[QCWA] Re: Licensed for 34 years

[Joseph Lutz]

Although I can not trace my beginnings back as far as the majority, I have 
to agree with
Harvey.  Walt - you are to be congratulated getting your family involved. 
Licensed in 55
just prior to going into the USN - I did have an advantage over many in 
communications
school - knew the code and could type.  Volunteered to teach night school 
until a 'spit &
polish' Chief told me that I either got my hair cut or I would not be 
allowed to teach the
night school code class - So, seeing I was doing it to help my classmates 
and others, I
just stopped.  Anyway, our son turned down 2 scholarships out of highschool 
and
enlisted in the USN. As a surprise to me, he went for ET [Electronic Tech] - 
never
giving any indication during his growing up he even was interested in all 
the radios/etc.
Guess he in his way thought it was pretty neat.  He spent a lot of time with 
Special
Warfare as Commo support, and his time on 'boats'.  Just prior to his last 
deployment,
he dropped a package for the Army to become a W.O. and fly choppers - He had
always wanted to fly, but when I asked him why did it take him 10+ years to 
reach for
his dream - he replied, I had to grow up dad!!!
Glad to say he is now a W.O. @ Ft Rucker, Al going through flight school - 
and when
he called us up and said "I have broken the bounds of the earth!!", you 
could tell he
was fulfilling his dream.  Maybe he will down the road play with one of my 
many
radios?? Our daughter sure don't seem to have that inclination - she is a 
Chinese
Linguist with the USN.
  So, Walt - you have to be congratulated on your 'ham family'.
73,
JOE W7LPF
Ex: W7ZQV/KG6 - W7LPF/DU2 - CT1DKG/CR7DKG - HB9IBA
MGR: 4L1DA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey&Bessie" <w4tg at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 17:34
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Re: Licensed for 34 years


> Walter Maxwell wrote:
>
>>Just for the record:
>>
>>I received my call, W8KHK, at 14 in 1933.
>>My Dad received his call, W8YNG, at 58 in 1944
>>My son Bill, W2WM, received his call WN2ETP at 22 in 1968
>>My son Rick, WB4GNR, received his call WB2HKX at 21 in 1968
>>My son John, K4JRM, received his call KI4CVQ at 53 in 2001
>>My daughter Sue, KC4UBZ (expired) received her call WD9AJC at 26 in 1977
>>
>>Walt, W2DU
>>
>>PS--they're gonna run out of asteriks.

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