Good to hear it!  I thought that may have been the case with that, but I
didn't know about the old club until it was almost my time to get out of
there in 1993!





On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Steve wrote:

> 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]
> > > ICBVI -- Reading Services
> > > P O BOX 83720
> > > 341 W WASHINGTON STREET=20
> > >
> > > BOISE IDAHO  83720-0012
> > > 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
> > >
> > > Aiming For The Stars
> > > The Zenith Tube Website
> > > www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
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