Hi Colin,
Congratulations! Glad you've passed the first hurdle and hope you will press
on and do the other ham tests.
Steve AA7U
NE Oregon
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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: [IRCA] Sort of On-Topic radio announcement...
35 years ago, at the delicate age of 13 or 14, I used to spend a lot of
time
at our local library reading up on Electronics, radio, etc.
While there I met a 65 year old retired gentleman who was a Ham
that wintered in Victoria B.C. - We got to talking and would occasionally
run into each other at the library and then go for coffee -
We would talk about his career in Radio and the Canadian Military - He a
WWII veteran that was stationed at Ucluelet of all places.
At the time I was interested in becoming an Electronics Technician (which
I did in 1979...)
I promised him that I would become an Amateur radio operator one day -
Time passed. He passed on. But I remembered the promise.
Today I wrote one of my exams -- the Canadian version called the "Basic"
with
privileges above 30Mhz.
I scored over 90% (95% I think...) which gave me honors with HF
Privileges.
I hope to do the CW and the Advanced shortly.
Depending on the availability, my call sign will be:
-VA7WWV
-VA7RCI or
-VA7EAT
It's kind of a proud and satisfying moment for me that I thought I would
share.
Cheers. And 73,
--
Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca
Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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