[CQ-Contest] 1973 SS CW

[Mark Beckwith]

Dang!  The memories come flooding back.  Thanks Tree.  My very first SS was 
1972.  I was a guest at K6UJX running a Drake TR-3 with no CW filters.  The 
thing I liked the most about it was watching the 3-500s in the Henry glow 
that subtle ruby color with my sending.  Definitely prec "B".  I believe I 
made 72 QSOs in something like 8 hours.  Then it got slow and I decided to 
throw in the towel.  Didn't catch it on tape, thankfully.

Mark, WA6OTU

> That was my first SS as WA2OVE.
>
> I worked: W3ADE WB2IWH WB4OUF W8DM K4BAI WA2LCC/8 K0GXR K4GSU WA2DNY 
> WA2HAI
> W1DGL/1 K8MFO WN9LHK WN1RSK WN2NAE W4OZF W5MYA and K6VNX.
>
> DX60B and HR10B with 30' of wire. Dual knife switch for T/R.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob W5OV
>
>> Recently, K5TR received a reel-to-reel tape of my operation in the 1973 
>> SS
>> CW contest while operating at W6DGH (now N6AA).  I had just turned 19 and
>> this was probably my first SS with a "real" station (KWS-1, 204BA, SB-101
>> and SB-220).