I am a Petty Officer Second Class (E-5) assigned to Reserve duty in the US Navy. I do communications and computer work.
------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:22:39 PM CDT From: "Naber, Benjamin L. SPC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna building > Active until August 2009. I can't wait for that day! > > What do you do John? > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of JOHN MACKEY > Sent: Mon 10-Sep-07 09:41 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna building > > > > Benjamin- > Are you active duty or reserve? > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:14:01 PM CDT > From: "Naber, Benjamin L. SPC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:benjamin%40kb9lfz.com> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:AR902Mhz%40yahoogroups.com> >, <[email protected] <mailto:repeater-builder%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna building > > > It's been quite some time since I last built an antenna, and been a very > long time since I sat down patiently putting something together. > > > > As I sit here in my chair, in the middle of the freakin' desert in Iraq, I > came to notice that while building this wi-fi antenna for our network, I'm > actually taking my time building it. I've never really taken my time before, > it was always a rush to put an antenna together and get the thing in the air, > hoping it will work the first time. I'm finding that I actually like taking my > time building something, and enjoying the process, and it is quite relaxing, > believe it or not. Where-as before I was in a hurry for no reason and getting > all mad at the thing didn't work or when something didn't fit right. > > > > I'm only 25, but I rather enjoy this hobby of 13 years and now I think I > finally realized what it was to take time to build something, put some quality > effort it, and enjoy the fruits of my labor. Sure it may take a little longer, > or does it because now it'll most likely work the first time? > > > > ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Attachment: winmail.dat > MIME Type: application/ms-tnef > ---------------------------------------------
