[Boatanchors] FS: lot of 26 DX QSL Cards 1950s

[Rob Atkinson]

Well I have to confess that a comment from Bob W9RAN got me thinking
again about that QSO with W6AM so I looked at the card and I realized
it had to have been when I was at Ft. Gordon GA because it was dated
in Oct. 1977, so that was just before shipping out to HL9 land.  I
recall using my Ten Tec Triton 2 and the MARS station quad when I was
stationed there, so that nixes the T60 on that one.

But I also looked at the KH6IJ QSL just now and that one had to have
been with the T60 because it was in June 1975 and I was a broke high
school kid (or just graduated) with a random length wire from a
transformer hanging out over a cow pasture in Mississippi about 10
feet off the ground.  That's a testament to Nose's operating skill.
The sig. report on the card is 559.  He was probably being a bit
charitable.

At the risk of raising the blood pressure of S-Line collectors, the
MARS station had one or two complete S Lines, but I found the Triton
more fun to operate.

Carl you are lucky to have met him.

Rob
K5UJ

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
> I met Nose once around 1970 when he came to Boston for a teaching assignment
> at Harvard if I remember and came to the ARRL New England convention. What a
> sense of humor and a real interesting character.
>
> First worked him on 80 as a Novice when I was a K2, got a 449 and still have
> that card.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> To: <W9RAN at oneradio.net>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] FS: lot of 26 DX QSL Cards 1950s
>
>
> I have two QSLs I have pulled out and sort of keep out in the open
> because they are somewhat special to me:  One is a 20 m. CW QSO with
> W6AM/6 when Don was in his Eldorado on the Hollywood Freeway.  The
> other is KH6IJ because back when I was just starting, KH6 was a big
> deal for a guy with a T60 and random end fed wire practically laying
> on the ground.  Nose was such a good op he could copy a VFO to a zip
> cord out of the noise.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 7/12/2011 9:00 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>>>
>>> I find it kind of amazing that anyone, especially a non-ham, would
>>> value QSL cards, other than the ham who made the contacts
>>
>> You're just not getting into the "Pickers" or "Roadshow" mindset, Rob.
>> The media has now convinced everyone that everything is valuable, and
>> instant riches are only an eBay click away ;-) At least some of their
>> listings provide entertainment for the rest of us!
>>
>> I will say I bought one batch of vintage QSL cards off eBay many years
>> ago - I remember the bid was less than the postage. I only bid because
>> the seller said they were from the 20s and 30s, and I thought they would
>> provide some interesting historical reading. Turned out to be an
>> understatement - for example one card is from and signed by G5RV. I'd
>> never get that lucky again, but a ham historian could very well be
>> interested in old QSL cards.
>>
>> 73, Bob W9RAN
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