[Elecraft] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs

[George Winship, NC5G]

While there have been many interesting QSO's since I was licensed in 1968(age
16), the one that stands out was on a Saturday morning in 1969. I was
cleaning my bedroom, and since my radio was in there, I had it on tuned to
the 15 meter cw band while doing my chore. A weak station started calling cq
on the frequency I was tuned to. It was a German station, so I answered his
call. After exchanging names, RST, and QTH's, he told me that he had a
visitor in his shack from my hometown. I asked him if his visitor's name was
Hank. You could hear the excitement in his cw as he confirmed the name. You
see, Hank's daughter and her boyfriend had been at my house the evening
before for a visit and dinner and Hank was one of the topics of
conversation.  After about a thirty minute QSO, mostly about Hank and his
family, I took my copy of the QSO to his daughter to share with her and her
family. Since Hank was in the Air Force, he was gone from home a lot and
this QSO was very special to them.  And I can't even imagine the odds of
this coming together. And the room cleaning probably didn't get finished
that day.

BTW, the rig was a National NCX-5(loved that radio). Antenna was a dipole
about 15ft. up in a pine tree.

George NC5G (ex. WA5UIH)



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