[ADXA] Update on ATNO PY0TI
Rory Bowers
k6cks01 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 21 16:56:43 EDT 2019
I am glad that you mentioned that Earl.
Rory, K5CKS
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:52 AM Earl <n5zm at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please remember that N5ZM is the only qualified Arkansas card checker that
> can
> check 160 meter cards.
>
> Thanks, see ya at next meeting.
>
> 73, Earl N5ZM..
>
> PS. Unless Rory has 160 meter DXCC, but I don't see him on the 160 meter
> DXCC
> list.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> On 8/21/2019 10:43 AM, jayw5jay wrote:
> > 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 y
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent 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
> > <mailto: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> <mailto:jayw5jay at cox.net>
> >> Date: 8/16/19 4:48 PM (GMT-06:00)
> >> To: 'Rory Bowers' <k6cks01 at gmail.com> <mailto:k6cks01 at gmail.com>
> >> Cc: 'ADXA' <adxa at mailman.qth.net> <mailto: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> <mailto:k6cks01 at gmail.com>
> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2019 4:27 PM
> >> *To:* Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> <mailto:jayw5jay at cox.net>
> >> *Cc:* ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> <mailto: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
> >> <mailto: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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