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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