Hi Robert,

I like your ham page.  However,I wonder if you might tell me how to 
disable the music on your opening page.  Not that there's anything wrong 
with it.  In fact it is very, very good.  However, using a screen 
reader, it is a bit difficult to navigate the page until the song 
finishes.  In the old days with embedded midis, you could press the 
escape key and stop it, but that does not work on your page. Any ideas.

On 4/25/2014 4:02 PM, Robert Ringwald wrote:
> Dear Hai,
>
> If you=E2=80=99d like to read more experiences from a ham who has had =
> his license for over 57 years, me, you might want to go to my web site =
> ham page.
>
> www.ringwald.com/ham.php
>
> 73 =E2=80=93 Bob K 6 Y B V
>
>
>
> From: Hai Nguyen Ly=20
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 12:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>
> Good afternoon Phil:
> Thank you for sharing that story. Hearing about your experience =3D
> really embodies the heart and soul of the hobby as I understand it.
> As a new Ham, I am on the look out for these types of experiences to =3D
> share with my young children in hopes that they will also join as =3D
> amateur operators when they get a bit older.
>
> Best Regards:
> Hai Nguyen Ly, KC1BLT
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:30 PM, carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]> =
> =3D
> wrote:
>
>> Happy anivercery on being a ham for 48 years. That was a wonderful =3D
> story.=3D20
>> Why don't you submit that so it can go into qst magazine?
>> =3D20
>> Carolyn Kj4vt
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 3:32 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Happy Ham's Day
>> =3D20
>>> It was 48 years ago today I made my first contact as a novice.  I was =
> =3D
> at=3D20
>>> the
>>> school for the blind when my mom called from home on a Monday =3D
> afternoon=3D20
>>> and
>>> told me my ticket came.  I had her repeat the call sign a dozen times =
> =3D
> to=3D20
>>> be
>>> sure.  I had been walking to our regular Monday after school =
> student=3D20=3D
>
>>> council
>>> meeting.  I was representing the 9th grade, and the office =
> secretary=3D20=3D
>
>>> called
>>> out the office door as I passed by going to the library for the =3D
> meeting.
>>> She said, "Phil.  You have a phone call."  The only person who called =
> =3D
> me=3D20
>>> at
>>> school was generally my uncle in Kansas but this time it was my mom =
> =3D
> with=3D20
>>> the
>>> good news.  I hunt up the phone, and spun around and took a step to =
> =3D
> the=3D20
>>> open
>>> office door.  Our superintendent was a nice guy and although he was =
> =3D
> not a
>>> ham, he made sure we always had good equipment, unless one of our =3D
> radios=3D20
>>> was
>>> down for repair, but he called out and said, "Hey, Phil.  You got =3D
> your
>>> license."  It wasn't a question.  I was so out of it, I just grunted =
> =3D
> a=3D20
>>> yes,
>>> and ran down the hall to the radio room.  A couple of friends were =
> =3D
> already
>>> in the ham shack and one was a novice of about 3 months.  I told him =
> =3D
> to=3D20
>>> move
>>> over, I was getting on the air.  It took them a few seconds to =3D
> believe me
>>> but when I threatened to dump him off the king's chair in front of =
> =3D
> the
>>> radio, he got the picture.  At this time, our DX60 was off the air so =
> =3D
> I=3D20
>>> used
>>> an A T 1 on 80 meters to make my first contact.  I was WN0ORO and my =
> =3D
> first
>>> countact with another guy in Nebraska and his call was WN0OHO.  We =
> =3D
> kept in
>>> touch for years after that.  After supper that night, I was back in =
> =3D
> the=3D20
>>> ham
>>> shack pounding out CQ again and having the time of my life.  To this =
> =3D
> day,
>>> although I only had my novice license 6 months before I took the =3D
> general
>>> class, it was still the most fun I had as a ham.  The guy I almost =
> =3D
> dump=3D20
>>> out
>>> of the chair lived at home where the school for the blind was so we =
> =3D
> worked
>>> each other, building up our code speed, in the evenings and then =
> when=3D20=3D
>
>>> school
>>> was out for the summer.  We had a lot of the same crystals so we =3D
> ended up
>>> working each other hundreds of times that summer.  We even started a
>>> midnight schedule which we carried on for years after getting our =3D
> generals
>>> and could work side band.
>>> =3D20
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX=3D20