You are right Hank. I put in for 12 different calls the end of 1977...the
deadline for the last time you could get a 1 X 2 call because you were a
true-blue-gosh-darn-American-Extra was December 31, 1977 if I remember
correctly. On day, I got the bug and mailed in 12 calls that I wanted.
Dropped the package in the mail on December 24, 1977.
Paul Grauer, the Midwest Director at the time, had a friend in the FCC office
and he would get weekly updates of calls available by FAX. Paul would mail you
a copy. He owned a telephone company so he had a 1-800 number. So, the next
day I got the weekly call list from the FCC from Paul and made the
choices..... I got my #1 pick in 1977. No vanity here, but I was thinking of
contesting.
Lee - K0WA
ex-WA0SWC
ex-WN0OWN
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