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Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

To: 'CQ-Contest Reflector' <cq-contest@contesting.com>, W7TMT - Patrick <w7tmt@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia
From: ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:29:05 +0000 (UTC)
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 I thought DU7SV's QSL was the best design ever. I still do. It took me a long 
time but I got one.

I have one from VE7SV in the same style.

73,
Ken, AB1J


    On Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 04:17:07 PM EDT, W7TMT - Patrick 
<w7tmt@outlook.com> wrote:   

 I stand corrected by several stations via private messages. The station in 
question was DU7SV not DS7.

I worked him on 15M with a Knight Kit Spanmaster regen rcvr and a new to me. 
DX40 feeding a dipole at perhaps 15 feet. I bought the DX40, which had a big 
dent in the front panel, for the sum of $12. It took me many hours over the 
course of several days using a powdered cleaner and water on a scrap of window 
glass to grind a crystal up into the 15M Novice segment from a freq well below 
it.

Tnx for the correction.

W7TMT

From: w1rm@comcast.net <w1rm@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 07:04
To: 'W7TMT - Patrick' <W7TMT@outlook.com>; jimk8mr@aol.com; 'CQ-Contest 
Reflector' <cq-contest@contesting.com>; 'Art Boyars' <artboyars@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

No DX on 80.  I ventured to 40 once or twice, but that's all.  No 15, either.



Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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From: W7TMT - Patrick <W7TMT@outlook.com<mailto:W7TMT@outlook.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 9:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

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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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

Ya gotta love the busted calls.



Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

 I too often heard that K5BIJ call on the air.
I also heard and called that K7HFX guy from CZ - was that Central Arizona?

73 -  Jim  K8MR




    On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 08:48:19 AM EDT, Art Boyars 
<artboyars@gmail.com<mailto:artboyars@gmail.com>> wrote:

 Writing up my 3830scores report for Sprint CW, I reminded myself of this story.

In the mid-1960s, in a CW CD Party, on 40M I was called by "K5BIJ".  I sent him 
my report, but it took Katashe several tries for me to get his call correctly.  
I was astounded.  Back then I didn't know it was possible to work Hawaii on 40M 
from Maryland.


My antenna was a dipole.  Pretty sure rcvr was my RME-4350 (maybe the "A"
version), and that I had already upgraded the xmtr from the BC-459 to a 
second-hand Viking Ranger.

73, Art K3KU


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