[RTTY] NAQP Name

[Jerry Flanders]

At 02:47 AM 2/25/2013, Kok Chen wrote:

>On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
>
> > But you guys got me thinking... I'm considering honoring my 
> gr-gr-Polish-grandfather by using his name next time...
>
>I got my current vanity call sign in May 2002.  During the next 
>NAQP, I used "WILKE" as my name, to honor Wilke Cruse, the only 
>previous owner of the call sign.
>
>N0AX told me that Wilke used "Bill" on the air, but I thought 
>"Wilke" was more fitting.  He was a Sparks on the 
>Seattle-Yokohama-Shanghai steamships before the war.
>
>Anyway, it must have gotten into some friends.ini database.  On the 
>next couple of contests, I received stuff like TU WILKE :-).
>
>One year, I'd used CHENEY. (Contests are supposed to be fun, right?)
>
>73
>Chen, W7AY



I worked W1AW in a contest a few years ago and was given "Hiram". Spooky!

Jerry W4UK