[CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

[w1rm at comcast.net]

Ya gotta love the busted calls.



Pete Chamalian, W1RM
W1RM at Comcast.net

WWW.W1RM.COM

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+w1rm=comcast.net at contesting.com> On Behalf Of jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 8:57 AM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>; Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

 I too often heard that K5BIJ call on the air.
I also heard and called that K7HFX guy from CZ - was that Central Arizona?

73 -  Jim   K8MR




    On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 08:48:19 AM EDT, Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> wrote:   

 Writing up my 3830scores report for Sprint CW, I reminded myself of this story.

In the mid-1960s, in a CW CD Party, on 40M I was called by "K5BIJ".  I sent him my report, but it took Katashe several tries for me to get his call correctly.  I was astounded.  Back then I didn't know it was possible to work Hawaii on 40M from Maryland.


My antenna was a dipole.  Pretty sure rcvr was my RME-4350 (maybe the "A"
version), and that I had already upgraded the xmtr from the BC-459 to a second-hand Viking Ranger.

73, Art K3KU

  
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