"Fred Goldstein" wrote

BTW Howard, I know you're now up near the 'toga, but did you live in the
Schenectady area before going west? The name sounds familiar -- if so,
what was your call ca. 1973?
k1io ex -wb2tsk, etc.

No, Fred, I'm not the famous Howard Lester who passed away some 7 or 8 years
ago. I did get to meet one of his sons here; he is a ham, too. Imagine my
surprise when I saw, I think in Amateur Radio Newsline back then, that I had
become an SK! I suppose I should put a disclaimer as such in my qrz bio.
;-)

When I first moved here and went to my first Saratoga hamfest, I sported my
Arizona callsign badge with my full name on it. More than a few hams looked
at me rather quizzically.

Howard