K2RSK (Peter) recently received a certificate from ARRL, for working all three hundred and forty countries (DXCC) (See picture). Peter began his amateur radio career as a pre-teen under the tutelage of a longtime friend.  All contacts were made working CW, RTTY (confirmed in CW) or SSB running about one hundred fifty watts from his basement shack.   Peter said, that at times it was difficult competing with operators who were running hi-power amplifiers.  His shack (most importantly) and house, have an emergency back-up generator, allowing Peter to operate even when commercial power is not available.  Last month K2RSK received his sixty-five years in Amateur Radio award at the QCWA Chapter 65 luncheon.  It’s hard to believe that being a family man and the owner of nine restaurant, Peter still had time for his amateur radio hobby.  Congratulations to K2RSK from the members of QCWA Chapter 65.