[GreenKeys] SURVEY

[hhg at suddenlink.net]

Randy or Sherry Guttery wrote:
>
>  So how about an  informal survey for those with some manner of (radio
>  electronics)  license  Whatcha got - when'd ya' get it?

Got my First Phone back in 1966 in Baltimore, MD while in the Navy at
NSS (Xmtr site Annapolis).  I remember setting through the third, then
the second and finally the first.  The lady said I passed so I asked her
what days they gave the amateur extra.  (Back then in Houston I believe
ham tests were given once a month or something like that).  Anyway,
she said that I could take it right then and there.  I did, and I have to
admit that the amateur extra was the hardest test of the day.  I passed
but it was close.  (I had not studied for it).

Only Navy school I went to in 6 years of active duty was Model 28 
teletype school in Norfolk in 1965.  Never had to fix a teletype after I
got out of school.  Sure hate that all of those brain cells have died.

Was very active on RTTY with a Model 28 and ST-6 (and those that
came before) back in the 70's and 80's.  I have been listening on the
RTTY on twenty meters lately and what a difference!  Those guys do
not know what a line feed and a carriage return are used for!  They 
just stop typing and the next guy starts on the same line.

Enough of this.  Thanks.  73...Herb K5HG