[SADXA] Amazing CWT OP

[n7wbjohn]

thanks Wes!

On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 10:10 PM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> Those would be Darv, W7KNA and Reg, W7JQM.
>
> Darv is for sure SK, I visited him a few weeks before his passing and then
> attended his funeral.  I don't know about Reg; QRZ says his license
> expired in 2017.
>
> I don't remember Darv being especially proficient on CW, although he was a
> collector of keys, but Reg sure was.  He could chat while knocking off FD
> QSOs.
>
> The good old days were in the 1980's when HEAT (Hughes Employees
> Association
> Tucson) funded various clubs.  HEAT probably didn't know it but the FD
> grub and
> a keg of beer were paid for by them.
>
> I have a framed copy of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper plate used to
> print an
> article about the club's 1988 FD outing.  I also remember being
> interviewed by a
> reporter from KOLD-TV on one FD.  He kept asking me the same question over
> and
> over, "But why do you do this?"  I kept coming up with different answers
> but I
> don't think any of them explained it to his satisfaction.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
>
> On 12/18/2020 7:26 PM, n7wbjohn wrote:
> > So,   OK yes, but I remember a Field Day on Mt Lemmon with the Catalina
> > Radio Club group. Darv Nelson and Reg Armstrong were sitting in a trailer
> > visiting with me and others while casually racking up CW contacts. We
> were
> > amazed...Wes may be able to fill in the call signs for those two good
> ops.
> > Think this was about 199...5  So+/-?
> >
> > can't remember what the station was - what the keys were and so on -
> > straight keys!
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 6:42 PM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
> >
>
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