I don't think because you don't use cw that you're less a ham. I just don't
like the changes, but you probably operate more than a lot of older hams do.
I love to do the emergency stuff, field day, and contests, but without an
antenna I just have to stay off the air. You just keep on doing what you're
doing. You seem to be an okay lady. keep smiling.
Carolyn Kj4vt
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From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 4:31 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
> Hi Carolyn,
> I understand how frustrating it is to try to get help to do some things.
> This is especially true when you would like to be able to do these things
> yourself.
> We have to remember that our willingness to graciously accept help is
> actually a gift to those who offer the help.
> Personally I do not worry if someone feels that I am not as much of a ham
> as they are because I do not use CW. The intent of the change to no code
> did not increase the number of hams which was the expected outcome.
> We all have different gifts and the most important thing is that we use
> them to help wherever we can.
> At this time due to circumstances beyond your control you are not able to
> orperate even though you would consider yourself to be much more qualified
> due to your expertise in CW.
> I, on the other hand, due to different circumstances, am able to operate
> as an Amateur. Even though you consider those of us with no code to be
> hams due to a bad decision I am able to help with Skywarn, Ares, NTS
> Traffic and Navy Mars.
> I do hope that you are able to get an antenna and be on the air soon.
> Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 03:28:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>
>>
>>
>> Well, my problem is that I only have a hand held, and since our rental
>> house
>> had a new roof put on last year, and it's metal, nothing gets out. I have
>> a
>> mobile two meeter four-fourty rig setting here with a real good mag mount
>> antenna on it, but no one can hear me, so I'm stuck. This is a wonderful
>> location to have an antenna since there are some nice woods here, but to
>> get
>> ahold of anyone is the pits. I have a ham friend at church, but he
>> forgets
>> half the time when I give him messages to get ahold of someone for me
>> since
>> he knows a lot of people. He's so hard of hearing that I don't think he
>> half
>> hears what I'm asking him bless his heart. I'm sure the day will come
>> when
>> someone will be able to help. I'd like to eventually move out of this
>> house
>> and leave my daughter and son-in-law fineally live there lives without a
>> parent around. We had to have them live with us since they got married
>> because she had to take care of her dad because he went on a machine
>> every
>> night, and it was digital, and like a lot of things required sight. I did
>> all the things I could do to help take care of him without sight, but
>> there
>> were those things that needed sight, and we had to battle with her to
>> even
>> do them. She really didn't want to do them, but she had no choise in the
>> matter. We live out in the country on a mountain. It's quiet and a nice
>> area. It's actually one of the foothills of the Smokey mountain chain,
>> and
>> so pretty, but when it snows, we are trapped up here in the winter time.
>>
>> You take care, and keep hamming.
>>
>> Carolyn Kj4vt
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 2:39 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>>
>> > Hi Carolyn,
>> > It can be difficult to get people to help with antennas etc.
>> > I have been blessed with people who are willing to help.
>> > I suspect it makes a difference who you ask and if you and those people
>> > are interested in the same things.
>> > I always choose people who understand the value of Public Service even
>> > if
>> > they don't do it themselves.
>> > Since I am very active in Navy Mars and Nts Traffic Handling and
>> > Skywarn I
>> > have been able to find people to help when the need arises.
>> > Sometimes you have to wait awhile but usually things get done when they
>> > are really necessary.
>> > Colleen, N8TNV;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Date: Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 02:40:04 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>> >
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar Hi,
>> >ar
>> >ar Well, I feal like a baby, because I loved ham radio for years, but my
>> >ar late
>> >ar husband got me into the hoby since he was a ham, so I got my ticket
>> >in
>> >ar the
>> >ar mail on April first 1983.
>> >ar
>> >ar Carolyn Kj4vt
>> >ar
>> >ar Oh, my first call I didn't like. It was Kb4eoq.
>> >ar
>> >ar
>> >ar --------------------------------------------------
>> >ar From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >ar Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 3:32 PM
>> >ar To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >ar Subject: Happy Ham's Day
>> >ar
>> >ar > It was 48 years ago today I made my first contact as a novice. I
>> >was
>> >ar > at
>> >ar > the
>> >ar > school for the blind when my mom called from home on a Monday
>> >afternoon
>> >ar > and
>> >ar > told me my ticket came. I had her repeat the call sign a dozen
>> >times
>> >ar > to
>> >ar > be
>> >ar > sure. I had been walking to our regular Monday after school
>> >student
>> >ar > council
>> >ar > meeting. I was representing the 9th grade, and the office
>> >secretary
>> >ar > called
>> >ar > out the office door as I passed by going to the library for the
>> >ar > meeting.
>> >ar > She said, "Phil. You have a phone call." The only person who
>> >called
>> >ar > me
>> >ar > at
>> >ar > school was generally my uncle in Kansas but this time it was my mom
>> >ar > with
>> >ar > the
>> >ar > good news. I hunt up the phone, and spun around and took a step to
>> >the
>> >ar > open
>> >ar > office door. Our superintendent was a nice guy and although he was
>> >not
>> >ar > a
>> >ar > ham, he made sure we always had good equipment, unless one of our
>> >ar > radios
>> >ar > was
>> >ar > down for repair, but he called out and said, "Hey, Phil. You got
>> >your
>> >ar > license." It wasn't a question. I was so out of it, I just
>> >grunted a
>> >ar > yes,
>> >ar > and ran down the hall to the radio room. A couple of friends were
>> >ar > already
>> >ar > in the ham shack and one was a novice of about 3 months. I told
>> >him to
>> >ar > move
>> >ar > over, I was getting on the air. It took them a few seconds to
>> >believe
>> >ar > me
>> >ar > but when I threatened to dump him off the king's chair in front of
>> >the
>> >ar > radio, he got the picture. At this time, our DX60 was off the air
>> >so I
>> >ar > used
>> >ar > an A T 1 on 80 meters to make my first contact. I was WN0ORO and
>> >my
>> >ar > first
>> >ar > countact with another guy in Nebraska and his call was WN0OHO. We
>> >kept
>> >ar > in
>> >ar > touch for years after that. After supper that night, I was back in
>> >the
>> >ar > ham
>> >ar > shack pounding out CQ again and having the time of my life. To
>> >this
>> >ar > day,
>> >ar > although I only had my novice license 6 months before I took the
>> >ar > general
>> >ar > class, it was still the most fun I had as a ham. The guy I almost
>> >dump
>> >ar > out
>> >ar > of the chair lived at home where the school for the blind was so we
>> >ar > worked
>> >ar > each other, building up our code speed, in the evenings and then
>> >when
>> >ar > school
>> >ar > was out for the summer. We had a lot of the same crystals so we
>> >ended
>> >ar > up
>> >ar > working each other hundreds of times that summer. We even started
>> >a
>> >ar > midnight schedule which we carried on for years after getting our
>> >ar > generals
>> >ar > and could work side band.
>> >ar >
>> >ar > Phil.
>> >ar > K0NX
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