[ADXA] Pakistan confirmed

Wed Nov 25 11:38:20 EST 2020

Thanks Nick for including me in such an elite group of local hams.  Not
sure I belong there, but I appreciate it.  But I was also a staple on 10m
back then as I was just a Technician and too lazy to learn faster CW.

73's
George - WB5JJJ

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On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 10:19 AM Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill Moore K5HTF died in August 2013 at the age of 80.
>
> Back in the early 70s I didn't go to ARVARF meetings and didn't know many
> local hams until I got on 2 meters. I finished my HW-202 in 1975. It came
> with crystals for 146.94 simplex. One of the first guys I worked was Bill.
> He said he had extra crystals for 22/82 (Mt. Nebo) he'd give me if I wanted
> to come down to Knoxville and I did.
>
> Bill liked CW and chasing DX but he also liked to talk and since he worked
> at home, he monitored the repeater all day and was a fixture there.  I
> don't recall a lot of DXers in town in the 1975-80 time period. W5RZ hadn't
> yet parachuted into Pope County, WB5BHS hadn't come out of hibernation,
> WB5JJJ hadn't moved down from 6 meters. K5UR did move into town for a time,
> doing some kind of legal and/or financial work at ANO. So I got a lot of
> tips on 2 meters from K5HTF and K5UR.
>
> I used to and still do put credits in my log for who turned me on to a new
> country. So it'll say, "Tip: K5HTF", "Tip: K5UR", "Tip: W5RZ" or even "Tip:
> ADXA".
>
> 73-
>
> Nick, WA5BDU
>
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> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 8:42 AM HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Met K5HTF a few times at in-state ham events but last time was many, many
>> years ago. I assume he passed away in the past 2-3 years. He would have
>> been about 87 years old this year. TU for the great story Stan. And, I too
>> remember the late 70s when we lived in LR and there was a gas shortage. We
>> were only allowed 5 gallon maximum because of long lines, so we had to get
>> 5 more gallons the next day and finally had a full tank by the 3rd day.
>> Lot  of carpooling going on I remember.
>>
>> San
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From: *Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 24, 2020 10:13 PM
>> *To: *Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject: *Re: [ADXA] Pakistan confirmed
>>
>>
>>
>> Great story, Nick, about Bill. When I was just a young teenage ham, a
>> couple of us drove down to Knoxville to hitch a ride to the Little Rock
>> Hamfest. That was back in the 70s when the gas shortage was in full swing,
>> so Bill gladly let us ride in his Mercedes!
>>
>>
>>
>> Somewhere along the way back, Bill discovered he needed some diesel and
>> there wasn’t a station open anywhere. We ended up getting a gallon or two
>> from a farmer willing to share some with Bill and we made it back to
>> Knoxville.
>>
>>
>>
>> I got to visit Bill later after he’d moved back to OKC on one of my work
>> trips. He was always glad to have visitors, even after all those years.
>> Sure miss him and many of the Elmers that are no longer with us.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Stan
>>
>> K5VR
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 24, 2020, at 8:11 AM, Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> George, I was hoping for a clean sweep in the CW SS but those pesky
>> Canadians did me in too. Missed NL, NT and MAR.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Pakistan story reminded me of one of my DX stories. I don't have many
>> since I'm just a dilettante / fair-weather DXer. But the weather was very
>> fair for DX in July 1980. Pre-internet, we'd sometimes exchange spots over
>> the Mt. Nebo repeater.
>>
>>
>>
>> Local DX chaser Bill, K5HTF called me up on 2 as he was working AP2MQ on
>> 15 meter SSB. I can't believe he had the audacity, but he asks the guy,
>> "Hey, will you listen for my buddy across town?  Oh, and he doesn't work
>> phone, so do you have a key?"  I'd tuned to the frequency and in a little
>> while I hear the guy calling me in medium slow CW on a straight key. I
>> exchanged reports with him and put him in the log. I can only imagine how
>> the other US stations waiting to work AP2MQ were fuming while all this was
>> going on.
>>
>>
>>
>> But that's just part one of the story. Some time later, I received his
>> QSL - but it's blank!  That threw me into an ethical quandary. OK, I know I
>> worked him so I could just fill it out, but I think there's a hard rule of
>> DX QSLing that says no blank QSLs. So I put it aside to ponder and a month
>> or two later a second QSL arrived, this time filled out and signed. Problem
>> solved.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73-
>>
>>
>>
>> Nick, WA5BDU
>>
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>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:38 AM WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know it's not a big deal to many of you, but on Sunday, I got
>> confirmation on LoTW of a couple of contacts with AP2AM on 20m.  Of course
>> they were the typical fish in a barrel, but FT8 did come through and moved
>> me to 260 after sitting at 259 for most of this year.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hopefully before the end of the year, I will update my DXCC Standing with
>> 1150 Challenge points.  Less than 10 to go.  If I could actually work some
>> DX on160m, it might become really interesting.  But my noise level
>> typically sits around S7 to S9 most nights.  Of course it was +20 until I
>> finally tracked down a wall wart for POE about a month ago and removed from
>> service.  Great price on that unit if anybody is interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not DXCC, but still. I did have fun with the ARRL SS (phone) this past
>> weekend.  Managed to get yet another WAS and even a few Canadians.  Needed
>> just five more of our northern brethren to make it a clean sweep.  Only
>> heard PE and it was a huge pileup even when he ran by numbers.  Never did
>> get him.  Didn't really try that hard either.  But NT, NL, MAR and QC (of
>> all places) were not heard by me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Weather observations:  Major fog this morning in Russellville and mid
>> 30's.  Had about .75" of rain Sunday morning.  Lots of leaves on the ground
>> but the Oaks aren't turning loose as quickly as the pecans.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73's
>>
>> George - WB5JJJ
>>
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