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
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