[ADXA] Hello group

[WB5JJJ]

 Thanks Joel for all the kind words.  But when we first met, both of us
were a LOT younger back in my Little Rock days of 1973 when I was a
starving new coded Technician Class with an Regency HR-2A, battery and mag
mount antenna in the projection booth of the old Arkansas Theater in
downtown LR where I worked.

John (WB5BHS) started hammering me to upgrade to General many years ago and
then about 5 years ago, he started his relentless harassment again for me
to upgrade to Extra.  Since our club administers the exams before each
monthly meeting, I had no viable excuse any more.  So, I started studying
(and studying, and studying).  Gradually I got old, long stagnate brain
cells to comprehend the "new" theory again.  Brought back some scary
thoughts.  I also took an 8 week class that was taught here in town as
well.  BRAIN OVERLOAD.  I finally got the courage to take the exam a little
over a year ago and got 88%, which for me was like 110%.  Forgot to unlock
the Extra part of the band on my IC-7610 and went there to work a DX a
couple months later and I was locked out.  Fixed that easily.

Now, John was hammering me yet again to join ADXA.  I did so.  What's next
John?

BTW, John and I tested Rick's (AI5P) FT8 FOX mode setup before he left on
his vacation DXPedition and then caught him on 20m FT8 the other night as
FO/AI5P and I busted his JA pileup.  John worked him a bit later after I
totally ruined his dinner he was at instead telling about working Rick.

And yes, Joel is correct.  My call is not a vanity one, and I get ask that
at least once a month.  Had it since April 1973.  And later also had WR5
*AIR* for the first Nebo 146.82 repeater I built in the early 1980's.  And
then WB5*LED *at my parents QTH in Heber Springs back in the day.  Of
course, I had to give them up years later by decree from the FCC.  Had a
hard time deciding if to keep JJJ or give it up and adopt LED.  Figured
LED's might not be around for long and WB5JJJ had a sweet rhythm on CW.
Boy was I wrong about LED's, but not JJJ as it does help in pileups, on
occasion.  Have to be careful though, as many non-English speaking stations
just don't comprehend a triple letter call too well and I get all kinds of
wrong letters since J can sound like K, A and so on in my southern accent.
Persistence pays off.

This email confirms Joel's assertion of my Rag Chewers Award for sure.  Too
much time in commercial broadcast radio, voice over on television and PA
gigs all over in past years.  I guess I like the sound of my voice, as I
read this out loud for proofing.  I retired in July 2011 after 22 years at
Arkansas Tech as Chief Engineer for the Broadcast Productions department
and working hard at radio on a daily basis since then.

73's and thanks for the add.

George - WB5JJJ
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