[CQ-Contest] K5MM - Silent Key

[Bob Wruble]

dale had a club call....W7NQ...but he rarely used it for obvious
reaspms!!......dale's present club call was W7GOD !!!   only my
old friend dale would have the audacity........

he will be missed.....de bob   w7gg



-----Original Message-----
From: JBaumgarte at aol.com <JBaumgarte at aol.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] K5MM - Silent Key


>
>Really sad to hear about our old friend, Dale Jones.
>
>Gator was correct, Dale's call in CA was W6GEN--that's the time I got to
know
>him.  He was there working for General Dynamics as an RF Design engineer
for
>guided missel work.  I met him through a life-long friend of mine from
Duluth
>who went to GD, also.  My pal said he often got QSL's from exotic locations
>with only a fuzzy recollection of working the guy!  It seems Dale had so
much
>fun getting the good ones, he often threw in a few extra calls just for
good
>measure.
>
>Had a nice chat with him during the last phone SS (I think)--he was QRP,
but
>that great radio voice came through beautifully.
>
>I always thought, as a cw op, he rated right up there with the very best.
>
>John, N0IJ
>Duluth, MN
>
>
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