I didn't have an Elmer either. Started at age 9 with a cat whisker radio and went from there. At age 10 I went 125 miles on a bus to Milwaukee all alone to take the test, which I passed. 59 years later and still a very active ham on all bands and modes.
Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A.R.S. - WA5AM Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:45 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] ER Magazine On Dec 14, 2007 11:31 AM, Ed Sieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sniff.... (boo-hoo)... I never had an Elmer. > Did it all on my own. Now I'm the Elmer. More lids today, I find. > > Ed, VA3ES > Same here Ed. I just had an interest in doing it, and I did. I have friends who were there wanting the same thing, and we did our tests together, practiced CW together, etc., but don't think we could have hardly called each other an "Elmer" ...we were just helping each other achieve our goal. I still have one of those dear friends, and he is still on the air with me quite often. How long has it been since we have been on the airwaves Kent? Nearly 40 years? I sure feel old when I think of that ;) 73 - Brian wa5am -- "Money is only temporary, radios are forever" - Jim Little aka "the old dawg"/K5BAI Harvard Minor Planet Station (MPC) H44/Cascade Mtn. Arkansas www.arksky.org ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
