Topband: W1BB

[lstoskopf at cox.net]

Many years ago I was in Boston for a medical meeting.  Took some time off and visited Stu.

In those days no phones with cameras and didn't take a camera so only memories.

I had worked him on 150 many times from Kansas.  I still have a QSL from that and a SWL  report from his ship with his 2nd wife in the Atlantic.  The card in the picture.

He gave me a tour of his attic shack.  Turned on the old spark gap rig and let me send a bit.  Rattled the ceiling light.

Then we went out to the water tower where he did his major DX ops.  Just before that he was out operating one night.  Someone came by and wired the padlock.  He ended up on CW contacting someone in  (I think) England in the early morning and had them call the Winthrop police to get him out.  He got quite a laugh while telling that.  I think he had a rig down in the yacht club, but we didn't make that.

He had had a bought of depression just before I was there and we had a chat about that.

Great guy, always seemed to be in a suit.  Especially for his weekly trips to Boston for a coffee group.

I've told some of this before, but maybe the new guys care.  I also have a small pile of 160 newsletters...multicolor mimeo and always a personal note.

N0UU