[CQ-Contest] Fwd: ve4vv, sk

[Tom Frenaye]

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     Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:20:49 -0500
     From: "Taylor,Kelly" <Kelly.Taylor at freepress.mb.ca>
  Subject: ve4vv, sk



One day in late 1983, I was at home running Americans split on 40  
meters using a special prefix. I can't remember which. After putting  
about 20 or so in the log, a guy who had just moved back to Winnipeg  
called in. We chatted on 40 for more than an hour, eventually QSYing  
back to the Canadian-only portion.
So began a friendship that lasted 24 years.
He and I shared too many cold ones, too many coffees, too many  
breakfasts at Smitty's.
We entered the 1984 WPX SSB as multi-single and won as top Canadians.  
We won the 1984 Can-Am contest. I thought his IC-745, which he won at  
Dayton in 1982, was the cat's meow. It certainly beat my FT-100B.
We often split the two weekends of SS at his station. He was always a  
better code man than I.
We went to Dayton, twice, both times staying up way too late in the  
contest suite. Both times hauling way too much gear back from the flea  
market.
We went to Grand Beach and oogled the girls. We were best men at each  
other's weddings. His, mine and then his again.
We were like brothers.
That friendship drew to a close yesterday when Derrick, VE4VV, passed  
away after a lengthy disease.
73 old boy. See you in the pileups again some day.


Kelly, ve4xt


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Hi Tom,
I'm at work and won't have access to home e-mail for a while. Can you post this to the CQ Contest for me? Thanks.


One day in late 1983, I was at home running Americans split on 40 meters using a special prefix. I can't remember which. After putting about 20 or so in the log, a guy who had just moved back to Winnipeg called in. We chatted on 40 for more than an hour, eventually QSYing back to the Canadian-only portion.
So began a friendship that lasted 24 years.
He and I shared too many cold ones, too many coffees, too many breakfasts at Smitty's. 
We entered the 1984 WPX SSB as multi-single and won as top Canadians. We won the 1984 Can-Am contest. I thought his IC-745, which he won at Dayton in 1982, was the cat's meow. It certainly beat my FT-100B.
We often split the two weekends of SS at his station. He was always a better code man than I.
We went to Dayton, twice, both times staying up way too late in the contest suite. Both times hauling way too much gear back from the flea market.
We went to Grand Beach and oogled the girls. We were best men at each other's weddings. His, mine and then his again.
We were like brothers.
That friendship drew to a close yesterday when Derrick, VE4VV, passed away after a lengthy disease.
73 old boy. See you in the pileups again some day.


Kelly, ve4xt