[QRZ lists a Charles Pritchett in Pensacola FL as K4CMP – GW]
Charley Pritchett has always been one of my favorite folks I’ve met through my years at the Pensacola News Journal, but I hadn’t talked to him in a spell..
The guy is a World War II veteran, a former disc jockey, worked near the Aleutian Islands before Alaska was even a state, had jobs as a civilian air traffic controller, a radio disc jockey, a manager for TV Guide, a publisher and selling real estate and advertising. He’s taught at universities, is a Morse code interceptor (just like me in the Army!), a ham radio operator, a trumpet player and, I just found out, a longtime palm reader.
Read more – Pensacola News-Journal: http://bit.ly/4lnMVgO
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