That's SOP for Joanne and the 7290 net. She gets list of new hams and sends a radiogram to welcome them into the hobby.
Welcome aboard! Chris WB5ITT On Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 8:50 AM erik wolf via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Morning Everyone. > > I received my Tech Ticket last month. I haven't even keyed the mic yet > because I am still reading the manual for my Alinco 735. I did already > receive a radio message though! > > I had a voicemail on my cell phone. It was from a Ham operator in > Galveston relaying a message he picked up on the 7290 traffic net . The > message was from an operator in Canada and reads "You are now part of the > worlds greatest hobby, Enjoy all it has to offer, 73". I am not sure if > this is standard procedure for new operators to get this message. If it's > not I am not sure why it was sent to me but Ill take it. I thought it was > pretty dang neat. I have attached the recording. > > I didn't know it until I shared this voicemail with my Dad but it's > actually the second Radio message I have received. In the 90's I was > stationed in Italy. My town's area code changed. Every phone number I had > in my phone book was no longer a working number and I didn't have a phone > number for anyone to call me. I received a message from the Red Cross. It > read like a telegram. My Dad just told me one of his friends was a ham and > that's how they got the message to me. > > I think it's pretty awesome and wanted to share. > > Thanks, > Wolf > KI5QVM > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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