Wow Ron, finally saw this message, and am sorry about your dad being 
so dead set against you becoming a ham.
wish we could QSO some more!

Curtis Delzer.
HS.

K 6 V F O
San Bernardino, CA.

(formally W B 6 H E F)

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At 09:58 PM 04/28/13, you wrote:
>Well...congrats to Phil and everyone who has "busted" the half century mark
>as a ham. I was first licensed in 1985 in northern California. In fact, I
>wanted to be a ham since I was 8 years old and read the book "Today I am A
>Ham," which I got from the Braille Book Library. I had discovered that you
>can hear signals from far away on an am radio, etc. I sometimes heard cw and
>ssb signals on a rather poorly designed am broadcast radio (no bfo, of
>course) I played with as well as rtty. My dad told me they were airplanes
>talking and I thought that was neat too. My dad, however, was dead set
>against my getting any radio gear or becoming a ham. His father was a long
>time ham and MARS op and my dad had unpleasant memories of my grandfather's
>turning the radios in his basement shack up loud at all hours of the day and
>night, etc.
>
>I also didn't know where to get materials to study, as I grew up. I finally
>took the Hadley school course for Novice and was licensed, then their
>General course to upgrade. I was an swl and scanner hobbyist for at least 7
>years before getting licensed (my dad was no longer living with us) and I
>can remember listening to Russ Kiehne, Curtis Delzer and others on a number
>of San Francisco bay area vhf and uhf repeaters and, finally being able to
>get onto those same repeaters, and hf at long last.
>
>A comment made earlier by Howard #3 is very sad and one which we really
>should be trying to address, he mentioned that all of us are all older. This
>really does distress me and I would very much like to help blind kids and
>young adults (as well as any other kid or young adult) discover and embrace
>our hobby.
>
>73
>
>Ron Miller
>N6MSA
>Dunedin, Fl.
>USA
>SKYPE: arjay1
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Howard, W A 9 Y B W
>Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:39 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 47 years as a ham
>
>Hi all,
>
>I just passed 45 years in February.  I have noticed something strange here,
>Most all of us are getting to be old farts!!
>
>73
>
>Howard #3
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "carolyn johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:19 AM
>Subject: Re: 47 years as a ham
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just passed thirty years on April first.
> >
> > Carolyn kj4vt
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:41 PM
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: 47 years as a ham
> >
> >> Today it has been 47 years since I got my novice at age 14.  I was at =
> >> the Nebraska school for the blind on a Monday when I got a call from my =
> >> mom.  My license had come and I was now WN0ORO.  I hung up and ran for =
> >> the ham shack and worked 80 meters; working a guy about 200 miles away.
> >> =
> >> My 6 months as a novice has been the highlight days of my years as a =
> >> ham.
> >>
> >> Phil.
> >> K0NX
> >>
> >>
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