Topband: Earl SK

[LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad]

during the 1970 CQ 160 contest I worked W5RTQ on Jan-24 upon which I
received a long letter from Earl. He was enthused about his first EU QSO
with only homebrew 50w in his 75 ft T.L. vertical. In fact, I was his 2nd
EU, the first being G3RCB from W8DGP. He was aware of me flying over KL7FRY
(Shemya) ever so often on the run ANC-TYO, too, and continued about his
future plans. If there was a dyed-in-the-wool topbander, it certainly was
Earl. It was with great pleasure and interest that I followed his many
publications and comments. Typically, he invited me to his W5 QTH stating
his phone number. But layovers in Houston were too short to allow for a
visit.
Earl's passing is a severe loss for our 160 community.
RIP Earl and BCNU in the multiverse!

Jan DL9KR (ex DL9KRA).

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THis reminds me of a direct QSL  and nice letter from Earl while I was a
expat in Denmark.
I received 
It turned out that I was his first OZ on 160.

73

" RAG "  Ragnar Otterstad   LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO


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