I didn't know that Blackie is a ssilent kkey.  He lives not to far from 
where I'm located.
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From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: The List


> Speaking of w6hlh, I saw his name in silent keys in qst a few months back.
>
> Yes, k6kps in Los Angeles supposedly got across the high voltage in his 
> amp.
>
> There was another guy, wb6gtc I think who was at his rig one night and 
> tried to prop his foot up on his amp.  Well, he missed and became an 
> instant silent key.
>
> And then there was w5tbn who's own phonetics I won't repeat here who used 
> to call cq Ardmore Oaklahoma in the middle of the afternoon on westcars 
> and a
> few other places.  He was in Garden Grove California at the time.
>
> But at least you could move off a few KHz from any of those guys and still 
> have an intelligent qso.  It's a different story with repeater jammers.
>
> Don W6SMB
>