[ADXA] Joe, W3HNK

[Steven Rutledge]

Thanks for that Rick.

Steve, N4JQQ

On 7/23/2025 8:34 AM, Richard Harris wrote:
> I had the unique pleasure of having Joe as my QSL manager for many
> years starting in 1970 when I was EP2DX. I visited Joe along with his
> wife Ester and sons Joe Jr. and Paul a number of times over the years
> at their various homes in PA. Joe had a phenomenal memory for
> QSLs and how he managed all those calls over the years I have no
> idea. A couple of memories stick out - at one house they had a
> basement which was Joe's "Shack." When you went down there the
> entire basement had tables filled with thousands of cards to be answered.
> He knew all the "piles" and would answer those when he got the logs
> from the DX operator. And you had to realize Joe had a full-time job
> with Sunoco Oil Company and raising a family. All those hours of
> sorting and answering cards - Wow!
> Another time I went with Joe down to the local P.O. for him to pick up
> his mail from P.O. Box 73. I was surprised when he actually opened
> up a box - something like 230 - he had a deal with the postmaster that
> his mail would be sorted as if he had box 73! I often wondered if the
> guy who had box 73 ever got his mail hi.
> Everyone who had the chance to meet Joe would come away
> knowing that they had met a true gentleman and super nice ham.
> RIP, Buddy... Rick AI5P
>
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