> From: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:10:04 -0700
>
> This is an old story, but perhaps it should be retold from time to time. I
> originally saw it in QST some years ago.
>
> There is only one person in the history of DXCC who has worked and
> confirmed every DXCC country, including deleted ones, up until the
> time of his death: W1GKK. No one can ever accomplish it again
> because deleted countries are no longer confirmable. And the amazing
> thing is he did it all on one band: 20 meters. In the roll of DXers,
> W1GKK stands alone.
>
> He summed up his philosophy quite simply: Be there when they're there.
The rest of the story. He was a primary QSL card sorter at ARRL.
Easy to be there when you chart prior activity from inside info
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