Is an Italian woman H had a long talk with on the air shortly after I licensed as a ham. She was one of my very first DX contacts and sounded like a very educated and polished woman that spoke perfect unaccented English in a beautiful voice.
I called her my Contessa.
Actually for all I knew she was a 400 pound woman in a muumuu but she sounded like a real beauty.
The reason I even brought this up is because I was going through my QSL cards and saw the one she sent me.
I wondered what she was doing after all these years so I ran her call through QRZ.com and discovered she's now listed as a Silent Key.
When a ham dies they become a Silent Key which is a carryover from telegraphers. She is no longer and her QSL card will serve to remind me that I get closer by the day to becoming one.
That serves as a reminder for me to get off of my ass and do a few things.
The grim reaper comes for us all, but those who fixate on death, will soon find it.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping to find she was still on the air.
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