[OKDXA] Don Search W3AZD

[Robert Redmon]

My original “Mixed” DXCC certificate is #12404, and is dated November 19, 1971 …signed by George Hart W1NJM, ARRL Communications Manager. 

Bob K5SM

> On Mar 27, 2020, at 1:34 PM, Roger Simpson <rksimpson1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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