Congratulations on 50th anniversary!!!
I am working on 31 and it has been a blast. Each year gets better and
better.
Best 73, Chuck, W2CSI
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> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 20:37:49 -0500
> From: kq2m@kq2m.com
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> On August 10, 1973, I received my Novice license and called my first CQ.
> (You were supposed to log your CQ's back then and I dutifully logged my
> first CQ on 80 M. LOL!)
>
> 50 years, all 340 countries and some 1,000,000+ qso's later, I can
> truthfully say that this is the most amazing hobby with some of the most
> amazing people that I have ever met. Radio and Contesting have become
> so inextricably intertwined with my life, that it is impossible to
> imagine how different and poorer it would have been without them, and
> without the countless friendships that I have made and experiences that
> I have had.
>
> Thank you all for being a part of it!
>
> Vy 73
>
> Bob, KQ2M
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> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 23:12:15 -0400
> From: Barry Jacobson <bdj@alum.mit.edu>
> To: kq2m@kq2m.com
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> Beautiful words, Bob. In May 2024 will be my 50th since I was WN2VIU. But
> wasn't active the entire time. Great people, great hobby. Only other hobby
> I can imagine may compare in quality is flying planes.
>
> All the best,
>
> Barry WA2VIU
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> --
> Barry Jacobson
> WA2VIU
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> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 10:02 PM <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:
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> >
> > On August 10, 1973, I received my Novice license and called my first CQ.
> > (You were supposed to log your CQ's back then and I dutifully logged my
> > first CQ on 80 M. LOL!)
> >
> > 50 years, all 340 countries and some 1,000,000+ qso's later, I can
> > truthfully say that this is the most amazing hobby with some of the most
> > amazing people that I have ever met. Radio and Contesting have become
> > so inextricably intertwined with my life, that it is impossible to
> > imagine how different and poorer it would have been without them, and
> > without the countless friendships that I have made and experiences that
> > I have had.
> >
> > Thank you all for being a part of it!
> >
> > Vy 73
> >
> > Bob, KQ2M
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> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 20:41:28 -0700
> From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: kq2m@kq2m.com, cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
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> Congratulations, Bob!
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 8/10/2023 6:37 PM, kq2m@kq2m.com wrote:
> >
> > On August 10, 1973, I received my Novice license and called my first CQ.
> > ?(You were supposed to log your CQ's back then and I dutifully logged
> > my first CQ on 80 M.? LOL!)
> >
> > 50 years, all 340 countries and some 1,000,000+ qso's later, I can
> > truthfully say that this is the most amazing hobby with some of the most
> > amazing people that I have ever met.? Radio and Contesting have become
> > so inextricably intertwined with my life, that it is impossible to
> > imagine how different and poorer it would have been without them, and
> > without the countless friendships that I have made and experiences that
> > I have had.
> >
> > Thank you all for being a part of it!
> >
> > Vy 73
> >
> > Bob, KQ2M
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