[50mhz] Newcomer

[Christopher Boone]

Ray Brown wrote:

>   Which reminds me, we used to have a fellow drop by once in a while that was the
> captain of a petroleum tanker. He would mention his route over a certain time frame,
> and it was fun to make W1LM / MM contacts with him while he was in the Gulf of
> Mexico or up or down the Atlantic or Pacific sea coasts. (MM is Maritime Mobile,
> pretty rare grid squares but they count towards your VHF/UHF Century Club count)
> So, a mobile to MM contact is really nice! :-)

BTW , news on W1LP (W1LM is a club call)...Clint's ship was sold to a 
firm in India who ran it aground on the Columbia River in Oregon and it 
was scrapped....so Clint is land locked for now until he can get on 
another ship :(

He used to run a lot in the Gulf Coast...heard him on a local rptr in 
the Port Arthur TX area (my home area) once in his stays...

Chris
WB5ITT
Houston