[GreenKeys] Reg Tibbetts

[Chris Elmquist]

George mentioned Reg Tibbetts and so I thought I'd share my little story
of how my path crossed his some years ago.

I never worked him on the air but while I was in charge of FCC
certification (both part 15 and part 68) at a company here in MN called
Multi-Tech Systems, where we were building direct connect telephone
modems, Reg did the Part 68 cert testing for us and filed all the
paperwork with the FCC.

I somehow figured out he was a ham and so when I sent a couple modems to
him for testing, I made a note that I too was a ham and gave my callsign.
He transposed the "N" with a "W" but that's OK.

He sent me one each of all of his QSL cards, a photo of his 36-element log
periodic array and a nice note (typed on a good 'ol fashioned typewriter),

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6A73VHTVh23cUp2NXl1UGRCTUk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6A73VHTVh23eXlIdXBINHU3cGc

I later researched all the stuff he had done in his career and was
quite impressed.  I'm glad I got to correspond with him if not able to
actually meet him in person.

He passed away in '96.

http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/W6ITH/

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Chris Elmquist NØJCF