The 50 year celebration in November of 2017 was an enormous success. Not only were we able to have W1FJ on the team exactly 50 years after he won the world in 1967, but we won it in ’17. This was our first win in CQWW CW, and everything came off as well as if we had scripted it. If you’ve missed it, please see the article about our operation in the May 2018 issue of CQ Magazine. Also, we QSLed the contest 100% and have received a great amount of favorable commentary worldwide for our efforts with that commemorative card.
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I had the time of my life operating with Al. I was the band captain for 80/15/10 and Al was one of my team. Not only did he post the highest rate hour from PJ2T in the contest, he also had the highest accuracy rating of all the guys in the results. Although I won’t be operating this fall from PJ2T (which I will miss quite sorely), Al has signed up to return. That can only be good! Thanks again, Al.
I truly look forward to operating with Al again. He is a crack operator, a fine gentleman, and a fun guy to hang out with. I have contest QSOs with Al nearly every week during the Thursday evening NS contests.