CQ Interviews: Grammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter Larnelle 'Stu' Harris, WD4LZC

摘要

In 1978, WD4LZC was a newly licensed Novice Class amateur radio operator in Louisville, Kentucky, and like all new operators he was a bit nervous about making his first on-the-air CW contact. When that first QSO began, he sent his name, Larnelle, three times at a slow, but steady 5 words per minute: L-a-r-n-e-l-l-e.rn"You know what?" Larnelle asked. "The other operator, an experienced ham, told me, 'We'll have to work on that name. It takes too long to send."'rnSince Larnelle's middle name is Steward, he changed his on-the-air name to "Stu," a shortened version of Steward. It's an on-the-air nickname that stuck, and he still uses it more than 30 years later.