KBQ7529, the Georgia Cowbow, back at you! I have NO idea where the handle came from, maybe a leather hat, but I always lived in the city.
Then one day I saw a Kenwood 2m rig make a phone patch. Two months later I was a tech, N4GMN. About six months after that I was an Advanced (same call), and before the FCC could say "quit using that silly sounding KBQfoolishness" I was an Amateur Extra, WG4S. (I lived less than a mile from the FCC testing office). I'd heard my cousin TALK about hamming in the sixties, but I didn't DO anything about it then, or after playing around with CBs for a few years. But that one autopatch I saw on that one radio made the whole thing come together for me. I've had far more CBs that ham rigs, I imagine. I started with a HW-101, moved up to a Swan (Cubic) Astro 103 and finally a K2. I don't remember ANY CB rig, but I know I had lots. At least one for each car, apartment and motorcycle. And now, I guess it's about time to join the QCWA, although I've lost my first logs and don't know when I got N4GMN. I got WG4S in November of 1982. Dan / KBQ7529 / N4GMN / WG4S / Good Buddy! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ferrington Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 1:53 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 37, Issue 10 I could say, I take it you haven't tried VFH contesting? No, I'm a relatively new ham (never had a CB in my life) and VHF contesters in my club use a beep a lot. It was an honest question/suggestion from perhaps a naïve op. I've order a XV144 with my K3, because I want to run 2M too. However, I still haven't figured out why so many of you long term hams throw scorn etc on CB'ers (yes I;ve had some of the issues explained to me). I took my foundation with a couple ex CB'ers who wanted to do more DX. If we just turn them all away because they are/were CB'ers, we will be reducing the Ham fraternity even more. I think we need all the members we can get. However, I don't wish to be controversial or cause a=offence, so I'll leave it at that. On 4/5/07 18:30, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 09:30:56 +0100 > From: David Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Roger beep > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed > > Let's leave that until Elecraft bring out a 27MHz option for the K3! > > I take it you have come to amateur radio from CB? > > 73 > > In a recent message, David Ferrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ... >> What do people think of an optional 'roger beep' (don't know any other term >> for it) at the end of each trasmission, i.e. triggered by the PTT coming >> off? >> >> M0XDF > > -- > David G4DMP > Leeds, England, UK -- They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
