Hi Carolyn,
I will do that.
I hope you get an antenna up real soon.
Colleen, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 04:52:12 PM
Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>
>
> I don't think because you don't use cw that you're less a ham. I just don't
> like the changes, but you probably operate more than a lot of older hams do.
> I love to do the emergency stuff, field day, and contests, but without an
> antenna I just have to stay off the air. You just keep on doing what you're
> doing. You seem to be an okay lady. keep smiling.
>
> Carolyn Kj4vt
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 4:31 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>
> > Hi Carolyn,
> > I understand how frustrating it is to try to get help to do some things.
> > This is especially true when you would like to be able to do these things
> > yourself.
> > We have to remember that our willingness to graciously accept help is
> > actually a gift to those who offer the help.
> > Personally I do not worry if someone feels that I am not as much of a ham
> > as they are because I do not use CW. The intent of the change to no code
> > did not increase the number of hams which was the expected outcome.
> > We all have different gifts and the most important thing is that we use
> > them to help wherever we can.
> > At this time due to circumstances beyond your control you are not able to
> > orperate even though you would consider yourself to be much more qualified
> > due to your expertise in CW.
> > I, on the other hand, due to different circumstances, am able to operate
> > as an Amateur. Even though you consider those of us with no code to be
> > hams due to a bad decision I am able to help with Skywarn, Ares, NTS
> > Traffic and Navy Mars.
> > I do hope that you are able to get an antenna and be on the air soon.
> > Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 03:28:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
> >
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar Well, my problem is that I only have a hand held, and since our rental
> >ar house
> >ar had a new roof put on last year, and it's metal, nothing gets out. I have
> >ar a
> >ar mobile two meeter four-fourty rig setting here with a real good mag mount
> >ar antenna on it, but no one can hear me, so I'm stuck. This is a wonderful
> >ar location to have an antenna since there are some nice woods here, but to
> >ar get
> >ar ahold of anyone is the pits. I have a ham friend at church, but he
> >ar forgets
> >ar half the time when I give him messages to get ahold of someone for me
> >ar since
> >ar he knows a lot of people. He's so hard of hearing that I don't think he
> >ar half
> >ar hears what I'm asking him bless his heart. I'm sure the day will come
> >ar when
> >ar someone will be able to help. I'd like to eventually move out of this
> >ar house
> >ar and leave my daughter and son-in-law fineally live there lives without a
> >ar parent around. We had to have them live with us since they got married
> >ar because she had to take care of her dad because he went on a machine
> >ar every
> >ar night, and it was digital, and like a lot of things required sight. I did
> >ar all the things I could do to help take care of him without sight, but
> >ar there
> >ar were those things that needed sight, and we had to battle with her to
> >ar even
> >ar do them. She really didn't want to do them, but she had no choise in the
> >ar matter. We live out in the country on a mountain. It's quiet and a nice
> >ar area. It's actually one of the foothills of the Smokey mountain chain,
> >ar and
> >ar so pretty, but when it snows, we are trapped up here in the winter time.
> >ar
> >ar You take care, and keep hamming.
> >ar
> >ar Carolyn Kj4vt
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar --------------------------------------------------
> >ar From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 2:39 PM
> >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
> >ar
> >ar > Hi Carolyn,
> >ar > It can be difficult to get people to help with antennas etc.
> >ar > I have been blessed with people who are willing to help.
> >ar > I suspect it makes a difference who you ask and if you and those people
> >ar > are interested in the same things.
> >ar > I always choose people who understand the value of Public Service even
> >ar > if
> >ar > they don't do it themselves.
> >ar > Since I am very active in Navy Mars and Nts Traffic Handling and
> >ar > Skywarn I
> >ar > have been able to find people to help when the need arises.
> >ar > Sometimes you have to wait awhile but usually things get done when they
> >ar > are really necessary.
> >ar > Colleen, N8TNV;
> >ar >
> >ar >
> >ar >
> >ar > ----- Original Message -----
> >ar > From: carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar > To: [log in to unmask]
> >ar > Date: Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 02:40:04 AM
> >ar > Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
> >ar >
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar Hi,
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar Well, I feal like a baby, because I loved ham radio for years, but my
> >ar >ar late
> >ar >ar husband got me into the hoby since he was a ham, so I got my ticket
> >ar >in
> >ar >ar the
> >ar >ar mail on April first 1983.
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar Carolyn Kj4vt
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar Oh, my first call I didn't like. It was Kb4eoq.
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar --------------------------------------------------
> >ar >ar From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar >ar Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 3:32 PM
> >ar >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar >ar Subject: Happy Ham's Day
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar > It was 48 years ago today I made my first contact as a novice. I
> >ar >was
> >ar >ar > at
> >ar >ar > the
> >ar >ar > school for the blind when my mom called from home on a Monday
> >ar >afternoon
> >ar >ar > and
> >ar >ar > told me my ticket came. I had her repeat the call sign a dozen
> >ar >times
> >ar >ar > to
> >ar >ar > be
> >ar >ar > sure. I had been walking to our regular Monday after school
> >ar >student
> >ar >ar > council
> >ar >ar > meeting. I was representing the 9th grade, and the office
> >ar >secretary
> >ar >ar > called
> >ar >ar > out the office door as I passed by going to the library for the
> >ar >ar > meeting.
> >ar >ar > She said, "Phil. You have a phone call." The only person who
> >ar >called
> >ar >ar > me
> >ar >ar > at
> >ar >ar > school was generally my uncle in Kansas but this time it was my mom
> >ar >ar > with
> >ar >ar > the
> >ar >ar > good news. I hunt up the phone, and spun around and took a step to
> >ar >the
> >ar >ar > open
> >ar >ar > office door. Our superintendent was a nice guy and although he was
> >ar >not
> >ar >ar > a
> >ar >ar > ham, he made sure we always had good equipment, unless one of our
> >ar >ar > radios
> >ar >ar > was
> >ar >ar > down for repair, but he called out and said, "Hey, Phil. You got
> >ar >your
> >ar >ar > license." It wasn't a question. I was so out of it, I just
> >ar >grunted a
> >ar >ar > yes,
> >ar >ar > and ran down the hall to the radio room. A couple of friends were
> >ar >ar > already
> >ar >ar > in the ham shack and one was a novice of about 3 months. I told
> >ar >him to
> >ar >ar > move
> >ar >ar > over, I was getting on the air. It took them a few seconds to
> >ar >believe
> >ar >ar > me
> >ar >ar > but when I threatened to dump him off the king's chair in front of
> >ar >the
> >ar >ar > radio, he got the picture. At this time, our DX60 was off the air
> >ar >so I
> >ar >ar > used
> >ar >ar > an A T 1 on 80 meters to make my first contact. I was WN0ORO and
> >ar >my
> >ar >ar > first
> >ar >ar > countact with another guy in Nebraska and his call was WN0OHO. We
> >ar >kept
> >ar >ar > in
> >ar >ar > touch for years after that. After supper that night, I was back in
> >ar >the
> >ar >ar > ham
> >ar >ar > shack pounding out CQ again and having the time of my life. To
> >ar >this
> >ar >ar > day,
> >ar >ar > although I only had my novice license 6 months before I took the
> >ar >ar > general
> >ar >ar > class, it was still the most fun I had as a ham. The guy I almost
> >ar >dump
> >ar >ar > out
> >ar >ar > of the chair lived at home where the school for the blind was so we
> >ar >ar > worked
> >ar >ar > each other, building up our code speed, in the evenings and then
> >ar >when
> >ar >ar > school
> >ar >ar > was out for the summer. We had a lot of the same crystals so we
> >ar >ended
> >ar >ar > up
> >ar >ar > working each other hundreds of times that summer. We even started
> >ar >a
> >ar >ar > midnight schedule which we carried on for years after getting our
> >ar >ar > generals
> >ar >ar > and could work side band.
> >ar >ar >
> >ar >ar > Phil.
> >ar >ar > K0NX
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