Well...congrats to Phil and everyone who has "busted" the half century mark
as a ham. I was first licensed in 1985 in northern California. In fact, I
wanted to be a ham since I was 8 years old and read the book "Today I am A
Ham," which I got from the Braille Book Library. I had discovered that you
can hear signals from far away on an am radio, etc. I sometimes heard cw and
ssb signals on a rather poorly designed am broadcast radio (no bfo, of
course) I played with as well as rtty. My dad told me they were airplanes
talking and I thought that was neat too. My dad, however, was dead set
against my getting any radio gear or becoming a ham. His father was a long
time ham and MARS op and my dad had unpleasant memories of my grandfather's
turning the radios in his basement shack up loud at all hours of the day and
night, etc.
I also didn't know where to get materials to study, as I grew up. I finally
took the Hadley school course for Novice and was licensed, then their
General course to upgrade. I was an swl and scanner hobbyist for at least 7
years before getting licensed (my dad was no longer living with us) and I
can remember listening to Russ Kiehne, Curtis Delzer and others on a number
of San Francisco bay area vhf and uhf repeaters and, finally being able to
get onto those same repeaters, and hf at long last.
A comment made earlier by Howard #3 is very sad and one which we really
should be trying to address, he mentioned that all of us are all older. This
really does distress me and I would very much like to help blind kids and
young adults (as well as any other kid or young adult) discover and embrace
our hobby.
73
Ron Miller
N6MSA
Dunedin, Fl.
USA
SKYPE: arjay1
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Howard, W A 9 Y B W
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 47 years as a ham
Hi all,
I just passed 45 years in February. I have noticed something strange here,
Most all of us are getting to be old farts!!
73
Howard #3
----- Original Message -----
From: "carolyn johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: 47 years as a ham
> Hi,
>
> I just passed thirty years on April first.
>
> Carolyn kj4vt
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:41 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: 47 years as a ham
>
>> Today it has been 47 years since I got my novice at age 14. I was at =
>> the Nebraska school for the blind on a Monday when I got a call from my =
>> mom. My license had come and I was now WN0ORO. I hung up and ran for =
>> the ham shack and worked 80 meters; working a guy about 200 miles away.
>> =
>> My 6 months as a novice has been the highlight days of my years as a =
>> ham.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
>>
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