[ADXA] W5TIZ

[Dennis Schaefer]

That was probably either Dickie or Moritz Shollmeier, WA5EFL.  Moritz was
also a prominent DX chaser in LR.   He was known for climbing his tower in
the dark so his neighbors wouldn’t be upset.  Sadly, he died way too soon,
in the 60’s or 70’s.

Moritz was a speaker at one of the first few ADXA meetings in LR.  He was
another who had a very successful professional career in spite of
blindness.  I don’t remember what it was, though - possibly insurance.

73,
Dennis

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 8:10 AM Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Back around 1964 or so I was visiting some hams in LR and being toured
> around to meet a few guys, and one of them was a blind ham working DX. So
> it must have been him. He may have been using an HT-37 but I'm not sure.
> But he was working England on SSB and I was highly impressed.
>
> Everything interlocks and comes back.
>
> 73
>
> Nick, WA5BDU
>
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 5:41 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In recent “chatter” on the reflector Dick Freeling, W5TIZ, was mentioned.
>> Dickie was one of the original charter members of ADXA back in 1967. This
>> morning Chaz Cone, W4GKF, was the “Featured Member” on QRZ.com. I don’t
>> really know him but sometimes I click on the photo to see the person’s bio.
>> I was surprised this morning to see he has Dickie featured on his page as
>> the person who helped him get a license.
>>
>>
>>
>> For those of you who never knew or met Dick, you can see a photo of him
>> in his shack on Chaz’s page at https://www.qrz.com/db/W4GKF
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, for those who do not know Dickie was blind. He was shot in the head
>> by a sniper in WW2. He survived, but lost his eyesight.
>>
>>
>>
>> ZN
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