[Boatanchors] Ted Hunter

[W0DXZ at aol.com]

Ted Hunter lived in the Iowa City area, and was very active, well known, and 
well liked among the local ham community. Back in 1962, I had just passed my 
Novice license, and at a local Field Day event, Ted drove up in  his station 
wagon, which featured a 1KW  HF amp, and I believe he had a generator in the car 
to provide enough power to run it.  I always remember, at that FD, how nice 
he was to a fledgling novice, he let me talk on his  radio, and let me  get a 
few 5 wpm contacts on CW. I was thrilled. Later, when I was about 16,  when he 
learned how much I liked CW,  he gave me one of his personal telegraph keys, a 
bug, which I still have.
A great individual,  a great ham. I'll always remember Ted Hunter. 
Bob W0DXZ