Hi Paul - I know this is a TopBand reflector, so I'll keep this comment
short.
Jack was being modest. He was among the very first of us VE's to get 6m
DXCC as well.
I think maybe #2 or #3..I can never seem to recall the exact order after
VE1YX...
Mike VE9AA.FN66na
Hi Jeff,
I'm a 50 MHz aficionado and recently decided to try 160 meters.
A while back, there was a writeup about Jack in one of the
magazines. The article included some photos of Jack's station,
one of which was of his giant 6-meter quagi - the one he used
to work Turkey on that band. I liked the way Jack hooked things
up! I was impressed and I called him up on the landline. I
wanted to find out more about him and what he did to be as
successful as he was. We had a long enjoyable conversation.
I hoped someday to be able to travel all the way to Nova Scotia
to see Jack's station. Maybe I still will be able to do that.
Jack called and worked me on 160 in January of 2013 - and I
got his QSL card. In addition to the usual QSO data, Jack also
hand wrote:
160m WAZ - 40
160m DXCC+ 333
#1 in Canada #2 in World
What an accomplishment!
Old age is unfriendly to us all, but I hope Jack hangs in there for a lot
longer.
73,
Paul, K7CW / VE7IB
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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