[CQ-Contest] 1973 CW SS

[Rex Maner]

I seem to rembember   W5QQQ/k7qq  in the mix.  The suprise is I don't 
rembember    k4bvd/6  W6OAT  having wa7nin??

Chirp  K7JA/ k7vpf did the SS from my station the year before and kicked my 
butt and I was at RM as  W5QQQ/7

Quack

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil at gmail.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 1973 CW SS


>> 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).
>>
>> George sent me a CD - and it was painful to listen to - [snip]
>
> Ditto here - I got my hands on the station at W0EEE at Univ of Mo - Rolla 
> as
> a freshman.  SB301/401/220, CL-36 at 100' or so and wires.  I was sharing
> with WB9FSL, WA0RAD, WA0ACF, and others.  Probably a REALLY good thing 
> there
> was no recorder during my shifts.  I remember being pretty amazed at the
> capability of K7JA/W7RM (...Radio Macaroni on the phone weekend...) and
> W6OAT/WA7NIN.  Yikes.  About the time you think you get the hang of these
> things, there are half a dozen guys blowing your doors off as they whiz by
> :-)
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
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