well interestingly enough, I managed to convince a CB'er, very recently, to 
go get his ham ticket.
I flashed up my old uniden grant one saturday morning about a month and 
ahalf ago because the US dx was pounding in here louder than local truckers 
half a mile away.
I got on ch38 USB and started talking to a couple locals who were on bass 
stations.  I recognized one of them from the old days and we started 
chatting.  We went and found a clear frequency and discussed amateur radio 
for about two hours.
I told him how easy it was to get a ham license and what to do to get study 
materials and so on.
Literally 2 weeks later I was at an evening coffee gathering of hams after a 
club meeting.  This guy was there.  I didn't know it until he actually left 
and we asked who he was.  He was sitting at a different table so our table 
didn't know who he was.
When I recognized the name and voice, I was thrilled.
I'm not sure if he already planned on getting his license before we spoke on 
the chicken band, or if I just helped him decide.
either way it was pretty cool.
regards
Colin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: my intro new ham and new to the list.


> Hi Darren, welcome to the wonderful world of ham radio.  I was first
> licensed in 1971.  I got my start into ham radio by a cber who talked me
> into getting my ham radio license.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darren Duff" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:16 PM
> Subject: my intro new ham and new to the list.
>
>
>> Hi fellow hams.
>>
>> My name is Darren and I am a new ham holding a tech license. I am still
>> waiting on my call sign to appear in the ARRL database so I don't even
>> have
>> that yet.
>>
>> I bought a WOUXUN KG-UV2D VHF/UHF Dual Band HT because of the talking
>> features that it has. I have been listening to it for about a week and a
>> half now wishing I could say hello to all of the wonderful people I was
>> hearing and check in to the nets as well.
>> I have had a great mentor in to the world of ham radio. I am a drummer 
>> and
>> I
>> play in the worship band at my church. My bass player James Millsap call
>> sign WB4NWS turned me on to amateur radio.
>>
>> I had known of blind hams for years but never took an interest in it.
>> Now, I am hooked!  I still don't understand frequencies and bands and
>> such,
>> Jim having programmed my radio for me. But I want to learn how to do it 
>> on
>> my own.
>> There is a big ham fest coming up here in about a week and I can't wait 
>> to
>> go. I am planning on buying a mag mount for when I am on the road, and
>> getting a better antenna that I can put up on top of my house for better
>> reception when I am not mobile. I might even get a hat with my call on it
>> just for fun lol!
>>
>> I do have a question here.... How do you go about finding repeater
>> information? Is there an accessible repeater directory?
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>> It's great to be a part of such a cool group of people, and I'm  talking
>> about hams in general not just this list smile.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Darren Duff.
>>
>> Drummer for The Overflow worship band!
>>
>> Band web site http://www.theoverflowband.com
>> <http://www.theoverflowband.com/>
>>
>> Personal Phone: (678)936-6113
>>
>> Mobile E-mail [log in to unmask]
>>
>> personal E-mail [log in to unmask]
>>
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>>
>> skype contact duffman31279
>>
>>