Fw: Re: [NJARC] Hail to the GENERAL!

[Scott Roberts]

This was supposed to go to the group-


> Congrats John!
> And Folks, I can assure you He did do just what he said he
> did! I ran into him at the swapmeet, trying to hide from
> view, and I (and Donna) blew his cover! I said keep studying
> and go for it! Donna and I waited till he finished so we
> could congratulate him. (And in so doing I won the 2008 ARRL
> Handbook door prize!)
> 
> 
> As to the OMARC meet, a tad on the smaller side, but I was
> quite happy- I came home with an Icom 2M & 440MHz
> portable, new antenna for the car, and some other nice
> sundries. On the way home, made a couple purchases at a flea
> mkt  on Rt 70, and stopped at a roadside yardsale- and found
> a very nice Atwater Kent Model 53- with Globe tubes no less!
> Speaker is shot, looks like the power supply may have
> issues, but the case & internals are excellent! Probably
> bring it to Parsippany...
> 
> 
> Congrats again John!
> 
> Scott
> KC2TYV
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/4/08, John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [NJARC] Hail to the GENERAL!
> > To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 6:24 PM
> > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > _______________________________________________
> > Hi Folks,
> > 
> > Yours truly passed the Technician and General exams
> today
> > at the OMARC VE session at InfoAge. My thanks to Scott
> > Roberts for recommending the practice tests on
> qrz.com, and
> > to Scott and John Dilks, Joe Cro, Bob Bennett and
> others for
> > encouraging and nudging me.
> > 
> > I was first licensed as WN2TPP (Novice class) in 1974.
> Then
> > came KB2NYY (another Novice) in 1991. Do you notice a
> > pattern here? Like a faraway comet or some kind of
> sunspot
> > cycle, every 17 years I get a ham license. 
> > ;-)
> > 
> > I also joined the OMARC club today, while I was on a
> roll.
> > 
> > Now it's time to get an antenna up and get ON THE
> AIR!
> > I wonder how long THAT will take?
> > 
> > I'm also going to start studying for my upgrade to
> > Extra -- in 2025.
> > 
> > 73 (now I can use that term!)
> > 
> > JR
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       
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