Ed,
If you don't watch out you are going to change your reputation from
curmudgeon to a real sweetheart! A great story. Thanks for sharing it
with us!
VY 73,
Jay, K4OGG
At 11:22 PM 11/12/2004, K4SB wrote:
>This happened in the time period of 68-77, but I remember making a SSB
>contact with one of our destroyers in the Arabian Sea. Toward the end,
>the operator casually asked if I had phone patch capability. When I
>answered yes, he asked if I would run a few. Well, I did, and the
>number just kept getting larger to the point I asked for a special
>long distance operator to stay with me.
>
>To make a long story shorter, those calls went on for almost 9 hours.
>Everyone on the ship placed one, and AT&T stood by me like a champ.
>
>Finally, it was over, but I had not heard the operator of the station
>ask, so I asked him if he wanted to make one. His reply was that he
>was an orphan, with no family. I asked him to stand by, disconnected
>the patch, and explained the situation to the operator. She gladly
>accepted, and my next transmission was to the ship operator telling
>him I had a phone patch for him.
>
>I put the AT&T operator on the patch, and they chatted for about 20
>minutes. I do remember they exchanged addresses, but not much else.
>When they finished, I asked her to bill me for the call, and she said,
>"No, this one is on us."
>
>I was delightedly surprised a couple of months later to receive a very
>nice certificate from the Captain of the DD expressing his
>appreciation. That piece of wallpaper has hung for a long time.
>
>Some MARS work also, but that day was special.
>
>73
>Ed
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