‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM OCTOBER 2018 QST PAGE 78 ‰ FOR JOINT ACTIVATIONS. IT WAS ALSO A GREAT COMFORT TO US AND OUR LOVED ONES TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOCAL SUPPORT IN CASE OF ANY PROBLEMS OR IRREGULARITIES. NOW, WHEN I MAKE A SOTA CONTACT AS A CHASER OR AN ACTIVATOR, I WILL OFTEN HEAR A FAMILIAR CALL SIGN AND REMEMBER A SMILING FACE. ITS GREAT TO TRAVEL WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND NEARBY. PAUL SCHREIER, AA1MI/HB9DST, WHO WAS FIRST LICENCED IN 1968, IS AN AMERICAN WHO HAS LIVED IN SWITZERLAND SINCE 2001. IN THAT TIME, HE BECAME A SWISS ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚