[SixClub] New ham ( CHILD ) needs equipment

[ko4qr1 at earthlink.net]

     OK, He needs equipment. What bands does he intend to use? What does he 
already have. No need to overload him with the same type of equipment What 
does he desire?
                                                                  George 
ko4qr



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael McFatridge" <moparmac2006 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] New ham ( CHILD ) needs equipment


> I'll donate a G5RV dipole...Mike N5TYW
>
> Richard Joey Fiero II W5TFW <w5tfw at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>
> I hear lots of TALK about needing young Hams, here is a chance to help
> one, I know Barry K4sgt he is
> formerly SGT Odom US Army. so I know this is no hoax, If you have some
> stuff that might help this KID
> please consider helping him,
>
>
>
> Thanks, Joey
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Barry Odum
> To: k4sgt at yahoo.com
>
>
>
> Dear fellow hams,
>
> My nephew has shown a strong interest in getting licensed. I am looking
> for any gear that you may have laying around collecting dust that you 
> would
> like to donate to this young fellow. A little about him...his name is Zach
> and he is almost 16 years old. He lives in Gastonia, NC. He has had the
> opportunity to play at my shack a few times and seems to really be curious
> about radio. He is about to get his driver's license and I commented to 
> him
> that he will need to put an antenna on his truck to be cool and that he
> shouldn't put a silly CB antenna on it. He asked about how to get his ham
> ticket in response to that. I hadn't talked with him in a week and then I
> got bombarded with several emails from him all with questions about how to
> study and where to test. He has found a couple of clubs around his house 
> and
> is about as serious as it gets (all on his own). I pointed him to qrz.com
> and eham.net for studying and told him that I would be glad to explain in
> detail any of the theory. Anyway, I plan on helping him build all the base
> station antennas in the world...so no problem there. What we are looking 
> for
> is...
>
> - Tech, General, Extra study books
> - mobile antenna's (2M, or 2M/70CM, or 10M)
> - radios (transceivers, receivers...anything)
> - power supply
> - old computers
>
> If you have any of these things, or anything that you think may be useful,
> please drop me an email. I'll pay for all shipping. Also, please pass this
> along to anyone that you know that may have some extra equipment that they
> would donate to a young ham. Thanks!
>
> Barry
> K4SGT
>
>
>
> Richard
> Joey Fiero II
> W5TFW EM-40
> QSL Manager USS KIDD W5KID
> Owner 6 Club www.6mt.com
>
>
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