Thanks, Orin.
It's a hobby that I'm really enjoying again after almost 30 years.
Fortunately, something in the back of my mind told me to keep my license
current all those years, so I was able to keep my callsign and the just
upgrade when the time finally came. Learning code was tough for me at
first, but I passed both the 5wpm Novice test and then both the 13wpm
General and 21wpm Extra. However I haven't used it since 1980, so I'm
really rusty. Will work on getting my skills back up to a usable level.
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 10:22 AM, orink <orink@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> @Paul: Excellent outcome despite the difficulties, Paul. I felt and
> saved all your well-written and emotive posts. My immediate feeling
> was that your emotions were akin to those I felt when I passed my code
> test in the Boy Scouts after sitting behind a quiet garage of a
> neighbor for two hours of cramming in three and five letter groups
> before taking my test. My next move, four years later, was to screw my
> key onto a 6x1.5x3/4 inch block of steel stock so that I could rest it
> on the arm-rest of my car to get my speed up while driving in my
> various cars, starting with my '41 Cadillac convertible. As Ever,
> ''Peck's Bad Boy'' Orin Keplinger, in Boone County, IL
> ________
>
>
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Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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