Good story and, WOW, that brings back some memories. I remember listening in
absolute awe as Katashi would run pile-ups. That guy never missed a call or an
exchange. He could pluck a single call sign out of a pile *every* time. It was
amazing.
At the time (1960s), I was the only guy in MT (WA7DMA then) who got into CD
parties so I'd have pretty good pile-ups on me and it was exhilarating! I was
receiving on an old Hammarlund SP-200 and transmitting with a home brew rig
with a 4-400 final. Heh..
Now, there are a bunch of CW guys in MT and they're all better ops than I am
so I'm no longer getting the 12-DB advantage of being a rare section. But, I
have upgraded my receiver!
Art, thanks for that little trip down Memory Lane.
73,
Doug, W7KF
http://www.w7kf.com
Art Boyars wrote:
> I remember a CW contest (I think it was a CD Party) from when I was still
> living "at home", so it was over 40 years ago. My CQ on 40M was answered by
> a fast op, whom I copied as "K5BIJ". It took a few corrections for me to
> recognize one of the most famous call signs in the world, KH6IJ.
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