Once upon a time there was a ham named Bob Manning K1YSD who wrote
some hilarious stuff for 73 magazine once in a while. I wish we had
more of that.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Rex Lint <rex@lint.mv.com> wrote:
>>It's too bad that QST will no longer publish such wacky stories.
>
> Why is that? W6ISQ used to be a favorite author of mine. Guess wacky
> stories went the way of contest scores.
>
> Rex
> K1HI - Merrimack, NH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of James Cain
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:45 AM
> To: Dave Hachadorian
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke
>
> Dave:
>
> Thanks for the reminder, OM. Let's not forget that "The Man Who Broke the
> Bank" was written by G. Franklin Montgomery, W3FQB, of Bethesda, Maryland.
> His name is not in the QRZ.com database so he's probably dead. Perhaps some
> PVRC old timers remember him. He scored 114K in the 1952 CW SS, in the
> maximum allowed 40 hours.
>
> You're right, it's really a genius story. It's too bad that QST will no
> longer publish such wacky stories.
>
> I think I first read W3FQB's story when I was in high school in the 1960s,
> and I'm sure it had a subconscious influence on my own writing years later.
>
> (Note: QST archives are available on line to ARRL members at the ARRL web
> site.)
>
> Jim Cain, K1TN
> Crivitz, Wisconsin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll@arrl.net>
> To: "James Cain" <jamesdavidcain@gmail.com>; "cq-contest reflector"
> <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke
>
>
>> W3LPL recently called my attention to an even more prescient QST article
>> related to computer-aided contesting and CW Skimmer. The title is "The Man
>> Who Broke the Bank," from May of 1953. This is before even the first
>> production transistor radio! Illustrations are by Gil. For ARRL members:
>> http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/33366
>>
>>
>> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>> Yuma, AZ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Cain
>> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:23 AM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke
>>
>> Read "The Mind of the Contester," QST, July 1990, and "Packet With a
>> Purpose," QST, August 1990.
>>
>> The author of those articles correctly predicted every issue currently on
>> this reflector, and more, 20 years ago.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Jim Cain
>> At the New K1TN Superstation
>> Crivitz, Wisconsin
>>
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