Otis has really had his share of bad fortune. Yes, I think his daughter was killed, could be more than one. Seem to recall something about that in the ’90’s. Anyway, yes, he’s gone, but only within the past couple years or so.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or (814) 431-0962
On May 19, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Matt Arthur <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all
> I don't remember Paul but i have talked to Otis k5swk back in the 80's.
> I havn't heard him on for years.
> I suppose he is gone.
> I think his dauter was killed in a car acccsedent back in the 80's.
> very interesting.
> Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: AnPaul, WA5FHP
>
>
>> Ah, Otis, K5SWK. Now there=92s a call I will always remember fondly.
>>
>> Only talked to him a couple times. He was very tolerant of my crappy SSB =
>> and what not.=20
>>
>> But man, did he have a signal. He keyed his transmitter, you heard the =
>> *Snap*, and all the background noise went away. And what audio he had!=20=
>>
>>
>> Helluva op. He=92ll surely be missed.=20
>> On May 19, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Mike Duke, K5XU <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Jim and all,
>>> =20
>>> I remember Paul very well.
>>> =20
>>> I actually talked with him a few times while I was running a Viking=20
>>> Valiant while in high school.
>>> =20
>>> Paul made the longest non bulletin type transmission I ever heard.
>>> =20
>>> It was New Year's Eve of 1968, the year before I passed my Novice=20
>>> license. He had been into the punch bowl way too heavy by 7 PM.
>>> =20
>>> He was so drunk he could hardly say his call. Somebody came on=20
>>> frequency running a set of drake twins and a linear on AM, and he=20
>>> landed on them for running "such low power." Over and over again he=20
>>> said "Go somewhere and find a real radio!:"
>>> =20
>>> This rant went on for at least 30 minutes.
>>> =20
>>> I found other things to do, and other people to listen too, but when
>>> I=20=
>>
>>> tuned across him again just after midnight of the new year, he was=20
>>> still at it. By then, he had turned up his audio, or mis-tuned=20
>>> something to the point that he was at least 30 khz wide.
>>> =20
>>> I think his rig at the time was a pair of 833 tubes modulated by=20
>>> another pair. Anyway, I could hear him, or K5SWK in Houston, TX, any=20=
>>
>>> time of the day or night they got on the air.
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> Original message:
>>>> Hi everyone, I remember a guy here that used to run am from deQuincy =
>> =3D
>>>> Louisiana anyone rember Paul Wb5-fhp?
>>>> Jim
>>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>>>> From: Mike Duke, K5XU=3D20
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:57 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Another Character
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>>> Phil,
>>> =20
>>>> Yes, that was him, K6KPS.
>>> =20
>>>> I knew he had died, but I didn't know that about the amplifier =
>> being=3D20
>>>> the cause of it.
>>> =20
>>>> --=3D20
>>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>> =20
>>> --=20
>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>
>>
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