[CQ-Contest] K1 Who?

[W1UK]

I'll second everything Jim said.  In spite of an incredibly busy schedule
with work, local town board involvement, family etc, Dave still managed to
make the time to attend my tower hearing and speak on my behalf, and rush
over one Sunday afternoon to help get an unruly long mast into my tower.
You would be hard pressed to find anyone more devoted to our hobby or
supportive of contesting.

Jim W1UK

p.s. It should be noted that CQ screwed up the listing for WW CW.  Dave NT1N
operated Dave ZZ's fine station in last years event.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:49 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] K1 Who?


>
> Looking at the CQ WW CW writeup I see many familiar callsigns from the
> debate of a few weeks ago...and the sometimes mailgned W4ZV's bodacious 10
> meter monoband entry....
>
> During the "who's the best" series of few weeks ago W3ZZ pointed out to me
> someone, an obvious candidate, had not been mentioned yet....and seeing as
> it never surfaced I will mention him now.  Afterall we are an expanding
> group and there are new guys on here who don't know what happened 25 years
> ago, they might not have been born yet!
>
> Another one of those kids from years gone by who started out with a
marginal
> station (2 element tribnader as I recall though it was before my time) and
> made a name for himself...later going on to win ARRL DX both modes and
many
> other contests.  He does not get mentioned much on the contest reflector
but
> is certainly center stage when it comes to amateur radio:
>
> Dave Sumner, K1ZZ
>
> Dave as we all know is publisher of QST and ARRL's Exec VP...he used to be
> "one of us" and still very much so is - he is da' judge at WRTC (other
than
> K4BAI) and is deserving of mention in  the best o' the best.
>
> I had the distinct pleasure of sitting next to Dave at the 40 meter
position
> of W2PV when I was learning the contest game in the seventies...the was
> pre-computer logging.  I quickly learned that Dave like myself was a
> lefty...and he sent CW righty...so he never had to put down the pencil...I
> made a mental note to do same after the first weekend of operating with
> Dave...that alone was worth a lot not to mention watching him pull out the
> calls...seemingly effortlessly.
>
> Since nobody else has mentioned Dave, I honestly think he is simply a
> "given" on the big list....here ya go...oh yeah, thanks Dave!
>
> Jim, K4OJ
>
> (p.s. I believe there is another able-bodied contester that has not been
> mentioned!)
>
>
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