[SMCARA] 9-7-13 Amateur Radio Testing Results

Thu Sep 12 10:42:14 EDT 2013

Fun times!  We had a DX-100 (non B) in our high school radio club.  That and an old Halli SX-24 provided us kids with lots of fun.

I ran into one of the club members a couple of years ago at my 50th HS Reunion and we now keep in touch.  I (ex K1AST)join Joe, W8JRK (ex K1MGR), at his Lansing MI Radio club trailer in the flea market at Dayton.

I have two DX-100s in my garage that I really need to get on the air!  Should be a nice station combined with my SX-71!  I also have a Collins 32V3 and a 75A4 (kind of a mismatch- A2 or A3 would be better), but they look cool and weigh a ton!

73 Tom

Tom Clarke
Wyle, Inc  Aeronautics
P3 Product Lead, PEO(A)
USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
(301) 995-3793/DSN 995-3793
Fax: (301) 342-3776
Cell (301) 904-2053
frederic.clarke at navy.mil

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. 
It is the surest guaranty of peace."
President Theodore Roosevelt

-----Original Message-----
From: Leach, Samuel NAVAIR 
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:13 AM
To: Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS
Subject: RE: [SMCARA] 9-7-13 Amateur Radio Testing Results

The little envelope containing my conditional ticket arrived just before school started in late August of '60.  It was delivered to the wrong address a couple days before and I learned about that at a birthday party.  The next morning I called and had the post office hold it for me and then walked the two miles or so to pick it up!  I walked pretty fast on the way home! That was my first day on 40 meter phone with my DX-100B.

KLC

-----Original Message-----
From: smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 16:29
To: Daniel Metcalf
Cc: SMCARA
Subject: Re: [SMCARA] 9-7-13 Amateur Radio Testing Results

Instant gratification, that what it is!  

You know how these stories begin, "Now, when I was a kid, we had to (walk to school)(read books)(share a telephone with everyone in the family, and it had a wire)(eat our vegetables) select your favorite peeve!

Well, when I was a kid (literally a kid- 16 years old in 1956), I waited nearly six weeks for that little envelope to come from the FCC in Gettysburg, PA telling me I was K1AST.  Tough 6 weeks, did a lot of listening!  Only cheated once into a dummy load and my Elmer a couple of miles away heard me on 6 meters!

As W3FF says, "Have Fun, Every Day"!

73 Tom/W4OKW

Tom Clarke
Wyle, Inc  Aeronautics
P3 Product Lead, PEO(A)
USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
(301) 995-3793/DSN 995-3793
Fax: (301) 342-3776
Cell (301) 904-2053
frederic.clarke at navy.mil

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. 
It is the surest guaranty of peace."
President Theodore Roosevelt

-----Original Message-----
From: smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Metcalf
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:18 PM
To: Eric Heard
Cc: SMCARA
Subject: Re: [SMCARA] 9-7-13 Amateur Radio Testing Results

I just checked Kaylee's call and her General status is already in the FCC ULS database. Give you licenses a check.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Eric Heard <n3uh at usa.com> wrote:

> All,
> I sent in last Saturday's test session paperwork to W5YI-VEC in Texas 
> today. The should get it late this week or early next week. For those 
> who were at Saturday's session check qrz.com or the FCC ULS website in 
> a week or two to check the status of your upgrades or new call.
>
> Eric
> 73 de N3UH, California, MD USA
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Dan Metcalf -- KB3UUN
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