On Oct 27, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Megan McCarty wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> My name is Megan McCarty and I am a new member of the listserv. I
> heard
> about it thanks to Tom KB8TYJ.
Ooh, that Tom, you better watch out for him, he's a bad influence.
Besides, he's a psychologist, and you know, it's them what needs the
psychologists the most. :-)
>
>
> I've only been a ham 5 months, but I am already really enjoying the
> hobby.
Hey, that's great! Let's see. I think my first five months, well, my
first three, I didn't have a station, then it really picked up and I
had a blast, too. Oh, hey, I was a 20 WPM Novice!
>
> My call is KB3RGW and my primary interest is CW.
WAHOO!!!!!!! I love cw, in spite of my best effort to hate it. And
believe you me, I tried really hard not to like it. What can I say, I
was 14 and hadn't learned yet that it's best to just go with your
nature. Still love cw after 21 (Yikes! How'd that happen?) years.
>
> I am not blind, but I have an interest in the blind community. I
> learned
> Japanese Braille four years ago when I was a foreign exchange
> student and I
> plan to take a course here in America to get my certification as a
> volunteer
> Braille transcriber.
I saw Japanese braille once. It was odd. Seems they use a slightly
smaller cell than we do. And I'm not so sure what their thinking is,
but they use something that is almost but not quite like interpoint--
not sure how it saves any space, but there ya go. I nearly took
Japanese in college, but I have enough trouble with languages that
have 26 (plus or minus) letters. I got intimidated real quick.
>
> I will probably not have a lot to contribute to the list, but I do
> look
> forward to listening and learning a lot from everyone here.
Not having anything to say hasn't stopped any of the rest of us from
saying it, so why should you be the exception? Speak up :)
> I also hope we
> will meet on the air someday!
Sure, if I ever manage to get my antennas back up in something like a
reasonable fashion, I would love to pound some brass with you. I might
even drag a microphone out. It might even be connected to an hf radio.
But my current project is getting my IRLP and Echolink node back up
and running again.
>
Vy 73,
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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