[Dx-qsl] K3ZO messages

[Paul M Dunphy]

At 11:26 AM 5/2/2009, you wrote:
>Greetings Fred
>
>Really feel your efforts to inform the wider community about cards
>erroneously going to the W3 buro should be achknowledged.
>
>Am sure all DX-QSL subscribers are EXTREMELY grateful for your
>wonderful continuous diligence.
>
>All power to your very capable elbows OM!
>
>73 Cris
>GM4FAM

     I second that!  Fred has been involved in all aspects of Ham 
radio for a lot longer than I have been on the air, and personifies 
accuracy and diligence in all aspects of it.  I've worked K3ZO in 
many contests, and no mater if it is your 8th time in 3 years on 20M 
CW, if you send Fred a card by the bureau, you get one back.  I have 
a drawer with many of Fred's QSLs to back this up!

     For those who are unaware, Fred is also a FOC member.  If you 
don't know what FOC is, look it up on the Internet.  It is the 
pinnacle of peer recognition in CW prowess combined with a 
gentlemanly approach to the avocation.  There are only ever 500 
members worldwide, ever.  Looking at the membership roster reads like 
a who's who in DXing, contesting, and all around dedication to HF operating.

     Fred is just one of many buro sorters world wide, and they all 
do us a tremendous service.  There are too many to single out, and I 
mentioned Fred only because GF4FAM did first.  I want to thank all 
the buro sorters, including our Canadian guru, Nenad VE3EXY, for the 
countless hours they have spent over the decades ensuring our cards 
flow back and forth as quickly and as accurately as possible.  Our 
bureaus are a valuable commodity made possible only by the volunteer 
work and dedication of the sorters in EVERY country.

73, Paul VE1DX