Excellent short story! Thanks for sharing. And congrats on your K2. I have an Optivisor here, and now how much it helps.
Now - if I could get my 80-y/o dad to try something new.... Just between you, me, and the list, our ages are very similar. 73, matt (first license, 1972) W6NIA On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:23:45 -0700, you wrote: >In nineteen seventy something, I passed a ham radio exam for the first >time. I never got a station put together, and so never got on the air. > >In nineteen eighty something, I passed the test again. But once again I >didn't get a station and never got on the air. > >This time, I built the station _first_, then got licensed. About a >month ago I finished K2 #7150, with the aid of great instructions, >Elecraft's fine support, the archive of this mailing list, and all of >your generous help. Oh, and the Optivisor. I spent weeks wearing the >Optivisor. > >Saturday, dad and I each passed both the technician and general exams. >Our callsigns have just been assigned (they're even sequential). > >I'm going to drop by the ham store on the way home and pick up a log >book. I know I'm not required to log my contacts, but having dad's >callsign as my first log entry... how can I not do that? > >This has been a long time coming. Thanks for all of your help in making >it happen. > >73, Wayne Conrad KF7QGA >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
