On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, John, K4BAI, wrote:
> I am betraying my age now, but at least into the early 1970s, the late
> W4ML issued a "599 Certificate" to any ham who could prove receipt of a
> "599" signal report from each of the six continents. I have one I am
> pretty sure. They weren't easy to get either!
Congrats, John...AND, welcome to the "Old Foggies Club" :-)
In these days of bogus 5NN & ENN (alleged) signal reports, why don't we all
just cut-to-the-chase and send one "dit" & all make more QSOs? RS(T) would
have to be changed to the "E" field (E for "Exchange").
Personally, I miss the good old days when top ops like yourself, W4KFC, W9IOP,
W4DQS, DU7SV, et.al sent the full ..... _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ . (or ..... ..... _ _
_ _ . if the station was an ***honest*** 559).
73...
Rick, K6VVA
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