Darren,
I've had both a first radio contact and a first daughter and the 
daughter thing is even more exciting than the first contact!!  The 
daughter part was over twenty-five years ago and the first contact 
double that but I remember both of them fondly.
Congrats on the contact and the upcoming daughter.
Pat, K9JAUAt 12:53 PM 1/2/2012, you wrote:
>Thanks Tom. We are getting there one day at a time. Baby Amy (our first
>child) is due in April so I'll have to put things off for a while until life
>slows down some what.... But I plan on being there.
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>73.
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>Darren Duff.
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>Vice President,
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>Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
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>amateur radio station KK4AHX.
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>Cherokee county ares.
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>http://www.cherokee-ares.org
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>http://www.cherokeehams.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 1:37 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: My first contact on hf 10 meters!
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>Darren:
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>Well, a hearty congratulations to you on that first HF contact!!!!
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>Now, you need to get your General, a rig, and an antenna or two, and then
>you can join us on our various nets so we can hear more from you via RF!
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>Your fun is just beginning, and somehow, from the enthusiasm you displayed
>on that recording, I think you realize that!
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>Congrats again, my friend!
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>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "KK4AHX Darren Duff" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:54 AM
>Subject: My first contact on hf 10 meters!
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> > Here's my first contact on hf. 10 meter band made yesterday playing radio
> > at
> > lake Alatuna.  Some ham buddies and I thought we would set up at the lake
> > and see how many contacts we could make. WE were playing around on 70 40
> > and
> > 20 meters and I talked them in to rigging the antenna for 10 meters so I
> > could put my own call out and this is how it went.
> >
> > KK4AHX FIRST HF CONTACT 10 METERS WITH WT6V
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdhGJnUyD74
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> > 73.
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> >
> > Darren Duff.
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> > Vice President,
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> > Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
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> > amateur radio station KK4AHX.
> >
> > Cherokee county ares.
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> > http://www. <http://www.cherokee-ares.org/> cherokee-ares.org
> >
> > http://www.cherokeehams.com <http://www.cherokeehams.com/>
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> >
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