Well, Id din't get my classes and studies really seriously until college.
I was in a class with regular people, and for technician it wasn't too
bad, but with the general I had a lot going on that semester and had to
even deal with the death ofmy uncle, and when it came time to test to
upgrade from novice to technician I turned it doen simply because I needed
the weekend free for once.  I had had a saturday class that term, and like
I said I just needed the weekend free.
        I know that when I got good enough in CW when I went home and
talked to some of my police officer friends who back then were just using
an old fassion analogue VHF high system with a CW ID that was given every
half an hournand could under tand the CW I had to explain to several
people that what they wehearing wasn't the time being announced, but
theMorse Code ID for the station that used to be KNIZ438  for police, and
KDP974 for fire.  Both stations are down now because of a move to a
trunked system, but the license I think is good for another yea  or so for
those old calls.





On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Henry Brugsch wrote:

> Well, no mension of it here, but Perkins had a club which started in the
> late '50s. There were 4 of us in the initial group,with W1EGE,and w1dur (not
> sur of this call),Vern, and Suthard who were our elmers. They took it in
> turn to help us through the theory, and electronics.
> I remember,we were told to learn Ohm's law during the next week. We none of
> us had done it, so we had to sit down with slates, and write the thing out
> 25 times.
> I can still do it, i=e/r e=i*r,r=e/i. In my sleep for cryin out loud.
> Well, one day, we all came into the room, and Vern and Suthard wer there,
> with an odd manner about them. "Boys, we are going to do some code practice.
> This is what it'll be like for the exam, so let's pretend it is. So do the
> best you can."
> Each of us went through the string of words and characters. We did them on a
> borrowed brailler, and read them back.Then we were all told we had passed
> our novice code! A few weeks later, on a warm afternoon afterschool, we had
> a surprise vissit from Vern, He took each one of us to one side, and read us
> the questions, and then told us we had all passed our question part.
> all 4 of us got through. Out of the 5,1 is dead, although active through the
> whole time, 2 went almost immediately inactive, and I am still here as G0gKU
> inactive, and I am still here as inactive, and I am still here, active as
> g0gku.that part of it.
> Out of that group, 5 of us got our tickets. after
> A few weeks later, was nearly summer,Vern and them back.
> We all
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Clubs at Schools for the Blind
>
>
> > That I think was the same thing at Michigan.  From what I was told the
> > antenna arrangements were on the three story main building, and the
> > service building.  Everyone seemed to operate HF from what people have
> > posted so far, but whatabout 2-meters?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Richard WEbb wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > tHe Iowa School for the blind, IBSSS or whatever they call it had a
> > > club station in the 50's and '60's.  iN the '50's it was located in
> > > the four story main building then moved to the boy's dorm.
> > >
> > > IT was the host of the Benton county amateur radio club actually, and
> > > their club station.  THey had a tri-bander on the roof of the main
> > > building on the bell tower, an 80 and 40 meter dipole fed with a
> > > common coax.
> > >
> > > NOvice station consisted of an old National receiver and a transmitter
> > > which was crystal controlled, not sure the make, but I remember
> > > lurking as k0yl, then wa0dag and others operated the Collins kwm2 on
> > > hf many an afternoon.
> > >
> > > LEft the school for the blind in '68 and wasn't permitted to pursue
> > > the hobby in any way, so didn't become licensed as I planned.  My dad
> > > thought hobby radio was a silly thing, at least until all the truckers
> > > started adding chicken band radios to their rigs, then he had to have
> > > one of course.
> > >
> > > 73 de kb0ruu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard Webb
> > >
> > > Electric Spider Productions
> > >
> > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > >
> > > --- Benjamin Franklin November 1755
> > >
>