[CQ-Contest] KQ2M 50th Anniversary today!

[Chris Pedder]

This reminds me that it is almost 50 years, to the day since, I had 
lunch with Ed Reddington W4ZM, Stu Meyer W2GHK/4 and Vic Clark W4KFC. 
What a trio and what a privilege for someone newly licensed. (just 7-years)

73

Chris HS0ZNB


At 02:37 11/08/2023, you wrote:

>On August 10, 1973, I received my Novice license and called my first 
>CQ.  (You were supposed to log your CQ's back then and I dutifully 
>logged my first CQ on 80 M.  LOL!)
>
>50 years, all 340 countries and some 1,000,000+ qso's later, I can 
>truthfully say that this is the most amazing hobby with some of the 
>most amazing people that I have ever met.  Radio and Contesting have 
>become so inextricably intertwined with my life, that it is 
>impossible to imagine how different and poorer it would have been 
>without them, and without the countless friendships that I have made 
>and experiences that I have had.
>
>Thank you all for being a part of it!
>
>Vy 73
>
>Bob, KQ2M