[GreenKeys] Reminiscing

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:17:52 EDT

In a message dated 4/20/04 11:48:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] 
writes:
  Now that everyone is reminiscing about past RTTY greats did anyone know 
Merrill Swan W6AEE. I believe he has been gone for some years now.

Thank You 
Tom Elmore KA1NVZ
Anchorage  Alaska
Yes, I knew Merrill Swan, W6AEE.  I remember when he would host an afternoon 
get together at his place for the RTTYers.  If I remember correctly Merrill 
Swan passed away before Irv Hoff.  Going to Merrill's place for the RTTY get 
togethers was way back when I had just figured out how to get a Model 26 machine 
on the air in the mid fifties.  Wow, that was almost 50 years ago.  Well, 
actually almost 48 years ago.  It was shortly after getting my model 26 on the air 
that I started keeping a regular sked with Bart, W6OWP.  That weekly sked 
still continues after all these years.  I plan to keep a RTTY sked with Bart 
tonight.  I believe Bart and I have now kept the longest running RTTY sked in ham 
radio history.  After the model 26 came a model 19 and finally a model 28 ASR 
complete with gear shift.  I still have the model 28 but normally use a 
computer for RTTY.
    Tom, I also remember having a nice cruise/trip to Anchorage and on to 
Fairbanks last year.

Marvin Collins, W6OQI
La Canada, California

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