WERE BY-PASSED BY INTERSTATE 8. BANKHEAD SPRINGS WAS NAMED AFTER SENATOR JOHN H. BANKHEAD, WHO CHAMPIONED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHWAY 80. BANKHEAD WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR BEING THE GRANDFATHER OF TALLULA BANKHEAD, THE SILENT FILM ACTRESS AND BON VIVANT. THE TOWN ITSELF CAME TO EXIST BECAUSE OF THE FABULOUS SUCCESS OF JACUMBA AND THE JACUMBA HOTEL, BASED AROUND THE NATURALLY OCCURRING HOT SPRINGS, FOUR AND A HALF MILES SOUTH AND EAST OF BANKHEAD SPRINGS. FROM THE 1920S THROUGH THE 1930S, JACUMBA WAS A DESTINATION SPOT FOR HOLLYWOOD LUMINARIES AND THE IDLE RICH, SO MUCH SO THAT THE POPULATION SWELLED TO 5000 RESIDENTS, AND PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SOAK IN THE HOT SULFURIC WATERS BUT DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE GLAMOUR HAD NO PLACE TO STAY.

Equipment

YAESU 1000 D W/ AMERITRON AL 800H USING TWO CLOSELY SPACED PHASED 1/4 WAVE VERTICALS FOR 80M.