Messy

Messy shacks were mentioned before:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-clean-bench-top.html

I did retrieve my copy of QST from April 1987, here are two of the shacks with the operator in the photo:

Per the internet, Tor is still a ham:

https://dxnews.com/oyla4ofa/

but Maurice WB9UTC is very probably a silent key.

https://silentkeyhq.com/main.php?p=bin/NSKALookup.php&dlnk=&call=WB9UTC&uid=0411378757819289

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm