Rich,

Was that Everett Oadie, the tuning instructor by any chance?

For a couple of summers, he would come up and help Jesse Manley, the 
instructor at the Michigan School for the Blind with our large summer tuning 
program.  If that was the guy, I didn't realize he was a ham.
Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: only 30 years


> Only had my ticket for 33 years so I guess I am a newcomer.  The one radio
> that would still be fun to own other than maintenance is a collins kwm2.
> I attended a school for the blind in Batavia NY and apparently the piano
> tuning instructor would get the kids started on a project and then fire up
> the kwm2 and 30l1 for a mid-class qso or two.  Understand this wasn't a
> class project, he just took the opportunity to chat with his friends.
> Unfortunately the school never had any type of ham club and to my 
> knowledge
> none of the students got much hands on with the receiver.
> Rich
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