Hi Lou and all,
I got into CB but really didn't fit in very well because I insisted on following the rules.
Yes, there were rules. I even used my call, KBIJ5291.
I was very happy when I became an Amateur Radio Operator.
I once tried to get on CB to talk to someone I knew but couldn't stand it.
Some CBERS were also very happy to become Amateur Radio Operators.
Thank goodness they usually drop any bad habits after a while.
Colleen, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 06:59:52 PM
Subject: Re: Areal O T
>
>
> I've never been a fan of CB but I have to say it has lead a lot of people
> into ham radio over the years and that has to count for something. lou
> WA3MIX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Areal O T
>
>
> > lol, I'm definitely wet behind the ears then...i've been licensed for
> > about
> > 5 or 6 years.
> > But I've been active in radio communications for about 18 years...I know,
> > I
> > know, CB isn't supposed to count, but even on CB, back in the good old
> > days,
> > there were sub groups of guys who were practically amateur radio operators
> > and tried to conduct themselves properly...and who also always had
> > technical
> > conversations and so on.
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BS
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carolyn Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >
> >
> >ar Hi,
> >ar
> >ar Well, if they consider you an old timer, then I should qualify.
> >ar
> >ar I got my novice in 1983. My ticket came in the mail on April first what a
> >ar hoot. I actually passed the tests in January, and the code in February,
> >ar just
> >ar took that long to receive the liscense in the mail. That same December I
> >ar received my teck, and in September of 1988 I took my written for the
> >ar extra,
> >ar and in the end of October I took the code, so that is how my story goes.
> >ar
> >ar 73,
> >ar
> >ar Carolyn Kj4vt
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar --------------------------------------------------
> >ar From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:40 PM
> >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >ar
> >>> Well, as long as we are getting into our own personal historys, I
> >>> probably
> >>> wouldn't qualify as a certified old timer by some of you on this list,
> >>> but
> >>> I
> >>> got my novice ticket in the Spring of 1984, and my first call was
> >>> KA5TNE.
> >>>
> >>> A few months later I received my Tech before there was a no code version
> >>> and
> >>> changed my call to my current one N5HAU.
> >>>
> >>> I then upgraded to General when they changed the code requirements I
> >>> think
> >>> in 2000 and have been one ever since. I have only had HT's, but Among
> >>> them
> >>> were the Icom 02-AT, the Icom 24-AT, the Premier 0600 I believe, and my
> >>> current Kenwood THF6-A which I purchased from a member of this list.
> >>>
> >>> I do remember the Conditional class license, but I never had it. It had
> >>> some serious drawbacks: one was that you received no credit for past
> >>> elements when you upgraded and had to take the entire test again. And
> >>> two,
> >>> you could be called on at any time to retake the test if the FCC felt it
> >>> necessary to do so. 73.
> >>> Harvey
> >ar
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