[VHFcontesting] Arnie Coro CO2KK SK

[w3cmp]

Hello all- Just read that Arnie CO2KK passed away.   Very sad news.  Working  Arnie on  2 meter E skip in the 1980s was one of my  biggest  thrills in ham radio. I didn't know it at the time, but on 2 meters Arnie  was running 35 watts to a HB  groundplane from EL83 Havana. I was in FN10.  That morning six meters was open to FL and Cuba He announced he was calling  CQ on 144200  and I began to listen for him.  I heard a weak  cw signal and it was Arnie!  I called  him and he came back  We exchanged reports, grids and 73s before his  signal faded.  We must have hit an ionization hot spot.  Arnie  later said  it was the first PA to Cuba contact  on 2 meters.  It was a very  neat experience - one I will always treasure. RIP old friemd.73, Chris  W3CMP  Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device