I first met Dave Sumner not long after I joined ARRL as a W1AW operator right out of college in 1972. One day this guy came over to the station to operate the contest after the code practice transmission was over. He looked to be maybe 17. He said his name was Dave and he worked as an Assistant Secretary over in the main ARRL HQ building. I didn't know what an "Assistant Secretary" was but I figured he must be some local high school student who came in after school to help out the secretaries.
He was a good operator though. As the last of the code practice transmission ended, he leaned over my shoulder and made three CW QSOs before I could even finish writing the time in the log and get up out of the chair. I was also impressed that he could send CW with one hand while simultaneously writing in the log with the other. (He's left-handed as I recall.) I later found out that he was actually a year older than I. I also learned that an "Assistant Secretary" was not someone who helped the secretaries sort paper clips, but rather a fairly high-level position in the administration. He always seemed a high-energy kind of guy, extremely enthusiastic about ham radio. It's nice to see he hasn't gotten jaded over the years. Al N1AL On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 18:23, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/2008-November/164206.html > > In case you don't know, Dave is the CEO of the ARRL...and just happens > to be one of the world's great CW ops. > > de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
