[OKDXA] Don Search W3AZD

[Roger Simpson]

I just barely remember the name of Don Search. I saw a note from W3UR 
that Don passed away a few days ago at a hospice in Florida. According 
to the obituary, Don was the person on the ARRL staff that handled the 
DXCC award in the early days and he was the guy who signed the physical 
DXCC certificates back in the "old days".

All of my DXCC certificates are signed by whoever was the President of 
the ARRL at the time. My DXCC wallpaper was signed by either W5JBP, 
N3KN, W5ZN or K5UR. Do any of you have old time DXCC certificates that 
date back to the Don Search era?

My oldest DXCC certificate dates back to March 10, 2005. The certificate 
number is 40,070. So I am just a newcomer to DXCC. I wonder if any of 
you have DXCC certificates with numbers less than 10,000?

73  Roger  K5RKS