Well, our five-year plan to restore sunspots may be lagging a bit but there was plenty of action on 15 meters this weekend!

Dave K1ZZ

From: G.P. Widin [mailto:gpwidin@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:19 AM
To: arrl-odv
Cc: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:18570] Re: 27 and counting

Kay,
Congratulations!  I've got you beat by a few years, but I still remember passing the General.  I could finally use the VFO and not have to crank down the grid drive so I could run the full 250W that the Johnson Valiant could provide.
And I definitely wouldn't say "the thrill is gone."  Now if we only had more sunspots!
Happy, happy day!

--
73,
        Greg, KØGW
        Director, Dakota Division

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay Craigie" <n3kn@verizon.net>
To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:37:22 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [arrl-odv:18567] 27 and counting

Twenty-seven years ago today, I made my first ham radio contact while
driving home from the FCC office in Langhorne, PA, where I'd passed the
General exams. Time flies when you're having fun! 73 - Kay N3KN