October 2, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

Florida

Most interesting man in the world? 99-year-old WWII vet is the oldest UWF Argo (Florida)

[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