Hi Lou,
I do use email when I need to but I would rather use my Radio.
I am not much for ragchewing, I prefer Traffic Handling and Skywarn.
There isn't anything wrong with ragchewing but when I first got into Amateur Radio I had a lot to do.
I had children in Foster Care, Respite and two aadopted Multiply-handicapped girls.
I really do enjoy Public Service and NTS.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 01:46:37 PM
Subject: Re: Areal O T
>
>
> Colleen,
>
> I know several folks who have gone through the exact same progression as you
> and, usually, they become excellent hams. my wife is among them.
> Unfortunately, she has long-since left the ham bands for the on-line world
> but I guess that's good for me. I have the shack largely to myself. Lou
> WA3MIX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Areal O T
>
>
> > Hi Lou and all,
> > I got into CB but really didn't fit in very well because I insisted on
> > following the rules.
> > Yes, there were rules. I even used my call, KBIJ5291.
> > I was very happy when I became an Amateur Radio Operator.
> > I once tried to get on CB to talk to someone I knew but couldn't stand it.
> > Some CBERS were also very happy to become Amateur Radio Operators.
> > Thank goodness they usually drop any bad habits after a while.
> > Colleen, N8TNV;
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 06:59:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar I've never been a fan of CB but I have to say it has lead a lot of people
> >ar into ham radio over the years and that has to count for something. lou
> >ar WA3MIX
> >ar ----- Original Message -----
> >ar From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:47 PM
> >ar Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar > lol, I'm definitely wet behind the ears then...i've been licensed for
> >ar > about
> >ar > 5 or 6 years.
> >ar > But I've been active in radio communications for about 18 years...I
> >ar > know,
> >ar > I
> >ar > know, CB isn't supposed to count, but even on CB, back in the good old
> >ar > days,
> >ar > there were sub groups of guys who were practically amateur radio
> >ar > operators
> >ar > and tried to conduct themselves properly...and who also always had
> >ar > technical
> >ar > conversations and so on.
> >ar > 73
> >ar > Colin, V A6BS
> >ar >
> >ar >
> >ar > ----- Original Message -----
> >ar > From: "Carolyn Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:39 AM
> >ar > Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >ar >
> >ar >
> >ar >ar Hi,
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar Well, if they consider you an old timer, then I should qualify.
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar I got my novice in 1983. My ticket came in the mail on April first
> >ar >what a
> >ar >ar hoot. I actually passed the tests in January, and the code in
> >ar >February,
> >ar >ar just
> >ar >ar took that long to receive the liscense in the mail. That same
> >ar >December I
> >ar >ar received my teck, and in September of 1988 I took my written for the
> >ar >ar extra,
> >ar >ar and in the end of October I took the code, so that is how my story
> >ar >goes.
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar 73,
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar Carolyn Kj4vt
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar
> >ar >ar --------------------------------------------------
> >ar >ar From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar >ar Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:40 PM
> >ar >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >ar >ar Subject: Re: Areal O T
> >ar >ar
> >ar >>> Well, as long as we are getting into our own personal historys, I
> >ar >>> probably
> >ar >>> wouldn't qualify as a certified old timer by some of you on this
> >ar >>> list,
> >ar >>> but
> >ar >>> I
> >ar >>> got my novice ticket in the Spring of 1984, and my first call was
> >ar >>> KA5TNE.
> >ar >>>
> >ar >>> A few months later I received my Tech before there was a no code
> >ar >>> version
> >ar >>> and
> >ar >>> changed my call to my current one N5HAU.
> >ar >>>
> >ar >>> I then upgraded to General when they changed the code requirements I
> >ar >>> think
> >ar >>> in 2000 and have been one ever since. I have only had HT's, but
> >ar >>> Among
> >ar >>> them
> >ar >>> were the Icom 02-AT, the Icom 24-AT, the Premier 0600 I believe, and
> >ar >>> my
> >ar >>> current Kenwood THF6-A which I purchased from a member of this list.
> >ar >>>
> >ar >>> I do remember the Conditional class license, but I never had it. It
> >ar >>> had
> >ar >>> some serious drawbacks: one was that you received no credit for past
> >ar >>> elements when you upgraded and had to take the entire test again.
> >ar >>> And
> >ar >>> two,
> >ar >>> you could be called on at any time to retake the test if the FCC felt
> >ar >>> it
> >ar >>> necessary to do so. 73.
> >ar >>> Harvey
> >ar >ar
> >
> >
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