The Best “Old Man” Contester, Pier Paolo, I1RB

Some of you may have worked Pier Paolo, I1RB, in last year’s CQWW or perhaps at other times in the past. Whether you realize it or not, you made a very special QSO. CQWW Committee member Stefano Brioschi, IK2QEI, sat down with Pier Paolo and shares the following with all of us:

Let me begin with some background. My name is Pier Paolo and I was born in Biella, Italy on May 12, 1922. At the young age of only six years old, I became passionate about radio, listening to the