[ADXA] A Lady named Kay

[J. Setcer]

Hey Jay,
I just noticed my second DXCC & WAStates certs. are signed by K5UR. I never
noticed until you mentioned it.
I'm not sure why they sent me a second DXCC cert. 6 years after the first
one. The newer one says "Phone". That & the serial number & signed by Rick
is the only difference I see.
Now they just send me those little stickers that look like a postage stamp.
- QJ

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 10:05 AM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi QJ,
>
> I have met Kay and her husband Carter many times at various Hamfest.
> Super nice couple!  Carter loves to build and operate little QRP rigs, but
> Kay is a DX Operator that I think also likes to contest.  I use to laugh at
> Carter he would be so excited over a piece of gear and he would share his
> excitement with Kay.  With his back turned Kay would roll her eyes and I
> got a big kick out of that.  When it came to ham radio he was like a kid in
> a candy store.  Loved seeing them both!  They seem to love traveling and
> meeting folks.  I use to see them every year, mainly at the Huntsville
> Hamfest.
>
>
>
> Back to Kay.  If I remember right Kathy was president during the ARRL
> Centennial and I think that was back around 2014.  There was a Centennial
> Challenge that was very popular operating event for the ARRL.  The ARRL
> staff members were worth extra points, most around 30 points.  Lifers
> around 2 points, but the president was worth 300 extra points!  I am sure
> Dave Norris can comment more on this as he was worth extra points as well
> and I chased him to up my score as well.
>
>
>
> Anyway Kay has always had huge pileups, but during the Centennial
> Challenge they were super huge!  It was a year long contest and I started
> late in the month of June.  Still getting her and many other ARRL
> dignitaries I was able to catch up to the home town folks within a month.
> It got real competitive and there was a web site complete with a leader
> board.  Guys would check it a lot during the week and compare.
>
>
>
> I think K5UR was on a few times and also had huge crowd as well.  Anyway
> it was fun event and got many folks on the air on all modes!
>
>
>
> I have Certificates signed by Joel, Kay, and Rick.  Very cool, my latest
> VUCC certificate has Rick’s signature and callsign on it.  Great memories
> when I see them displayed.
>
>
>
> Great fun!  73 de w5jay/jay..
>
>
>
> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *J. Setcer
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 18, 2022 6:39 AM
> *To:* ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [ADXA] A Lady named Kay
>
>
>
> Just an old story. Old men like to tell old stories. It's Not even DX.
>
> Ok, here's my story
>
> My first DXCC Cert. was signed by Kay Craigie, N3KN. She was ARRL
> President at that time. I didn't know her. Maybe she was right after Joel?
> -- Anyway, One evening I was spinning the dial & stumbled upon a HUGE
> PILEUP. I could not figure out what was special about some lady named Kay
> in Virginia. It wasn't even DX. I worked her anyway. It Had to be something
> special if hundreds of guys were in the pile up. Then I called my Elmer &
> asked " What the heck was that about?"
>
>  RZ explained it to me.
>
> https://www.qrz.com/db/N3KN
>
>
>
> Just something that came to mind this morning.
>
> - QJ
>
>
>
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