Ah, but Jeff,  the MSB call sign is alive and well at Camp T.  A couple rigs 
in the shack and a G5Rv and a tower with a rotor that needs reapir right now.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jeff Kenyon
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: On This Date


That was the case with Michigan's school for the blind.  By time I got
there in the 80's it  was long gone as was a lot of things there.





On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Scott Gillen ZL1CHM wrote:

> I enjoy hearing stories like this. Unfortunately bye the time I was
> interested in getting my ticket the station at the Minnesota school was no
> longer operating.
>
> 73
>
> Scott
>
> Zl1CHM / N0HOK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:29 AM
> Subject: Re: On This Date
>
>
> > Awesome Phil. =20
> >
> > I have not done the math but 011868 was my date of license.  We did not
> > have equipment at the Kansas School for the blind yet so had to wait
> > until May for that one.  We had an 18AVQ on top of the Ad building
> > elevator house with who knows how much over 100 feet of coax fed by a DX
> > 40 with an SX111 receiver.  Prior to that a BC348 receiver for listening
> > and code practice into a t fed wire antenna.  All the equipment was in
> > the teacher's lounge so  access was limited to after school, no lunch
> > contacts allowed). =20
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > =20
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Brett Winchester   KD7JN
> > [log in to unmask]
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> >
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> > 208-334-3220-104
> > 208-639-8386 DID
> > 208-334-2963 fax
> >
> >
> > =20
> >
> > =20
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 2:14 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: On This Date
> >
> > 42 years ago today, April 25, 1966, at the Nebraska school for the blind
> > 45 miles south of Omaha, I received my novice license.  I ran for the
> > ham shack on the ground floor, and while friends sat around listening, I
> > made my first on air contact.  I was, at that time, WN0ORO, and my first
> > contact at about
> > 4:15 PM in the afternoon was WN0OHO who lived out in the middle of
> > Nebraska.
> > We remained friends for many years before I lost track of him.  I think
> > we were on 37 15 KHz.  I was using an A T 1 and SX99 receiver at the
> > time.
> > After our supper that night, I repeated the process and worked 80 meters
> > for a couple of hours.  I was 14 years old and loved my novice days
> > tremendously.
> >
> > Phil.
> > K0NX
> >
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> >
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