I became a Novice in August 1973. Using an HW-16 running 1 watt out to
a 40 M dipole at ~ 15' at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, DX was hard
to come by. But thankfully LU5HFI (K3ZO) and JH1WIX frequented the
Novice bands back then and gave many Novices their first DX qso's. They
often had pileups, but persistence and learning the timing of how and
when to call eventually paid off with qso's with both of them.
It was only 2 months after I worked Fred, LU5HFI, when I read in a NY
Times article that he had been shot and badly wounded while in
Argentina. Quite a shock for a 12 year old kid.
RIP my friends. Thank you for your kindness and your qso's.
73
Bob, KQ2M
On 2025-09-16 20:23, W7TMT - Patrick wrote:
DX in the Novice bands? I’ll bet many of you have DS7SV in those old
logs. He spent massive amounts of time giving Novices their 1st serious
DX Q’s. QSL card had a nice green background with his calling in a
white/cream script font across the face. Great and very patient op.
Those were the days.
73
Patrick, W7TMT
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