A friend of mine ( who to this day knows absolutely nothing about radio,
propagation or especially antennas ) and I worked together about 30 years ago
and when he found out I was doing radio he immediately said " Do you know
VE1ZZ?" No I replied not personally but I know "OF" him because he is a legend
to all Topbanders.
He then went on to explain how, when he was a kid back in the early 60's or
70's, he and his friends would sneak over to Jacks place to climb his towers
for fun and that Jack would sometimes catch them and run them off. "Funny thing
he said, sometimes when we were on the towers they would start humming" and he
started laughing. I asked him if he knew why they were humming and he said he
had no idea. So then I started laughing and told him why - and then he stopped
and got little pale...
That became a running joke between us for the many years we worked together.
I even had the chance to tell Jack about it during one of the CQ160 SSB
contests about 10 or 11 years ago. Jack laughed on the air when I relayed the
story and said " I know who you are talking about!"
R.I.P. Jack es TU for the countless 160 QSOs...
You will be missed but not forgotten my friend.
73,
Brian
VE3MGY
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