[OKDXA] OKDXA Banquet

[Jerry Chouinard]

Kim: 

Sir, a Salute! 🇺🇸 to you for your efforts! 
I must tell you never feel apologetic for knowledge of the Morse! Never my friend. This old fellow can send 25 WPM with a paper clip used as a straight key. At the age of 18 he could copy 60 WPM. At the same age he read and put to paper RTTY as reminded by and before Bob Applegate, WA9JWR became an SK this past April. WA9JWR was beloved by the Navy black shoe radioman and certainly by K5YAA due to his similar speed using a Vibroplex "bug" of the Lightning variety. A blue racer model! 
Very similar if not the same to his crew mate the aforementioned K5YAA. 

Many times Zulu messages were QSP'd over the cold and dark waters of the North Atlantic watching for and reporting movements of the Ruskos during their weekly runs to and from the home of Fidel! 

No sir Kim, do not apologize to a soul especially those that can only operate the Voice and especially those that have simple talk boxes strapped to their blue jean belts! Do as this old man has done most of his life. Offer them a drink or two of Charlie's finest brew! Offer it Kim at the highest speed you can muster then of course back her down a couple of Morse octaves so the newbies at the bar can savor the site's and zsounds of our Beloved Morse code....

Usually the poor fellow that has the reins of President gets yet another "assignment" by the crowd. Gene, W5LE one of these times my friend you must tell this OT how it is you have skillfully managed to use your saddle rope to lasso a number of others and "force" them to get off their numb "butts" a word used so as to not get in trouble with Mr. Day! LOL 😂 

Gentlemen and the beautiful ladies of the OKDXA. K5YAA will again this year be unable to attend your prestigious gathering (tongue in cheek Geno) not due this year to health but due to the aforementioned World Wide tussle using a simple mode called Voice or SSB to true Operators of the dial. 

The Young American Amateur will be at the side of his latest protege of a few over his 58 years in this glorious hobby of ours. 

Mr. Scott Smith, KG5PWC a strapping young man of 25 who holds his General class license and wants to learn to be a high speed Morse operator or the drinker of the finest libation in this world Charles Whiskey! 

This OT can never refuse a youngster who not only will listen to his yarns of yesterday but already has the mental capability. This youngster has demonstrated to YAA that he has what it takes not only to be one of the top CW ops in this great Nation of ours but also a multi-millionaire if he listens to this old salt who for many years all due to God's untold and uncountable blessings He has written long ago for Gerald J. "Jerry" Chouinard in His Book of Life. 

My Best Wishes to each of you and definitely a smooch on the cheek of some of the most beautiful women associated with or in this great hobby of ours. A prayer goes out to our Jeff Martin. Not only for his magnificent one man show on Easter and for his talk in front of the OKDXA. A prayer also to each and every member of the Oklahoma DX Association. One of the finest groups in the United States of America. 🇺🇸 

73, Jerry - K5YAA

Today no longer the "Young American Amateur" nor "Yesterdays American Amateur" as some have suggested but certainly Young in his heart!



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> On Oct 6, 2017, at 9:11 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear OKDXA members and guests!
> 
> The OKDXA banquet has been set for October 28th. Yes! Yes! I know: that's the weekend of the CQWW SSB contest and we usually try to avoid big contest weekends. Well... When I set this up, I was unaware of CQWW SSB. I don't do contests much anymore, save to find new countries or band/countries. Add to this oversight that I don't operate much SSB (almost none) and, well... Polite people refer to my operating preferences as "unusual."
> 
> With that preamble out of the way, here goes:  The banquet will be in Stroud, OK, at the same location OKDXA has used for years, but under a different name and management: it's now the Cattle Country Lodge (http://www.cattlecountrylodge.com/). Same place, different management. The banquet fee will be $15 for a buffet that includes fried chicken, catfish, BBQ ribs, sides, veggies, AND dessert! Our speaker will be none other than our very own Jeff Martin, K5WE, presenting the straight skinny on his Easter Island DXPedition as XR0YS.
> 
> I've set the room to be available at 6 PM due to a group preceding us -- hotel staff needs time to set up the room. So, in a nutshell:
> 
> OKDXA Fall Banquet is Oct 28, 2017
> 
> Gathering at 5:30 PM, dinner starts at 6 PM
> 
> Speaker: Jeff, K5WE gets underway when he's good and ready, probably about 7:15-7:30ish -- essentially after he's comfortably finished his meal (!)
> 
> Location:
> Cattle Country Lodge
> 1200 N 8th Ave
> Stroud, OK 74079-4751
> 918-968-9515
> http://www.cattlecountrylodge.com/location.html
> 
> There will be a drawing, so bring something for that!
> 
> Please RSVP so we have some idea of who to look for.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Kim Elmore, N5OP
> OKDXA President 2017-2018
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
> 
> /"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it doesn’t matter who said it./
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