Joe Walsh shows his shack

[w9egk]

I was listening to FM broadcast on my way to the airport last week and caught Steve Dahl, a long-time local radio personality, interviewing his pal Joe Walsh of 'Eagles' fame. As some of you might know, Joe is a ham (WB6ACU)!

They were talking about all his gear and were asking for any Chicago hams to call in to arrange a QSO with Joe on 20 meters so that the listening audience could hear him in action.

Of all the dumb luck! Here I was, in my truck with no HF gear and too far from home to turn around since I had a plane to catch. I never found out if he got to chat with anyone, but in case you are interested, you can find photos of Joe's shacks (yes, three of them!http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif at the following link from Steve's web site.

http://www.dahl.com/archives/photos/LA2002/index.htm

[W9JCM]

Hey thanks for the note on the Steve dahl and Joe interview. I am living in N. Nevada now. I was born and raised in chicago and Old steve and gary are chicago icon. I miss listening to steve. I know gary parted ways too. I only have been here 4 years. Its funny what thing you miss. Gosh I wonder if Johnathan Brandmeier and Kevin Mattews are still on the air. 73 thanks it was a good cheer up for a gloomy day today.

[kc2ixc]

I'm happy to hear that Joe Walsh is a ham and is actually still alive!I was at one of his concerts in 1974 or 75.He was onstage singing and sucking hard on a bottle of liquor.All of a sudden he stops and lets out a giant puke,right onstage,hi hi.He then proceeds to wipe his lips with his shirtsleeve and go right back to singing!Hardly missed a beat.My friends and I were amazed and greatly admired him after that.
I wonder if he had one of those "Tequila Sunrises"the next morning?Anyhow,best 73 regards to Joe and glad to hear he survived "The Long Run"

Mike #kc2ixc

[K3NP]

What a blast from the past! I grew up in Chicago also and was WB9QMZ back in the late '70s. I still remember Steve in the mornings on WLUP "The Loop 98"...the anti-disco campaign...and his phony gang, the "Insane Coho Lips"! I still have a 45 record somewhere of him singing "Ayatollah" to the tune of "My Sharona"!
He looks pretty much the same except his hair is silver now! #We're all gettin' old!
Thanks for the memories!

Andy K3NP

[W5ATX]

I feel deprived, since my family was from Chicago, but I know nothing about the town or radio history there. So here's one for the guys who were rock radio listeners in the NY City market in the 70's.

I was a regular user of the 147.36 machine in Manhattan (on the then-RCA building) and one day a ham came on saying he had Jimmy Fink with him. Fink was a popular DJ on WPLJ (in the days of rock). So I got to chat with Fink and HE said his other friend Joe Walsh was with them. Apparently the ham who originally got on the machine didn't know Joe was a ham. What a repeater party that night turned into.

So much for old memories, huh? WPLJ has played noise for the past 20 years, and I still can't find my WABC-FM poster. (what would THAT be worth these days?)

73,
Chris

Joe Walsh will be here in St. Petersburg, Florida in a couple of weeks. He plays in the old timers Baseball game for Childrens Hospital. He has been doing it for years. I didn't know he was a Ham, so maybe I can get a minute with him and talk radio. My brother in law knows him and usually picks him up at the airport for the weekend of the game.

Dave
KG4FGZ

Here is Joe's Web Page.
http://www.joewalsh.net/

Dave
KG4FGZ

[N9AS]

Great....I know Steve and Joe both....from the Eagles...my favorite "Take it to the Limit" fame.....

You will have more opportunities. From my days of the REO SpeedWagon in Champaign.

You my friend have made my day!

Thanks so much & 73 my brother ham! It is a small world indeed!


N9AS 260

[kc6ufe]

Joe owes me a qsl card from when he was on one of the channel islands off the coast of california a few years ago.
I sent him one, and he never sent me one back.
He was supposed to as he had checked into a net that was for exchanging qsl cards. I guess there are two sets of rules, one for the priveledged and one for the rest.
By the way, puking drunk on stage really shows class.

[kv6v]

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I sent him one, and he never sent me one back.
He was supposed to as he had checked into a net that was for exchanging qsl cards. I guess there are two sets of rules, one for the priveledged and one for the rest.
By the way, puking drunk on stage really shows class.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Joe owes me a qsl card from when he was on one of the channel islands off the coast of california a few years ago.

To owe someone a QSL card really is a figure of speech. #No HAM actually owes another anything for a QSO. #That being said, a QSL card is nice, and an eQSL card is even nicer (for some less is more).
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I guess there are two sets of rules

There is no rule. #Even if you send an SASE delivered
Fed-EX to a station you worked, it is perfectly OK for them NOT to send you a card. #*(Unless they expressly agreed that they would)*. #The card is a courtesy, and NOT a requirement. #

These are my opinions of course and maybe there are nets where QSL for every QSO is an absolute requirement, but I am not aware of any.
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puking drunk on stage really shows class.

Sounds like he barely missed a beat. #I'm sure he didn't mean to puke on you. #I wish I could sell tickets to similiar events.

73

[ke0vh]

I was a DJ for 22 years and one of the fun times I had was having Steve Dahl and Garry Meier on my show in Lafayette Indiana, and I got to be on their show one day on WLS! The only time I ever got to be on the air in Chicago ;-). Sent Joe Walsh an email (not really expecting anything) asking if he would ever be on at a scheduled time.............Oh, Well, glad all you other guys are on to talk to. Ham Radio is really the best!
73'
KE0VH

[kc6ufe]

it is required if you agree to it by checking into a net that exchanges cards by the nature of the net. That was the purpose.
he flaked.

[kc5mfa]

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he flaked.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Maybe the guy forgot. We're only human. Well, most of us, anyway.

I was in broadcast radio many years and I finally got to see Joe perform at the 1999 Dayton Hamvention banquet. Great show! I know people who know Joe and he is the genuine article. He sees rock & roll as his job. He is definately NOT on the usual star trip.

Joe, thanks for being you... QSL habits and all!

Don Wilbanks
KC5MFA http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[kc6ufe]

oh alright, I love Joe too...

[wb6tma]

Joe's a Collins fan, listen to the Collins Collectors net, 3895kc at 2200 zulu on Fridays, he checks in once in a while and ragchews with the group. Might also hear him up on 20 meters at 14.180 at 1930 zulu on Sundays.

[KC8SFH]

Is Steve Dahl that you mention the same DJ that was in Detroit, MI on WWWW 106.7 that started the near riot at a tigers ballgame he had a disco sucks albumn burning? This was in the mid to late seventies.

[N0NB]

Oh the days!

Back in the early 80's on those long winter nights listening to Steve and Garry on WLS. From back here in northern KS, that was educational! Then one fall they were gone. Talk radio had invaded WLS and I've not listened much since.

Sadly, so many things I took for granted those years are now gone. I only wish now I had paid closer attention back then...

[n4nr]

Joe was the main act at the 1999 Dayton Hamvention banquet... I was lucky enuf to be sitting at a guest table up close to the stage... Let me tell you... all those older ARRL and Hamventions fellas in their suits and their wives did NOT look pleased with his performance...

I thought it was great... # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[n7lt]

I've listened to ole Joe's musice for many years. Loved his silly album titles like, "The smoker you get, the player you are".... or was it "the smoker you are, the player you get"?

Anyway...check out Joes shack! There are about 12 pictures, not just three!

Joe looks to be a REAL ham compaired to most famous people! MAN does he have a ton of stuff! Every room has amateur radio gear along with his music stuff! I heard before that he was a Collins collector but he looks to be a Ten-Tec guy also. Thought I also spotted a Kenwood TL-922 amp on a desk in there somewhere.

Joes ham shack can be seen at:
http://www.dahl.com/archives/photos/LA2002/index.htm http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

If you're interested in more famous Amateur radio operators, check out these web sites:
http://www.aesham.com/fun3.html
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/4400/famous.htm

[kj7wy]

I think we might have to realize that Joe Walsh is,
perhaps, the most recognizable ham radio ambassador
we have today. Maybe, like Barry Goldwater in the
past. I have many fond memories of Jamm'n Joe having
witnessed several of his escapades at the Sagebrush
Cantina near Topanga Canyon in the early 80's. The
most memorable was with the Eagles durning their Long
Run Tour in 1979. I never realized he was a Ham back
then, otherwise I would have razed him during his
Sagebrush performances. I did take some of his zany
advice as I found the Rocky Mountain way and live
here in the Meadow! Hope to work Joe one day!

73's
Pete
KJ7WY http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif