I hope you never, ever, ever change that call. That’s a keeper for sure!
On Apr 25, 2014, at 4:30 PM, Hai Nguyen Ly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Good afternoon Bob:
> Thank you for sharing. I=92ve just finished browsing your =
> website and was curious if you would have some time for a landline QSO? =
> As a new member to the hobby, I=92ve been a bit overwhelmed with the =
> process of researching for my first HF rig and could use some advice =
> from someone with experience.
>
> Regards:
> Hai Nguyen Ly, KC1BLT
>
> On Apr 25, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Robert Ringwald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Hai,
>> =20
>> If you=3DE2=3D80=3D99d like to read more experiences from a ham who =
> has had =3D
>> his license for over 57 years, me, you might want to go to my web site =
> =3D
>> ham page.
>> =20
>> www.ringwald.com/ham.php
>> =20
>> 73 =3DE2=3D80=3D93 Bob K 6 Y B V
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: Hai Nguyen Ly=3D20
>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 12:43 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>> =20
>> Good afternoon Phil:
>> Thank you for sharing that story. Hearing about your experience =3D3D
>> 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 =
> =3D3D
>> share with my young children in hopes that they will also join as =3D3D
>> amateur operators when they get a bit older.
>> =20
>> Best Regards:
>> Hai Nguyen Ly, KC1BLT
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:30 PM, carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]> =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> wrote:
>> =20
>>> Happy anivercery on being a ham for 48 years. That was a wonderful =
> =3D3D
>> story.=3D3D20
>>> Why don't you submit that so it can go into qst magazine?
>>> =3D3D20
>>> Carolyn Kj4vt
>>> =3D3D20
>>> =3D3D20
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 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
>>> =3D3D20
>>>> It was 48 years ago today I made my first contact as a novice. I =
> was =3D
>> =3D3D
>> at=3D3D20
>>>> the
>>>> school for the blind when my mom called from home on a Monday =3D3D
>> afternoon=3D3D20
>>>> and
>>>> told me my ticket came. I had her repeat the call sign a dozen =
> times =3D
>> =3D3D
>> to=3D3D20
>>>> be
>>>> sure. I had been walking to our regular Monday after school =3D
>> student=3D3D20=3D3D
>> =20
>>>> council
>>>> meeting. I was representing the 9th grade, and the office =3D
>> secretary=3D3D20=3D3D
>> =20
>>>> called
>>>> out the office door as I passed by going to the library for the =3D3D
>> meeting.
>>>> She said, "Phil. You have a phone call." The only person who =
> called =3D
>> =3D3D
>> me=3D3D20
>>>> at
>>>> school was generally my uncle in Kansas but this time it was my mom =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> with=3D3D20
>>>> the
>>>> good news. I hunt up the phone, and spun around and took a step to =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> the=3D3D20
>>>> open
>>>> office door. Our superintendent was a nice guy and although he was =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> not a
>>>> ham, he made sure we always had good equipment, unless one of our =
> =3D3D
>> radios=3D3D20
>>>> was
>>>> down for repair, but he called out and said, "Hey, Phil. You got =
> =3D3D
>> your
>>>> license." It wasn't a question. I was so out of it, I just grunted =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> a=3D3D20
>>>> yes,
>>>> and ran down the hall to the radio room. A couple of friends were =3D=
>
>> =3D3D
>> already
>>>> in the ham shack and one was a novice of about 3 months. I told him =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> to=3D3D20
>>>> move
>>>> over, I was getting on the air. It took them a few seconds to =3D3D
>> believe me
>>>> but when I threatened to dump him off the king's chair in front of =3D=
>
>> =3D3D
>> the
>>>> radio, he got the picture. At this time, our DX60 was off the air =
> so =3D
>> =3D3D
>> I=3D3D20
>>>> used
>>>> an A T 1 on 80 meters to make my first contact. I was WN0ORO and my =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> first
>>>> countact with another guy in Nebraska and his call was WN0OHO. We =3D=
>
>> =3D3D
>> kept in
>>>> touch for years after that. After supper that night, I was back in =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> the=3D3D20
>>>> ham
>>>> shack pounding out CQ again and having the time of my life. To this =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> day,
>>>> although I only had my novice license 6 months before I took the =3D3D=
>
>> general
>>>> class, it was still the most fun I had as a ham. The guy I almost =3D=
>
>> =3D3D
>> dump=3D3D20
>>>> out
>>>> of the chair lived at home where the school for the blind was so we =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>> worked
>>>> each other, building up our code speed, in the evenings and then =3D
>> when=3D3D20=3D3D
>> =20
>>>> school
>>>> was out for the summer. We had a lot of the same crystals so we =3D3D=
>
>> 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 =
> =3D3D
>> generals
>>>> and could work side band.
>>>> =3D3D20
>>>> Phil.
>>>> K0NX=3D3D20
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