[Elecraft] K2 #7150 is born; and the third time's a charm

[Lou Kolb]

Excellent!  Hope to work you some day.  73 and welcome to a great 
fraternity/sorrority!  lou -- WA3MIX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Conrad" <wconrad at yagni.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:23 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 #7150 is born; and the third time's a charm


> In nineteen seventy something, I passed a ham radio exam for the first
> time.  I never got a station put together, and so never got on the air.
>
> In nineteen eighty something, I passed the test again.  But once again I
> didn't get a station and never got on the air.
>
> This time, I built the station _first_, then got licensed.  About a
> month ago I finished K2 #7150, with the aid of great instructions,
> Elecraft's fine support, the archive of this mailing list, and all of
> your generous help.  Oh, and the Optivisor.  I spent weeks wearing the
> Optivisor.
>
> Saturday, dad and I each passed both the technician and general exams.
> Our callsigns have just been assigned (they're even sequential).
>
> I'm going to drop by the ham store on the way home and pick up a log
> book.  I know I'm not required to log my contacts, but having dad's
> callsign as my first log entry... how can I not do that?
>
> This has been a long time coming.  Thanks for all of your help in making
> it happen.
>
> 73, Wayne Conrad KF7QGA
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