That's great, Lowell.  Funny how this hobby never gets old with all the 
various things you can get into.  I love the new equipment and the talking 
stuff we never dreamed would some day become the norm for blind hams.  59 
years ain't nothing to sneeze at.  We will have to start calling you Jack 
Benny with that 39 year bit, haha.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: 47 years as a ham


> Well, this has become a "Can you top this!"
> In march this year, I completed 59 years as a ham and still have the same
> call minus the "N"!
> Yes, Boy! the equipment sure has changed from my first rig with a pair of
> 1625 tubes in the final running 100 watts on AM.
> I have never gotten tired of ham radio or have not out grown it!
> Yes, and to think I am only 39 years old today!!!!!
> Perhaps I have stretched the truth a bit on the age???
> 73
> Lowell  W8QIY
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: 47 years as a ham
>
>
>> Last month was my 56th anniversory as a ham. It has sure changed since
>> those old days.
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
>>
>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
>> Ph: 270-782-9325
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
>>
>> Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
>> (MMS) Committee
>>
>> President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)
>>
>>
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