[Elecraft] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs

[Dave New, N8SBE]

"You always remember your first." :-)

My first DX contact as a 16-yr old Novice in August of 1970, was on 15
meter CW (rockbound of course, I still have the 3rd-overtone 7 MHz
crystal) with LU2DAW, an Argentinian who turned out to be a retired
railroad radio operator, who had done CW professionally for most of his
life.  He must have been VERY patient with my brand-new shaky 5 WPM CW
fist.

I used a borrowed Knight Kit T-60 transmitter, a Hallicrafters SX-99U
receiver with outboard Heathkit Q-Multiplier, a Dow-key antenna relay,
and a 'horizontal' inverted vee antenna in my parent's L-shaped attic. 
My Morse key was a Radio Shack black plastic special, screwed to a piece
of fiberboard.

I treasure the QSL card to this day.

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE (approaching 50 yrs licensed in 2020)