[SCCC] I will be on 10m CW Friday Night from 0000z to abouot 0300z

[Arnie]

#464 – That is a hoot!
Arnie N6HC

From: Steve
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 1:07 AM
To: Tim Goeppinger; sccc at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [SCCC] I will be on 10m CW Friday Night from 0000z to abouot 0300z

At 08:37 PM 4/29/2021, Tim Goeppinger wrote:
>If you haven't dusted off your 10-10 number lately, you can look it 
>up here.  ten-ten.org/resources/tenten-lookup
>  Last year I was impressed that many of you have 4 digit 10-10 numbers!

... But of course we all have 4-digit numbers, we're all 
old-timers  8-D The real old geezers, however, will all have 3-digit 
numbers, though; and the Priests and Priestesses of the Sanctuary 
will have 2-digit numbers. Finally, there will be the Gods of them 
all, with single-digit numbers... EXCEPT there is apparently just one 
of those left.

Having too much time on my hands and nothing to do the rest of the 
night until bedtime, I decided to go look up a few things at that 
site above. It's not surprising that there is only one single-digit 
member still alive; however, what's surprising is he's number 1, and 
the next surviving 10-10 member is #13, K6OYX. (Looking through the 
list of the first 1000 members, the only two calls that jumped out at 
me are Larry, K6YUI with #62, and W6RW, #29.

It seems the dates the listing provides are something other than when 
a person became a member, as my listing says 04/1978, and the listing 
indicates that #1 guy became a member in 6/1994. My 10-10 certificate 
was issued on 1/30/73. The web page "What is 10-10?" says this: "The 
Ten-Ten International Net, Inc. was formed back in 1962 as the 
Ten-Ten Net of Southern California. Its purpose was to promote 
activity and good operating practice on the ten meter amateur band. 
During the first few years the organization grew slowly, but by 1975 
there were 10,000 members, and the word "International" had crept 
into the name. There have now been over 75,000 10-10 numbers issued 
world wide."

To get my number, I actually drove out into the desert somewhere, I 
forget where, and visited W6LRY, the secretary at the time, at his 
mobile home, who was maintaining and issuing the numbers. I watched 
as, after examining my log, he opened his ledger and carefully wrote 
in my callsign then typed out the certificate; I've got it in front of me.

There's a couple of oddballs listed in that "Founders" list of the 
first 1,000 members: try #129, then for giggles, #464. There's also a 
guy listed from Bahrain, with a MP4 call 8-O

SteveH, K0XP 

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