Good afternoon Bob:
	Thank you for sharing. I’ve 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’ve 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,
> 
> 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