[CQ-Contest] SILENT KEY - 8P6CC/VP6WR

[David Gilbert]

VP6WR was only the second DX station I had ever worked after getting my 
license in 1967 as WA0TAC.   Nov 30, 1967 15m SSB.  I wonder if it was 
you I actually worked.

73,
Dave   AB7E



>> I was saddened today to learn of the passing of my friend Woody
>> Richardson, 8P6CC.  At the age of 108..........
>>
>> I first met Woody in September 1967, and enjoyed some operations from
>> his VP6WR station on Barbados.  And Woody hosted my 8P6J operations in
>> the ARRL DX CW and CQ WW CW contests, 1980 -82.   We were able to speak
>> briefly on his last birthday, New Years' Eve. To make it to 108 must
>> surely be a record for ham radio.  RIP Woody.
>>
>> Jim Neiger  N6TJ