[ADXA] ROOKIE ROUND-UPPER, CLARA - KI5HTX

[Don Banta]

Thought you all might get a kick out of one our new hams from Fayetteville.
She and her dad both passed their Tech exams recently, and are working on
the General.

 

She, her dad (KI5FPD), and her uncle (K5VCA, he's a General and all 3 are
new members of BVRC) were in the shack last Sunday afternoon and operated in
the SSB Rookie Roundup, using our club call W5YO, with myself as the control
operator.

 

This was only the 2nd time Clara has been in front of an HF mic, but she
took to it like a duck to water, hi hi.  They were over a few weeks ago as
well and operated a little bit in the WPX SSB contest.  Clara picked-out
those DX calls like she'd been operating for 10 years that day, and she was
ecstatic about working 10 different countries.

 

She is 16 years of age, and is not only working on her General, but has also
enrolled in the Long Island CW class and is studying the code.

 

I haven't had such a pleasure in a long time, of sitting on the love seat
here in the shack and watching a teen get as excited about the hobby as she
has.  

 

Check out this 5-minute video, which we have posted on the Bella Vista Radio
Club website.

 

I think we have an up-and-coming DXer and contester in our midst, hi hi.

 

Here's the link and 73 - Don, K5DB:

 

 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHaFx2bO6Ng&t=116s>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHaFx2bO6Ng&t=116s

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