I'm not the kind of guy to make a big deal out of people...but some things are just really cool.
I was tooling around with JT modes all afternoon...worked 15m,17m,20m, and 30m...just kept jumping around to see what was happening.
Got some DX, nothing exciting...all countries I had worked before....well, except for Curacao...but that was hardly rare or far away.
Got caught up in the middle of a text message with someone and noticed a call from the "1" area....which I tend to ignore since its local and I've worked a ton of stations. Still, I need CT and VT for my 50-states award and decided to look of the call...there was something very familiar about it....K1JT.
I know I've seen it before, but it wasn't in my log....nope...never worked this station before...but I know I've seen that call.
Look him up on QRZ...NJ....not far away.....wait....WAIT.....Its Joe Taylor calling CQ!
By the time I figured this all out he was in QSO with another station...when he sent his '73' I called him and he called back...I now have the creator of JT modes in my log. Cant wait to add his QSL card to my collection!
Call me a geek, but this was more exciting to me than working even the more rare DX stuff...I got to work the guy who created the protocol I worked him with....something very cool about that!