[NLRS] Fw: [Mw] Al Ward, W5LUA, Makes 1296 MHz WAS #1

[Donn Baker - WA2VOI/0]

WOW !!!

Congratulations, Al.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Kelly" <fm.kelly at verizon.net>
To: <microwave at echo.valinet.com>



> Found this on the ARRL website.
> If it was posted here on the reflector, I missed it.
> Congrats to Al!
> Frank WB6CWN
>
> Al Ward, W5LUA, Makes 1296 MHz WAS #1 (Sep 8, 2007) -- Al Ward, W5LUA, of Allen, Texas, is the first person ever to 
> achieve the ARRL's Worked All States (WAS) on 1296 MHz, making him 1296 MHz WAS #1. Ward first started on his pursuit 
> January 25, 1977, with his first 1296 MHz contact with Leroy May, W5HN (SK). His 30 year quest ended just this week, 
> with confirmed contacts with Wyoming, Utah and Idaho, giving Ward his last three needed states, thanks to Paul 
> Perryman's, WA5WCP, EME DXpedition. "I couldn't have done this without Paul," Ward said. "Also, thanks to Ron Roche, 
> K0ALL, and Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA, in North Dakota for number 47 in August. Without them, it just wouldn't have been 
> possible." After collecting his 50th QSL card, Ward drove from his home in Texas to Little Rock, Arkansas so ARRL 
> President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, could verify his cards and complete his WAS paperwork. "Verifying QSL cards from 30 
> years of activity brought back a lot of memories of several st!
> ations active on 1296, many who are Silent Keys now," Harrison said.
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