[TowerTalk] W2SKE

[kr2q at optonline.net]

Thanks Steve...I stand corrected.de Doug KR2Q----- Original Message -----From: STeve Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:47 amSubject: W2SKETo: kr2q at optonline.net, towertalk at contesting.com> >>The movie [To Win The World] was narrated by Bill Leonard, > W2SKE (SK).> > >>For those of you who don't know, Bill was VP at CBS News, > >>a famous "announcer" on par with Walter Cronkite, and was the > author > >>of the famous Sports Illustrated article on contesting.> > No, Bill was President of CBS News, not a VP.  He was a producer> who was promoted to President while I worked at CBS and was > responsible for giving us permission to put the 147.000 MHz> repeater at the CBS microwave receive site at the world famous> Chrysler Building, making the building one of the tallest> Amateur Radio towers in the world.> > An ardent 10 meter operator at K2GL in the early 70s when I> was there, Bill was also the father of the CBS Amateur Radio> Club, now run by Bob, K2TV.> > HNY all....> > -73- Steve, W2ML> >