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 _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
