[ADXA] Doc and an addendum of sorts...

Sat Aug 17 10:48:42 EDT 2019

Good morning San, yes you had BBQ with Dr. Charles Floyd. However I think the other doctor you are thinking about he is Tom Raymond W5JM AKA W5 junkman. Doctor Tom Raymond had a huge collection of Rigs and Bill and him would run the Classic Radio Exchange. 73 JSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> Date: 8/17/19  9:33 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: jayw5jay <jayw5jay at cox.net>, Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> Cc: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Doc and an addendum of sorts... He drove to Alma to meet me once and I bought him a BBQ meal, THe best in NWA, at the filling station where 71B meets I40.. Been going there for years and he knew about it. I had one card for him to check. Used to refer patients to him when I was in medical practice in Paris in the 1980s.  He has (or did have) so many pieces of OLD and mint condition ham equipment. May be gone now, Jay would know. Always won the “Old Equipment” contest every year and W5SJ would share in making the QSOs. They wud go from a rig combination to another rig (xcvr or rcvr/xmt combo), about 25-30 possibilities. Other contestants around the USA had less to work with and lost by  BIG margins, nobody close at all. San YY   >> morning everyone, it is Saturday. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: jayw5jaySent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 9:19 AMTo: Rory BowersCc: ADXASubject: Re: [ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI It is and it was. 73 j a y   Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> Date: 8/17/19 8:20 AM (GMT-06:00) To: jayw5jay <jayw5jay at cox.net> Cc: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI  Yhank You Jay... big shoes to fill.  Doc did a fantastic job for years.  I am sure that his service is deeply appreciated by all.Rory, K5CKS On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 10:51 PM jayw5jay <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:That is very good news Rory. Congratulations and good luck with the new position. 73 j a y   Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: k6cks01 <k6cks01 at gmail.com> Date: 8/16/19 6:19 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> Cc: 'ADXA' <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: RE: [ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI  Yes I am, I accepted Doc's position.  I have not had any business yet though.  I will start doing the Hamfest circuit this year.Rory, K5CKS    Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> Date: 8/16/19 4:48 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'Rory Bowers' <k6cks01 at gmail.com> Cc: 'ADXA' <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: RE: [ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI  Hi Rory,Hey that is great, are you a DXCC card checker?  Hopefully  I will have two cards to put on the ARRL’s Online DXCC that will have to be check afterwards.  That is another service that the ARRL has made to make life with the card checkers easier and more accurate!   73 de jay/w5jay.. From: Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 4:27 PMTo: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net>Cc: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>Subject: Re: [ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI It will be an honor to check that card for you Jay!  I am so glad you are finally successful!Rory, K5CKS On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:10 PM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:Hi Everyone,I wanted to update and thank everyone again that was so helpful (ADXA big dogs and little pups) in my quest to get a card from PY0TI over 23 years ago.  Over the years I kept trying different things like emailing another card with return mailers, sending un-answer emails, etc.  No luck with those and the cards I sent over the years could have been pilfered through getting using the old cut the corner off and go fishing with a large bobby pin.  I had more than one card destroyed that way.  The way I stuff the envelopes that is the only way they are going to get the USDs. I got an idea off of Rory that I hadn’t tried before, but a few of you mentioned this as well.  Not sure why I didn’t think of it before?  Try to contact some hams around his last know location and maybe someone local to him or a club member might know him that is willing to get in touch with him.  BTW, his home call was PY1UP and so I emailed a person nearest his last location on QRZ.com and then went fishing on HamGrid maps.  That special person is PY1BC, Gilberto and turns out they are best friends.  According to Gilberto they talk once a day, talk about lucking out!  He put me in contact with Joao PY1UP the next day, asking how he could be of service to me!  I told him of my DXCC Quest for ATNO.   That was yesterday.  Today I get two more emails.  One email with a jpg showing I am “IN” the log under my old call of KA5DGH.  These are all paper logs with over 25 thousand QSOs.  Think about this, even with good data that is a lot of log sheets to turn over looking for a single QSO.  So for him to take the time to look me up was super nice/cool.  Then he asks me for a good mailing address.  Then I get a second email showing me the confirmed card made out. I am so shocked, stunned, but super excited.  This is only one of two ATN QSOs I don’t have a confirmations for, yet.  Looks like both will be cards coming in or hopefully so in the near future.   Over the emails I asked Joao how I could repay his kindness and reimburse his costs for the QSL.  He hasn’t said anything so far,  just asks for my good mailing address!  I have done the same type of thing over the years and looks like my kindness is being rewarded back to me.  Pay forward?  Looks like the true Ham Radio sprit is not dead!! Anyway I have a few confirmations like these that make the whole DXCC journey so interesting and wanted to share the ongoing saga of the lost contact from 20 plus years ago!  So this one, Monk Apollo’s card, and the P5 card are great memories for me!  Each one has a story and is unique, IMHO.   Never give up and don’t stop asking for help when you need it.   73 de jay/w5jay..______________________________________________________________ADXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/adxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:ADXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html 
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