- 1950
- at the December meeting a club newsletter is proposed by Frank Cooper WØIOS
- 1951
- February - first issue of Club Newsletter - named Ham Hum by Mary Richardson XYL of WØLWJ
- Dues are 50 cents per month or $5.00 if paid for the full year - there is a $1.00 initiation fee for new members
- First editor of Ham Hum - F.W. Cooper WØIOS
- Club members participate in a "Civil Defense Operation"
- Field Day logged 419 contacts
- October - Club gets a club call sign WØEQU Earle Olson is station trustee
- First Mention of a club being run by "The Clique"
- 1952
- Club provides communication support during evacuations due to flooding in Omaha and Council Bluffs
- Ham Hum Editors now Earle Olson WØJKE, Ed Gutman WØCQX & Dick Eilers WØYZC
- First AARC club QSL card contest to create club QSL card for WØEQU Earle Olson WØJKE was the winner
- Field Day 303 contacts - score was 2952
- Club participates in the Omaha Polio Drive
- 1953
- The Club purchased "two 300 Watt AC power plants"
- the Club hosts a North Pole Net
- 1954
- Club supports March of Dime and Cancer Society fund raising drives
- Meeting place moves to Florence Fire Barn
- Omaha tries to ban mobile short wave recievers - club fights back with FCC and ARRL
- KMTV aired a piece on ham radio and emergency communications
- Clique still in charge
- More discussion of ham radio call sign license plates
- Field Day was held, but turnout prompted an editorial on member committment
- 1955
- Club is Incorporated as Ak-Sar-Ben Radio Club, Inc
- Club instrumental in passing of L.B. 464 - Amateur Radio Call Sign License Plates
- Club hosts Midwest ARRL Convention October 22-23 at the Fontennelle Hotel
- 1956
- Club moves meeting location to Ak-Sar-Ben (In the 4-H Building)
- First Omaha-Douglas County Civil Defense Net was held on 29,500 Kc
- General Curtis LeMay passes tests and become K0GRL
- 1957
- Club particpates in Operation Alert! A 55 Hour long Civil Defense Drill
- Club operates from Brandies display window for 3 days - Makes QST
- Apparently the club is still being run by "The Clique"
- 1958
- Dick Eilers WØYZV named Mr. Ak-Sar-Ben for his many contributions to the club
- Club assists with the Heart Fund Drive & March of Dimes
- Club hosts auction at club meeting as a fund raiser
- 1959
- Dues increase to $6.00 a year $1.00 intiatation fee for new members
- Club supports the March of Dimes, Heart Fund and Crippled Children drives
- Club solicits vote and comments on buidling a club house - low response and 10-10 tie - club house on hold
- The club is still being run by "The Clique"
- Club members launch a DX-Pedition to South Dakota
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