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Where's Rich? W9GFO

NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
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Just curious as to what happened to Rich. Have not seen hi post in quite some time.

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    Yep, quite noticeably absent. I PM'ed him a while back but no response. Will ping again,
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    erco wrote: »
    Will ping again,

    Shouldn't that be, Will Ping))) again?

  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    While we're on the subject, do any of you know where the call sign W9GFO came from? Most seem to think it is his own HAM call sign. No cheating and using Google... :tongue:
  • VonSzarvasVonSzarvas Posts: 3,450
    Ooooh... perhaps if Erco does manage to Contact Rich, then he might ask :-)
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2016-08-16 22:25
    Answered by PM. One of my top ten movies. Well maybe 20......:)
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    Publison got it right. =)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2016-08-16 23:22
    VonSzarvas wrote: »
    Ooooh... perhaps if Erco does manage to Contact Rich, then he might ask :-)

    YonSzarvas got it first!

    Rich discussed how he got the call sign. He simply requested it!

  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2016-08-17 18:57
    Call me slow but a quick search for W9GFO soon leads me to the movie "Contact".

    Probably the most stupid thing I have ever seen.

    Orson Welles' radio drama back in 1938 was much better.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

    Now, as a kind of "in joke" that is cool. I worry that people start to take this stuff seriously. As they did in 1938 by all accounts.

  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    VonSzarvas wrote: »
    Ooooh... perhaps if Erco does manage to Contact Rich, then he might ask :-)

    You know, I did not put 2 ans 2 together, but VonSzarvas beat me to the punch. Good on you M.


  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    When I first saw his name on this forum, I thought it had to do with W2 vs W9 tax forms and one of them getting the expletive out.

    There was a conversation just like this one not long after.

    It wasn't that bad of a movie Heater... The call sign represents other things, like family values, following your dreams, technology, bigger antennas, all good stuff.


  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2016-08-18 03:45
    Did I just watch the wrong Contact?

    The one I found on YouTube was just a lot of gibberish about aliens.

    I'm all for family values, dreams, technology and bigger antennas.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    And still no word as to his whereabouts?????????
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2016-08-19 14:29
    FWIW, here is in his entry in QRZ:

    W9GFO USA flag USA

    content removed

    It was last updated 2015-07-16.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    Leon wrote: »
    FWIW, here is in his entry in QRZ:

    W9GFO USA flag USA

    content removed

    It was last updated 2015-07-16.

    Content removed? It shows up fine for me on QRZ.

    Anyhow, still here, just reduced forum activity over the last few months. Most notably when we put a new roof on the house. Long days, rain, heat - kinda forgot about the internet there for a while. Still haven't quite acclimated to this new forum either.

    I'll have to check my settings, I would have thought that I would be notified via email when getting a PM.

  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    "content removed" referred to your email address. They don't allow it to be read by computer.
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