[ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI
jayw5jay
jayw5jay at cox.net
Wed Aug 21 11:43:03 EDT 2019
Hi Rory, I know all of them, but will always try to go to you first. The only reason I can think of not going to you, would be if I was going to an adxa meeting where Rodger Gray or Earl Smith was there instead. I've used Earl before at one of the adxa meetings in Hot Springs. However I'm super excited to give you some business soon and I may have a third card all-time new one. I'm going to quit talking about this cuz I don't want to jinx myself. But I did work a new one the other night but it will be a hard card to get as it's over in one of the Russia States. I hope to get that card off today or tomorrow. Today's chore is to help Mike W5 TMC upload a recent log. All the best thank you. 73 j a ySent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> Date: 8/21/19 9:00 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Steve Norris <w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com> Cc: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI Here is a list of the Authorized Card Checkers... there are three of us in the Delta Division. There may be one that is closer to you. Otherwise it will be an honor to check your cards!http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/Card-Checkers-July-2019.pdf Rory, K5CKS On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:45 AM Steve Norris <w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com> wrote:
Rory,
Good to know. I am putting
together my stack of cards that are "above and beyond" what
countries have long since been confirmed on LOTW. After I get
them all together, I'll contact you and see which hamfest you
will be going to -- for card checking. New to the group here,
so I'm looking forward to meeting everyone at future meetings.
And finally catching up after 55 years of operating, hihi.
Steve, W5KI
On 8/16/2019 6:19 PM, k6cks01 wrote:
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 PM
To: 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..
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