On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> But you guys got me thinking... I'm considering honoring my
> gr-gr-Polish-grandfather by using his name next time...
I got my current vanity call sign in May 2002. During the next NAQP, I used
"WILKE" as my name, to honor Wilke Cruse, the only previous owner of the call
sign.
N0AX told me that Wilke used "Bill" on the air, but I thought "Wilke" was more
fitting. He was a Sparks on the Seattle-Yokohama-Shanghai steamships before
the war.
Anyway, it must have gotten into some friends.ini database. On the next couple
of contests, I received stuff like TU WILKE :-).
One year, I'd used CHENEY. (Contests are supposed to be fun, right?)
73
Chen, W7AY
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