KB5YVF since 1993
Johnie Stafford
McKinney, TX
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Burnette [mailto:r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 11:20 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Ham Radio
>
> KG4UQN since 2002.
>
> Got into ham radio because my oldest son was an enthusiastic ham operator.
> He talked my youngest son and I into getting our operator's licenses. A
little
> over six years ago he and his wife became NGO missionaries in Cambodia. He
> took his ham gear with him, but he has never gotten around to becoming
> licensed there. I haven't been on the air much since he left. Still have
my
> equipment and a 50 ft tower antenna.
>
> Starting in 1976 I was a licensed CB operator for several years running a
legal 4
> watts and a Joe Gunn "V" antenna. When conditions were right I talked
> "skip" to operators in Europe and across the Pacific. Never used an
amplifier.
> I got tired of staying up half the night so I quit. Then we decided to go
> amateur radio and it started all over again. ;o) Now I've lost touch with
> former ham operators and I'm silent again.
>
> Robert Burnette
>
>
> On 15/06/2013, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>I'm curious how many of us actually are?
> >>
> >>Sound off with your call and how long you've been in it.
>
> >
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