[South Florida DX Association] back in time with SFDXA

[Bill Marx]

The announcer was a friend of Don's who was one of the announcers at Channel 
four back then. He wasn't a ham or he would have known that W1CW wasn't WiCW 
or W1YL wasn't WiYL...
Bill W2CQ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Phegley" <bphegley at bellsouth.net>
To: <wd4r at bellsouth.net>
Cc: "'Bill Marx'" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>; "'The Romagni's'" 
<eromagni at bellsouth.net>; "'SFDXA'" <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [South Florida DX Association] back in time with SFDXA


>I remember Uncle Harry telling everyone he was operating from the 
>Netherlands An Titties.
>
> I wonder who did the speaking part.. must not have been a ham, one of the 
> 1 land calls was W i  (eye)
>
> I did recognize the hog though..
>
> Julio Ripoll Architect WD4R wrote:
>> I will always remember Uncle Harry and his witty personality.
>> My favorite funny stories were of Uncle Harry during our DXpeditions to 
>> Saba
>> Island and Turks & Caicos in the early 1990s.
>> One of my favorite was when Harry was working a large European pile from
>> Saba on 10 meters.  The pile up was so thick Harry could not pick out the
>> calls.  He said "everybody standby! - standby! - now only small 
>> countries! -
>> are their any Russians out there?"
>>
>> 73, Julio, WD4R
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> [mailto:sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Bill Marx
>> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 11:19 AM
>> To: The Romagni's; 'SFDXA'
>> Subject: Re: [South Florida DX Association] back in time with SFDXA
>>
>> Thanks Steve for putting it up for all to see. I have the same CD here 
>> but dragged my feet, so good for you. I think Don W4WJ produced it. I 
>> didn't know Pete handled the camera. It was made in 1985, the same year I 
>> became a Member but I missed the action hi. Most all have moved to new 
>> QTH's both earthly and beyond.
>>
>> I will to do the same with my 1989 Dayton Video. It is a Who's Who in DX 
>> and
>>
>> now I am anxious to do the same. - Bill W2CQ
>>
>>
>>
>>  I found something in the archives of the club, and I took the time today 
>> to
>>
>>> convert this video into a digital format, and I am sharing it with 
>>> everyone.
>>> This was done for the 1986 Miami Hamfest, and it truly shows a good 
>>> portion
>>> of the history of the club.
>>>
>>> Lots of young guys back then, also a lot of old friends that are now SK.
>>>
>>> Here is a the link, see if you can tell who is who from the old calls:
>>>
>>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2685100098955655635&hl=en
>>>
>>>
>>> enjoy,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> W4DTA
>>>
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