A Big “Thank You” to John Sweeney, K9EL

Back in 2005, when Bob Locher, W9KNI, approached the leadership at CQ magazine with the idea of reconstituting the CQ DX Marathon program, he presented them with rules that are pretty much the same as those in place today. Bob recognized the huge amount of work involved in administering this program, and recruited a young John Sweeney, K9EL, who unselfishly picked it up. Seventeen years later, with much blood, sweat, and tears put into the program, not to mention the thousands of hours given back to “his hobby,” John is “hanging up his cleats” and will continue to enjoy his hobby in retirement. So many of us over the years have taken from this wonderful hobby but few have given back unselfishly to it. John is clearly an exception. He…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2023

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