[CQ-Contest] Something New

[Zack Widup]

Some years ago I was ragchewing with Jack Troster W6ISQ. Jack said he grew
up near Bellflower, IL (which is about 25 miles from here). I had seen a
farm/railroad stop on maps of the area labeled simply as "Troster." I'd
been by there. So I said to him "Oh, the Troster farm. I've been by there.
I never made that connection before." He told me I was the only radio
amateur who ever knew that.
:-)

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Jack Schuster <w1wef3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the ARRL Phone contest I heard a very loud W1AVK working someone, and I
> moved him up two to tell him I knew the original W1AVK (SK 1962). He was
> thrilled to hear that, because the Lou Richmond was this guy's great uncle.
> I told him I'll contact him after the contest.  I did that and told him
> what I remembered about his uncle Lou. He owned a radio wholesale place in
> Springfield, Ma, and as a kid doing a lot of homebrewing I bought parts
> there occasionally.
>
> I never ran into him before, but he lives in Vernon, a couple towns away
> from me here in Ct. After exchanging a couple emails, and a look at my QRZ
> page, he told me his XYL used to work for me!  It's a small world after
> all, and I always felt that Ham radio makes it smaller yet.    JACK W1WEF
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