Program:  Contesting Stations (and Baseball) Presented by: Joe Rudi NK7U           Joe Rudi NK7U   Joe Rudi owned and operated an award winning Multi-Op Contest station in Baker City, Oregon for over 45 years!  Rudi is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City & Oakland Athletics (1967�76, 1982), California Angels (1977�80) and Boston Red Sox (1981). In a 16-year career, Rudi was a .264 hitter with 179 home runs and 810 RBI in 1,547 games.  He won American League Gold Gloves in 1974, 1975 and 1976, and played in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1972, 1974 and 1975.  Joe was also a World Series Champion three times from 1972 to 1974.  Joe often found himself operating radio in between professional ball games with a long wire off of the balcony of a hotel. Joe will be sharing about his career in ham radio and possibly baseball.  He has some great stories from his contest station as well.