Over the past couple of days I’ve worked four stations whose callsigns spell words: N0SAP, N8LAG, W2LID, and WB4OFT. Of these four, I have cards from the first three already. I put my QSL to WB4OFT in the mail today.
A LID for more than 80 years
Every time I work a station whose call spells a word, I think of W2LID. I hadn’t worked him for 12 years, and to be honest, I thought that perhaps he was an SK. He was, after all, 84 the last time I worked him.
That being the case, I was very pleased to hear him on the air a couple of days ago. He’s 97 now, and still sending some great Morse Code.
In a previous conversation, he mentioned that he was issued the call in 1937 at the age of 15. By my count, that means he’s been a LID now for at least 81 years!
Digital signals in the CW portion of the bands
Yesterday, I saw this digital signal just below 3530 kHz.
I’m guessing that it’s a WinLink signal. I’ve also seen this type of signal on 7028 kHz. I thought these guys were supposed to stay up and out of the CW portion. Can anyone confirm my suspicion about this being a WinLink signal and where they should be operating?