Yesterday, I was joined by Quentin, KD8IPF, just back from one of his many business trips, and Jim, K8ELR. Unfortunately, the bands were really in bad shape. 20m was all but useless, and 40m was very up and down. While I went to get a cup of coffee, however, Quentin managed a contact with HR1FAC on 40m SSB.
At one point, Quentin was calling CQ to no avail on 7.220 MHz, our favorite frequency. He had called a couple of times with no answer, and then we started talking about something or another. All of a sudden, we heard a call from Neil, K8IT.
I hadn’t talked to Neil for years. Back in 2005, Neil and I ran (unsuccessfully) for Director and Vice Director of the Great Lakes Division. Since then, he’s moved away from the Detroit area (he worked for an auto supplier that closed up operations here) and now lives in Virginia.
Anyway, we had a very nice chat, catching up with one another. He was also very gracious in talking to one of the kids who was visiting the museum. One of the cool things about ham radio is that you never know whose voice is going to come out of the speaker. Yesterday, I was glad that it was Neil’s.
