[Hallicrafters] Rare DX

[Bob W7AVK]

Mike and list - A true story.  When I was a young teen ager studying for 
my novice in 1952 in Salem, Oregon there was a crusty old timer who 
lived and died for nothing but DX.  He was hard to get alone with 
everyone but seem to take special interest in giving us kids a hard time.

One evening Joe comes to club over joyed and talking to himself.  He had 
worked a new one on 80 meters.  Didn't know where it was but was sure it 
was DX as the signal, tone, and sending were all poor.  Finally someone 
asked what the call was and he replied, WN6.

For severval years the standard greeting for old Joe was, "Worked any 
new ones".   :-)

73  Bob  W7AVK


Mike Everette wrote:

> I remember seeing in an old QST a "Stray" about a guy
> in one of the African countries -- Nigeria? -- who
> actually was issued the call 5U4GB.  I thought it was
> a spoof, but no, it was real.
> 
> Once during an ARRL SET, I heard a bored CW operator
> check into a net with one of those made-up test 
> messages, and I told the NCS I'd relay it... when the
> guy sent me the traffic the originating station was
> given as SH1TTY.
> 
> Oh well....
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike
> WA4DLF
> 
> 
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