[Elecraft] (OT) No kids, no lids

[WILLIS COOKE]

I actually remember hearing the CQs in the 1960s.  There was only one guy that did it as far as I know.  He had a two letter W call and was located in Arizona.  He camped on 20 meter SSB.  The call was
CQ old timer, no Ks, no WAs, no Kids, no Lids, no Space Cadets.  Since I had a K call, was in my 20s and an Air Force Officer I figured that he did not want to talk to me so I tuned on.  I don't remember his name or call but surely he is a Silent Key by now.  If old age didn't make him a Silent Key by now, the alphabet soup call signs would.  At the time the WB calls were just being assigned in California.

This Gentleman? went on my list of people I did not want to emulate when I grew up.  I still remember him and  I still do not want to emulate him.

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ