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

[NK6A-Don Minkoff]

#5347 here .  I'll give it a shot.

Don, NK6A

On 4/30/2021 10:55 AM, Arnie via SCCC wrote:
> #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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Don Minkoff
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