[NCDXA] 160 Mtr WAS Award

[Doug Ellmore]

Fred Big Congrats! And a great way to honor a friend.  Bravo!

Doug
NA1DX

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 6:09 PM Fred Matos via NCDXA <ncdxa at ncdxa.org> wrote:

> Hello NCDXA,
>
> I just received my 160 WAS certificate....long time coming....I had 48
> states in 1985....then some life changes derailed me.
>
> My recent goal was to get the award via all states on LoTW which I
> completed with Washington state and Wyoming in the recent 160 DX Contest.
>
> The ARRL did a very fast turnaround to issue my award, and I received it
> in Wednesday's mail.
>
> I am # 1,912 to get the award.   Seems like a very small number to me.
>
> I asked them to make it out to:  W3ICM, Fredrick Matos, Honoring VE7BS.
>  I was surprised that they did it.
>
> VE7BS, now a SK, was Bob Eldrige, an old friend from my ITU days back in
> the 1980s.   Bob was a 160 meter expert, giving lectures on the subject.
>
> 73
>
> Fred
> W3ICM
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