No, Gerry, I'm not.

It's just not in the cards for this year.

Maybe next year!

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Gerry Leary
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 8:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Ham radio spawns forever friendships!

Hello Tom, are you going to Dayton?

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> On May 10, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> You are oh, so correct, Ron!
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> I, too have many long-standing friendships that started as a result of 
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> great hobby, and fortunately for me, many of those friendships remain 
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> viable today.
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> Even on this great list, I feel I have many friends who I don't know  
>personally, but have gotten to know through the magic of e-mail and the  
>internet.
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> In my view, it shows just how versatile and flexible this hobby of 
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> Good luck with the move into the new house!
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> Keep us posted on how that goes, and with your progress on setting up 
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> new shack at the new home QTH.
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators 
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> On Behalf Of Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:58 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Ham radio spawns forever friendships!
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> Ham radio spawns forever friendships!
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> I am sharing this with you to illustrate the subject of this message. 
>I  first met Rick Hamilton, WB5VQW, in 1974, some 41 years ago. We met 
>when I=

> joined the ham radio club in Arlington Texas. I was a new, Assistant 
> Professor on the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington, and 
> at that time, the club was holding their meetings right there on the 
> UT Arlington's campus. Rick and I hit it off immediately. He was one 
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> military brats, as they often refer to themselves, that had traveled 
> all over the world and been exposed to the best of humanity and to the
worse.
> So, unlike many people, Rick was not even slightly hesitant to come 
> right over to me and introduce himself and strike up a vigorous 
> conversation, asking about my rig, how I was able to tune my 
> transmitter, etc., etc. Tha=
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> was the beginning of a long and mutually rewarding friendship. We 
> participated in hidden transmitter hunts together, fiend day events 
> together, put up antennas, went fishing together, and even 
> accidentally blew-up a few pieces of ham gear together. Rick worked in 
> the Vought division of the Ling-Temeo- Vought Aerospace Corp. (LTV), 
> in the daytime a=
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> attended the university at night. So, he even ended up taking my Basic 
> Marketing course, and every night after class, he and another ham 
> buddy wh=
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> This weekend Rick and his wife, Karen, WB5UFM, traveled up here to 
>Bowling=

> Green Kentucky in their RV to visit on their way to the FMCA Amateur 
> Radio=

> Club's Rallies/Campout being held just north of here in Cave City 
> Kentucky=
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> Our visit started Friday afternoon when they arrived and got setup in 
> our local KOA Campground, and yesterday we took them over to show them 
> our new=

> house and then, down to the L&M Train Station where they have a 
> special exhibit for Mother's Day weekend. We enjoyed a guided tour 
> through one of the old, original steam engine trains and saw numerous 
> model train sets th=
at
> were fully operational and on display. After a full day of touring the 
> are=
a
> and visiting, we finally wrapped it up late last night. Today, Rick 
> and Karen are heading up to the FMCA Amateur Radio Club', and Palma 
> and I are back to packing and preparing for our big move even though 
> it is Mother's Day. Our new house is going to have to serve as our 
> Mother's Day, Father's=

> Day, Christmas, and birth day gifts for the rest of our lives!! <lol>  
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> I suspect many of you have enjoyed similar friendships as a result of 
>ham  radio.
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> Ron, K8HSY
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> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
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> Retired Professor of Marketing